Dr. Yokoyama is a Professor in the UCSF Department of Neurology and in Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, and the Mary Oakley Foundation Endowed Professor in Neurodegeneration. She has expertise in neurogenetics, genomics, transcriptomics, neuroimaging, statistics, bioinformatics, and clinical research of neurodegenerative disease. In addition, Dr. Yokoyama leads the UCSF Alzheimer Disease Research Center’s (ADRC) Biomarker Core and is a faculty member in the Global Brain Health Institute. Dr. Yokoyama was recognized for her role in mentoring by receiving the inaugural Alzheimer’s Association Excellence in Neuroscience Mentoring Award.

Co-hosts Rachel Martinez and Maria Beers founded the Remember Me Podcast to generate awareness of dementia, specifically FTD, and this passion project has grown to foster a community of connectedness and understanding where people feel seen and heard. Remember Me helps families navigating neurodegenerative disease and feel less alone, connecting listeners across the country. Rachael is a trained Marriage and Family Therapist with a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology. She is also a Certified Grief Support Specialist and grief educator.

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Dr. Thorn is the author of hundreds of articles, two books, and four workbooks on coping with chronic illness. She spent decades as a faculty member at The Ohio State University and The University of Alabama, where she went on to serve as director of the clinical psychology PhD program and department chair in psychology. Currently professor emerita, she is also a certified end-of-life doula and continues to publish, speak, and conduct workshops nationally and internationally on managing chronic illness.

Secure your copy of her award-winning book, Before I Lose My Own Mind: Navigating Life as a Dementia Caregiver, based both on her professional experience and her personal experience of caring for her husband with dementia. Bring your copy for a special book signing with the author!

Isabella Marini is the Senior Associate Director of the Center for Dementia Respite Innovation at the Alzheimer’s Association, overseeing a national grant program that supports innovative respite care models. She has over a decade of experience in nonprofit project management, specializing in program implementation, operations, and building partnerships to support community-based initiatives. Isabella holds degrees from Cleveland State University and Indiana Wesleyan University. 

Dr. Levy is a geriatric pharmacy specialist and founder of HbL PharmaConsulting, a senior care pharmacy practice in St. Louis, Missouri, to help patients, families, and professionals navigate safe medication use as we get older. Dr. Levy is adjunct faculty at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy and maintains board certifications in pharmacotherapy and geriatric pharmacy. Dr. Levy received her PharmD degree from the University of Michigan.    

Secure your copy of Dr. Levy's book, Maybe It’s Your Medications: How to Avoid Unnecessary Drug Therapy and Adverse Drug Reactions. Bring your copy for a special book signing with the author!

Dr. Irvine is a geriatric medicine specialist with Sutter Health in Goleta, California. She completed her medical degree at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California in 2021, followed by a residency in family medicine at Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Woodland Hills, from 2021 to 2024. Dr. Irvine further specialized in geriatric medicine with a fellowship at Kaiser Permanente Southern California in Los Angeles, completed in 2025. She holds a BS in Human Development and Aging obtained magna cum laude from the University of Southern California.