At the forefront of Alzheimer’s disease research for almost 30 years, Indiana University's Alzheimer Disease Center is one of only 32 centers in the U.S. solely committed to Alzheimer’s research. The center supports the U.S. National Alzheimer’s Project Act to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s disease by 2025 through innovative research on etiology, early detection, and therapeutics.
The Clinical Core provides researchers with high quality clinical, imaging, biomarker and neuropathological data in Alzheimer’s disease and hereditary dementias to improve early detection of neurodegenerative diseases.
Data Core members provide crucial data management support for all research activities conducted by the center’s multidisciplinary investigator team, including data storage, statistical analysis, training, and mentoring.
Integrating molecular technology to assist in the neuropathologic diagnosis, the Neuropathology Core provides information about pathologic data to physicians and families as well as well-characterized tissue to basic researchers.
The Outreach and Recruitment Core administers community programs to advance awareness of the critically important role of participating in research at the Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center.
The Research Education Core develops new researchers specifically trained to discover innovative approaches to improve understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
The Neuroimaging Core provides access to and support for the application of advanced neuroimaging in clinical and translational research.
The Genetics, Biomarker and Bioinformatics Core builds on the Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center’s strong history of innovative research in the genetics of hereditary dementia as well as imaging genomics.
30years of Alzheimer's disease research experience
2,000brain donations
$50million dollars in NIH funding
Liana G. Apostolova
lapostol@iu.edu
Barbara and Peer Baekgaard Professor of Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Early symptomatic and pre-symptomatic stages of Alzheimer’s Disease and genetic biomarkers and imaging
Tatiana Foroud
tforoud@iu.edu
Chair, Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics
Genetics of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and intracranial aneurysms. Runs NIH repository for Alzheimer’s disease
Sujuan Gao
sgao@iu.edu
Professor of Biostatistics
Core leader of Data Management and Statistics at the Alzheimer’s Disease Center
Bernardino Ghetti
bghetti@iupui.edu
Distinguished Professor
Alzheimer’s disease and other degenerative brain diseases
Taeho Jo
tjo@iu.edu
Assistant Research Professor of Radiology & Imaging Sciences
Deep learning in Alzheimer’s disease, diagnostic classification using neuroimaging data
Debomoy K. Lahiri
dlahiri@iupui.edu
Professor of Neurobiology
Biogenesis of AD-associated amyloid plaque, gene regulation, and molecular underpinnings of Alzheimer’s disease
Bruce T. Lamb
btlamb@iu.edu
Executive Director, Paul and Carole Stark Neurosciences Research Institute
Basic science of Alzheimer’s disease with a focus on traumatic brain injury as an environmental modifier
Shannon L. Risacher
srisache@iupui.edu
Assistant Professor of Radiology & Imaging Sciences
Biomarkers and co-morbid medical and lifestyle factors of Alzheimer’s disease pathology and dementias
Andrew Saykin
asaykin@iupui.edu
Director, Center for Neuroimaging
Brain imaging and genomics for neurological and psychiatric disorders
Frederick W. Unverzagt
funverza@iupui.edu
Professor of Clinical Psychology
Epidemiology of cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease and stroke, neuropsychological test development
Ruben Vidal
rvidal@iupui.edu
Luella McWhirter Martin Professor of Clinical Alzheimer’s Research
Abnormal protein deposition in the brain and neurodegeneration
Yu-Chien Wu
yucwu@iu.edu
Associate Professor of Radiology & Imaging Sciences
Microstructure imaging techniques for changes in Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury
