Tharick Pascoal, MD
Enriched profileAssociate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology · University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Tharick Pascoal is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. OpenAlex indexes 789 publications with 16,280 citations (h-index 62); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1 registered study with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Neurology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 16 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 16 Oct 2026
Tharick Pascoal, MD, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. The public record shows 789 publications with 16,280 citations (h-index 62), centered on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms. It also documents an investigator role on 1 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 3 companies, 4 NIH-funded awards (2021–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Neurology
- Top research focus: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- 1 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 3 companies
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Indications focus
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OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 45 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 171.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Clinical trials
Updated 16 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 1 registered study on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Head-to-Head Harmonization of Tau Tracers in Alzheimer's Disease
Sponsor: Tharick Pascoal
Industry payments
Updated 16 Oct 2026
3 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2023–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Life Molecular Imaging LtdProgram year20252 payments
- Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year20241 payment
- Cerveau Technologies, Inc.Program year20231 payment
NIH funding
Updated 16 Oct 2026
4 NIH research awards on record, funded 2021–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Head-to-head comparisons of high-performance plasma phospho-tau epitopes for the detection of Alzheimer's disease
University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
FY2026$746,421R01AG075336 - Astrocytic GFAP- and Microglial TREM2-Related Tau Propagation in Alzheimer’s Disease
University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
FY2026$609,038R01AG104703
Publications
Updated 16 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Aβ- and tau-associated neuroinflammatory signatures in Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.)
Article2026
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01
- 02
- 03Plasma p-tau231: a new biomarker for incipient Alzheimer’s disease pathologyArticle714 citations2021
- 04
- 05A multicentre validation study of the diagnostic value of plasma neurofilament lightArticle546 citations2021
Network
Updated 16 Oct 2026
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Online presence
Updated 16 Oct 2026
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pascoallab.org
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Mentions by others
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neurology.pitt.edu/people/tharick-pascoal-md-phd
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Background & recognition
Updated 16 Oct 2026
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Education
degrees and training on record- MD
Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil
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McGill University
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →psychiatry.pitt.edu ↗
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →providers.upmc.com ↗
Media & interviews
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