Meet Our Leadership Team
Aaron Carman, PhD | Director
Kirstie Stansfield, PhD | Chief Operating Officer
Kirstie Stansfield, PhD | Chief Operating Officer
In 2015, Aaron became ICR's founding director and continues in that role, leading ICR's scientific programs and growing staff of 20 full-time scientists. A native Kansan, Aaron is an undergraduate alumnus of K-State and earned his doctorate in Molecular Genetics and Neuroscience from the University of Texas, Houston. He received postdoct
In 2015, Aaron became ICR's founding director and continues in that role, leading ICR's scientific programs and growing staff of 20 full-time scientists. A native Kansan, Aaron is an undergraduate alumnus of K-State and earned his doctorate in Molecular Genetics and Neuroscience from the University of Texas, Houston. He received postdoctoral training in neurophysiology and molecular neurodegeneration at Cornell University and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center before joining the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation. Aaron helped build ADDF's Aging and Alzheimer's Prevention Program and its cornerstone website CognitiveVitality. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and two children.
Kirstie Stansfield, PhD | Chief Operating Officer
Kirstie Stansfield, PhD | Chief Operating Officer
Kirstie Stansfield, PhD | Chief Operating Officer
Kirstie is Chief Operating Officer and Principal Scientist at ICR, where she leads the Translational Neuroregeneration Program. Kirstie investigates ways to slow cognitive aging, repair damaged neurons and prevent age-related dementia. Kirstie earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology at UNC Greensboro then completed her Master’s and
Kirstie is Chief Operating Officer and Principal Scientist at ICR, where she leads the Translational Neuroregeneration Program. Kirstie investigates ways to slow cognitive aging, repair damaged neurons and prevent age-related dementia. Kirstie earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology at UNC Greensboro then completed her Master’s and Doctoral studies at the University of South Florida. After successful postdoctoral tenures at both Johns Hopkins and Columbia Universities studying the molecular and behavioral impacts of neurotoxins on the developing brain, she continued her research at Columbia as an Associate Research Scientist. Kirstie then served as a Medical Science Liaison with Eli Lilly in the neurodegeneration space, before joining ICR in 2018. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and rescue dog.
Around ICR
Members of our In Vitro Diagnostics and Biomarkers Team are hard at work. This is just one of our actual research areas of our over 10,000 sq ft of lab and office space.
Our Molecular Biology lab plays a central role in our regenerative medicine research.
Robotic liquid handling is just one of the ways we accelerate our research into ways to fight aging and age-related disease.