
About
Why IMPACT-AD
IMPACT-AD is an Alzheimer’s Disease and related disorders (ADRD) course that aims to educate and promote diversity among research professionals and future principal investigators in the field of ADRD research.
- Lectures will be given by national leaders in ADRD trials, and attendees will have the opportunity to work closely with the field’s top investigators in small group workshops.
- IMPACT-AD emphasizes diversity of trainees, interactive learning, a cooperative culture among alumni and long-term metrics of success.
- The course will be free to those who attend and will count as CME credit.
Course Co-Directors

Joshua Grill, PhD
Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND)
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Course Co-Director

Rema Raman, PhD
Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute (USC ATRI)
University of Southern California
San Diego, CA
Course Co-Director
Faculty

Neelum T. Aggarwal, MD
Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center
Rush University
Chicago, IL
Core Faculty

Paul Aisen, MD
Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute (USC ATRI)
University of Southern California
San Diego, CA
ACTC Leadership

Laura Baker, PhD
Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC
Faculty

Karen Bell, MD
Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain
Columbia University
New York City, NY
Core Faculty

Adam Boxer, MD, PhD
Memory and Aging Center
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Core Faculty

Jeffrey Burns, MD
KU Alzheimer's Disease Center
University of Kansas
Kansas City, KS
Core Faculty

Maria Carrillo, PhD
Alzheimer's Association
Chicago, IL
Faculty

Jeffrey Cummings, MD, ScD
Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV
Faculty

Hiroko Dodge, PhD
OHSU School of Medicine
Oregon Health Sciences University
Portland, OR
Core Faculty

Michael Donohue, PhD
Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute (USC ATRI)
University of Southern California
San Diego, CA
Core Faculty

Mark Espeland, PhD
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC
Core Faculty

Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD
Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Faculty

Howard Fillit, MD
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY
Faculty

David Geldmacher, MD
UAB School of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Core Faculty

Daniel Gillen, PhD
Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND)
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Core Faculty

Judith Heidebrink, MD
Michigan Medicine Dept. of Neurology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Core Faculty

Carl V. Hill, PhD
Scientific Engagement
Alzheimer's Association
Chicago, IL
Faculty

Greg Jicha, MD, PhD
Sanders-Brown Center on Aging
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Core Faculty

Gustavo Jimenez-Maggiora, MBA
Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute (USC ATRI)
University of Southern California
San Diego, CA
Faculty

Jason Karlawish, MD
Penn Memory Center at the Penn Neuroscience Center
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Faculty

Susan Landau, PhD
Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Faculty

Gad Marshall, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Brigham Women's and Children Hospital
Boston, MA
Core Faculty

Kristina McLinden, PhD
Division of Neuroscience
National Institute on Aging
Baltimore, MD
Faculty

Bri McWhorter
Activate to Captivate
Faculty

John Olichney, MD
UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Center
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Core Faculty

Ron Petersen, MD, PhD
Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Core Faculty

Jeremy Pizzola
Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute (USC ATRI)
University of Southern California
San Diego, CA
Faculty

Anton Porsteinsson, MD
AD-CARE Program
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Core Faculty

Michael Rafii MD, PhD
USC Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute (USC ATRI)
University of Southern California
San Diego, CA
Core Faculty

Dorene Rentz, PsyD
Departments of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital
BWH, Harvard University
Boston, MA
Core Faculty

Robert Rissman, PhD
Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute (USC ATRI)
University of Southern California
San Diego, CA
Faculty

Laurie Ryan, PhD
Dementias of Aging Branch
National Institute on Aging
Washington DC
ACTC Leadership

Stephen Salloway, MD
Neurology and the Memory and Aging Program at Butler Hospital & Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
Brown University
Providence, RI
Core Faculty

Mary Sano, PhD
Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) at the Icahn School of Medicine
Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Core Faculty

Gopalan Sethuraman, PhD
USC Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute (USC ATRI)
University of Southern California
San Diego, CA
Core Faculty

Amanda Smith, MD
USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Core Faculty

Heather Snyder, PhD
Alzheimer's Association
Chicago, IL
Faculty

Reisa Sperling, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
ACTC Leadership

David Sultzer, MD
Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND)
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Core Faculty

Christopher Van Dyck, MD
Yale Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Faculty
Administration

Maggie Mastrolorenzo
Program Administrator
USC Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI)
University of Southern California
San Diego, CA

Taylor Clynne
Events Team
Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI)
University of Southern California
San Diego, CA

Kirsten Klein
Web Developer
Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND)
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA

Ileana Salcedo Peralta
Events Team
USC Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI)
University of Southern California
San Diego, CA

Tyler Berkness, BS
Program Administrator
USC Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI)
University of Southern California
San Diego, CA