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Layla Ghaffari, PhD, is identified as Associate Director at Synapticure Inc. in the NIH public peer-review roster for bioengineering, neuromodulation and neuroimaging. NIH RePORTER identifies her as the contact principal investigator for Synapticure’s research grants on mature brain organoid screening and genetic/sporadic frontotemporal-dementia models, including the2025 and2026 notices for R44NS143521. Published neuroscience research under Layla T. Ghaffari examines patient-derived models and synaptic dysfunction in C9orf72-associated ALS/FTD. These are source-qualified research affiliations, not a claim of clinical practice. No authentic name-bound portrait has been verified.