Department of Medicine
Description: Abstract painting of a mirror image of the human right hemisphere
Bio:
Andrew Varga: Andrew Varga is a neuroscientist, neurologist, and Associate Professor of Medicine in the Mount Sinai Integrative Sleep Center. He has a longstanding interest in mechanisms of learning and memory, the role of sleep in cognition, and the effects of sleep disorders and sleep loss on cognitive function and risk for Alzheimer’s and related neurodegenerative diseases. His active research programs span from animal models, investigating sleep disruption and augmentation on tau pathology, to human subjects, studying aging and sleep apnea effects on spatial memory and changes to the brain using neuroimaging techniques.
Research focus: Sleep, Memory, and Neurodegenerative Disease
Juliet Varga: Juliet Varga is a 6th grade student at North Salem Middle School in North Salem, NY. She creates art across a variety of media, and focuses on painting (oil, watercolor) and charcoal sketches. She has received particular accolades for her watercolor greeting cards. When not creating art, she enjoys winter sports (ice-skating, skiing), cooking, playing ukulele, and anime.