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

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

Jeffrey Burns, MD

KU Alzheimer's Disease Center
University of Kansas
Core Faculty

Maria Carrillo, PhD

Alzheimer's Association
Chicago, IL

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

Howard Fillit, MD

Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY

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

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

Jason Karlawish, MD

Penn Memory Center at the Penn Neuroscience Center
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

Susan Landau, PhD

Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

Kristina McLinden, PhD

Division of Neuroscience
National Institute on Aging
Baltimore, MD

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
ACTC Leadership

Jeremy Pizzola

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

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

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