Maria Mavrikaki, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Maria Mavrikaki is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology at BIDMC and Harvard Medical School. Maria is a neuroscientist who transitioned from McLean Hospital and Harvard's Department of Psychiatry to join BIDMC in 2019 as an Instructor in Frank Slack’s lab. She established her independent lab at BIDMC in 2024. Her pioneering research, which revealed association between severe COVID-19 and molecular signatures of brain aging, has been highlighted in top-tier journals and major media outlets. Building on this work, her ongoing research explores the spatial topography of molecular signatures of brain aging, supported by an R01 grant from the National Institute on Aging.
