Yo-El Ju, MD, MSCI
Washington University
Yo-El Ju, MD, MSCI, is a physician-scientist and the Barbara Burton and Reuben Morriss III Professor of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Her research focuses on the role of sleep and circadian biology in neurodegenerative diseases, with an emphasis on identifying sleep biomarkers and mechanisms. Dr. Ju received her undergraduate degree in neurobiology from Harvard College and her MD from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She completed residency training in neurology, fellowship training in sleep medicine and a master’s degree in clinical investigation at Washington University, where she joined the faculty in 2011. She co-directs the Washington University Center on Biological Rhythms and Sleep (COBRAS). She serves as the contact principal investigator of the NAPS Consortium for RBD, a multicenter collaborative network dedicated to advancing research in REM sleep behavior disorder and prodromal synucleinopathies.