Tara Torabi

Tara Torabi

Brown University

National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG)

Medicine/Healthcare

Tara Torabil is a neurologist and recent Fellow at the UCSF Movement Disorders and Neuromodulation Center (MDNC). She is with the UCSF Department of Medicine. She was a Resident at Stanford. She completed her medicine internship in Hawaii after obtaining her MD at Yale Medical School. As a 2016 Mitchell Scholar, Tara studied Neuropharmacology at NUI Galway. Her master’s thesis focused on the neuroprotective potential of the cannabinoid CB2 receptor agonist, beta-caryophyllene, in an inflammatory rat model of Parkinson’s disease. Outside of the classroom, Tara enjoyed serving as a volunteer for the Alzheimer Society of Ireland; mentoring youth with autism through Galway Autism Partnership (GAP); and teaching cell biology to primary school students through NUIG Cell Explorers.

Tara is dedicated to a career in neurodegenerative disease research, education, and advocacy.

Tara obtained her undergraduate degree from Brown University.