David Vaillancourt, PhD

David Vaillancourt is the Orchid Professor and Chair in the Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology at University of Florida. Vaillancourt’s research uses advanced neuroimaging techniques to study the functional and structural changes in the brain of people with motor and cognitive disorders that span Parkinson’s disease, rapid eye movement behavior disorder, atypical Parkinsonism, tremor, dystonia and Alzheimer’s disease. Vaillancourt has published this work in journals that include Brain, Annals of Neurology, Journal of Neuroscience, Science Translational Medicine, Lancet Digital Health, JAMA Neurology, Neurology, Neuroimage, and others. He has been continuously funded by NIH since 1999, and now directs several R01/U01 grants from NIH. Vaillancourt is Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Neuropacs where the mission is to create digital and AI imaging software solutions to improve diagnostics in Parkinson’s and Dementia.