Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor of Neuropsychology (in Neurology, the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain)

Dr. Cosentino's research has examined the cognitive, behavioral, and metacognitive profiles of various neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer's disease and Frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The overarching goals of her current work are to characterize the factors that explain metacognitive variability along the spectrum of healthy to pathological aging, and to identify the practical consequences of metacognitive impairment for everyday decision making and quality of life.
A related goal is the examination, refinement and development of tools to assess subjective cognition and metacognition in older adults in order to clarify the prognostic relevance of cognitive complaints in healthy older adults and the nature of disordered metacognition in neurodegenerative conditions.
Departmental Appointments
- Department of Neurology
Division of Cognitive Neuroscience
Areas of Expertise
- Psychology
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Dementia
- Memory Loss
- Neuropsychology
- Research Studies
Education and Training
- 2004 Drexel University
Centers / Institutes / Programs
- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain
- Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center
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Teaching Responsibilities
Dr. Cosentino serves as an instructor of The Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging course offered through the Psychology Department of Columbia University.
NIH Grants
USING RDOC NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE VALENCE PARADIGMS TO INVESTIGATE THE MECHANISMS OF NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS (NPS) IN ALZHEIMER S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIAS (Federal Gov)
Aug 1 2019 - May 31 2024
SUMMER OF TRANSLATIONAL AGING RESEARCH FOR UNDERGRADUATES (STARU) (Federal Gov)
Aug 1 2018 - Apr 30 2023
PROTECTIVE GENETIC FACTORS OF ALZHEIMER DISEASE IN PSEN1 MUTATION CARRIERS IN PUERTO RICO (Federal Gov)
Jul 1 2018 - Mar 31 2023
WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING IN ETHNICALLY DIVERSE COHORTS FOR THE ADSP FOLLOW UP STUDY (FUS) (Federal Gov)
Sep 30 2017 - Aug 31 2022
TESTING OLFACTION IN PRIMARY CARE TO DETECT ALZHEIMER S DISEASE AND OTHER DEMENTIAS (TOPAD) (Federal Gov)
Sep 30 2017 - May 31 2022
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING (NIA) LATE ONSET OF ALZHEIMER S DISEASE(LOAD) FAMILY BASED STUDY (FBS) (Federal Gov)
Aug 1 2017 - May 31 2022
PREDICTORS OF SEVERITY IN ALZHEIMER S DISEASE (Federal Gov)
Jun 15 2017 - May 31 2022
TASK-SPECIFIC AND PERSON-SPECIFIC FACTORS RELATED TO SUBJECTIVECOGNITIVE DECLINE (Federal Gov)
Aug 1 2017 - Apr 30 2022
ALZHEIMER S DISEASE RESEARCH CENTER - OVERALL (Federal Gov)
Jun 15 2015 - May 31 2021
LONG LIFE FAMILY STUDY: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (Federal Gov)
May 1 2014 - May 31 2021
ALZHEIMER S DISEASE RESEARCH CENTER - OVERALL (Federal Gov)
Jun 15 2015 - May 31 2021
MODERNIZING THE ASSESSMENT OF FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING: DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A SIMULATED ONLINE MONEY MANAGEMENT TASK IN OLDER ADULTS (Federal Gov)
Apr 1 2019 - Mar 31 2021
ALZHEIMER S DISEASE RESEARCH CENTER - OVERALL (Federal Gov)
Jun 15 2015 - May 31 2020
ALZHEIMER S DISEASE RESEARCH CENTER - OVERALL (Federal Gov)
Jun 15 2015 - May 31 2020
DISSECTING THE GENOMIC ETIOLOGY OF NON-MENDELIAN EARLY-ONSET ALZHEIMER DISEASE AND RELATED PHENOTYPES (Federal Gov)
Aug 15 2019 - Apr 30 2020
CLINICAL PATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2019 - Apr 14 2020
THE LONG LIFE FAMILY STUDY: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (Federal Gov)
Jun 1 2019 - Mar 31 2020
EXAMINATION OF THE EARLIEST SYMPTOMS AND BIOMARKERS OF FTLD MAPT CARRIERS (Federal Gov)
Sep 21 2012 - Jul 31 2019
LONGITUDINAL EVALUATION OF FAMILIAL FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA SUBJECTS (LEFFTDS) (Federal Gov)
Sep 30 2014 - May 31 2019
CLINICAL-PATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN ESSENTIAL TREMOR (Federal Gov)
Jun 1 2014 - May 31 2019
CLINICAL-PATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN ESSENTIAL TREMOR (Federal Gov)
Jul 1 2015 - May 31 2019
LONG LIFE FAMILY STUDY: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (Federal Gov)
May 1 2014 - May 31 2019
CLINICAL-PATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN ESSENTIAL TREMOR (Federal Gov)
Jun 1 2014 - May 31 2019
LONG LIFE FAMILY STUDY: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (Federal Gov)
May 1 2014 - May 31 2019
LONG LIFE FAMILY STUDY: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (Federal Gov)
May 1 2014 - May 31 2019
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF FAMILIAL LATE-ONSET ALZHEIMER S DISEASE (Federal Gov)
Apr 15 2012 - Mar 31 2019
FACTORS INFLUENCING FINANCIAL CAPACITY AND AWARENESS OF CAPACITY IN COGNITIVE AGING (Federal Gov)
Dec 1 2016 - Mar 31 2019
COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE CONTRIBUTORS TO FINANCIAL CAPACITY AND FINANCIALCAPACITY AWARENESS. (Private)
Sep 1 2016 - Sep 1 2018
GENETIC MODIFIERS OF ALZHEIMER DISEASE IN PSEN1 MUTATION CARRIERS IN PUERTO RICO (Federal Gov)
Sep 30 2016 - Aug 31 2018
EXAMINATION OF THE EARLIEST SYMPTOMS AND BIOMARKERS OF FTLD MAPT CARRIERS (Federal Gov)
Sep 21 2012 - Jul 31 2017
EXAMINATION OF THE EARLIEST SYMPTOMS AND BIOMARKERS OF FTLD MAPT CARRIERS (Federal Gov)
Sep 21 2012 - Jul 31 2017
EXPLORING COGNITIVE AGING USING REFERENCE ABILITY NEURAL NETWORKS (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2011 - May 31 2017
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF BIOMARKERS OF RISK AND PROGRESSION IN LOAD (Federal Gov)
May 1 2010 - Apr 30 2017
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF FAMILIAL LATE-ONSET ALZHEIMER S DISEASE (Federal Gov)
Apr 1 2012 - Mar 31 2017
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF FAMILIAL LATE-ONSET ALZHEIMER S DISEASE (Federal Gov)
Apr 15 2012 - Mar 31 2017
EXPLORING COGNITIVE AGING USING REFERENCE ABILITY NEURAL NETWORKS (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2011 - May 31 2016
CLINICAL-PATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN ESSENTIAL TREMOR (Federal Gov)
Oct 1 2015 - May 31 2016
PREDICTORS OF SEVERITY IN ALZHEIMER S DISEASE (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2011 - May 31 2016
CLINICAL-PATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN ESSENTIAL TREMOR (Federal Gov)
Jul 1 2015 - May 31 2016
EARLY INDICATORS AND MODIFIERS OF AGE OF ONSET FTD (Private)
Oct 1 2010 - Jul 1 2014
AWARENESS OF DEFICIT IN ALZHEIMER S DISEASE (Federal Gov)
Jun 1 2008 - Jul 31 2013
PAUL BEESON CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN AGING RESEARCH AWARD (Private)
Jul 1 2008 - Jun 30 2013
EFFECT OF SLEEP DEPRIVATION ON FMRI-MEASURED COGNITIVE NETWO RKS (Federal Gov)
Mar 15 2002 - Oct 31 2010
NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITION IN AGING (Federal Gov)
Jun 15 1998 - Apr 30 2009
NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITION IN AGING (Federal Gov)
Jun 15 1998 - Apr 30 2009
NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITION IN AGING (Federal Gov)
Jun 15 1998 - Apr 30 2009