Participating Members

Principal Investigator

 Gerard Schellenberg, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania) (Link)

ADGC Leadership 
Name                                                     Role                    Location                                                                
Gerard D. Schellenberg, Ph.D. PI University of Pennsylvania  
Lindsey Farrer, Ph.D. co-PI Boston University  
Jonathan Haines, Ph.D. co-PI Case Western Reserve University  
Richard Mayeux, M.D. co-PI Columbia University  
Margaret Pericak-Vance, Ph.D. co-PI University of Miami  
Li-San Wang, Ph.D. co-PI University of Pennsylvania  

 

 

Executive Committee
Gerard D. Schellenberg         PI                  Chair                                                   University of Pennsylvania                                                                         
Alison Goate co-PI Biomarkers Washington University St. Louis
Alison Yao Member Program Officer National Institute on Aging & National Institutes of Health
Andrew Saykin co-PI Biomarkers & Data Contributor

Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
Carlos Cruchaga Member Data Contributor Washington University in St. Louis
Dallas Anderson Member Ex-officio National Institute on Aging & National Institutes of Health
David Bennett co-PI Cohort Studies & Data Contributor

Rush Memory and Aging Project &

Rush Religious Orders Study
Debby Tsuang co-PI Clinical samples University of Washington
Deborah Blacker co-PI Familial AD Massachusetts General Hospital
Denis Evans Member Data Contributor Chicago Health and Aging Project
Elaine Peskind Member Data Contributor University of Washington
Hakon Hakonarson co-PI Genotyping Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Ilyas Kamboh Member Data Contributor University of Pittsburgh
Jeffery Ball Member Grants Management Specialist National Institute on Aging & National Institutes of Health
John Morris co-PI Clinical samples Washington University
Jonathan Haines co-PI Data Contributor Vanderbilt University & Case Western Reserve University
Jong-Won Kim Member Data Contributor Samsung Medical Center
Joseph Buxbaum Member Data Contributor Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Kaj Blennow Member Data Contributor University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Kathleen Hall Member Data Contributor

Indianapolis African Americans and

Indianapolis-Ibaden Dementia cohorts 
Kungho Lee Member Data Contributor Chosun University
Lindsay Farrer co-PI Analysis Group & Data Contributor

Multi-Institutional Research on Alzheimer Genetic Epidemiology &

Wadi Ara Israeli-Arab Prevalence Study of Dementia
Lisa Barnes Member Data Contributor Minority Aging Research Study
Li-San Wang co-PI Database NIAGADS
M. Dani Fallin Member Data Contributor

Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Alzheimer

Disease Among African Americans
Margaret Pericak-Vance co-PI Analysis group & Data Contributor University of Miami & Duke University
Marilyn Albert Member   Analysis Group & Data Contributor Biomarkers of Cognitive Decline Among Normal Individuals
Marilyn Miller Ex-officio National Institute on Aging National Institutes of Health
Matthew Huentelman Member Data Contributor Translational Genomics Research Institute
Matthias Riemenschneider Member Data Contributor Netherlands Brain Bank and Saarland University
Nilufer Ertekin-Taner Member Data Contributor Jacksonville Mayo Clinic
Paul Crane Member Data Contributor Adult Changes in Thought
Paul Lacaze Member Data Contributor Monash University
Peter St. George-Hyslop Member Data Contributor Genetic Alzheimer's Disease Associations Study
Richard Lipton Member Data Contributor Einstein Aging Study
Richard Mayeux co-PI Familial AD & Data Contributor

Estudio Familiar de la Influencia de la Genética del Alzheimer &

Washington Heights-Inwood Community Aging Project &

NIA Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Family Study
Robert Barber Member Data Contributor Texas Alzheimer's Research and Care Consortium
Robert Friedland Member Data Contributor Wadi Ara Israeli-Arab Prevalence Study of Dementia
Ronald Peterson Member Data Contributor Mayo Clinic Rochester
Ryosun Kuwano Member Data Contributor Japanese Genetic Study Consortium for Alzheimer's Disease
Tatiana Foroud co-PI NCRAD & Data Contributor National Cell Repository for Alzheimer's Disease
Thomas Montine co-PI Neuropathology University of Washington
Walter Kukull co-PI NACC & Data Contributor

NIA Alzheimer's Disease Centers & Genetic Differences

in Alzheimer's Cases and Controls

 

External Advisory Committee
Nancy Cox Department of Medicine, University of Chicago
Michael Boehnke Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
Stephen S. Rich School of Public Health Services, University of Virginia

 

 

Investigator Committee
Name Director Institution
Gerard D. Schellenberg/Li-San Wang John Trojanowski University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
David Bennett/Dennis Evans David Bennett Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Deborah Blacker Bradley T. Hyman Massachusetts General, Boston, MA
Lindsay Farrar Neil W. Kowall Boston University, Boston, MA
Kathleen Hall/Andy Saykin Bernardino Ghetti Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Richard Mayeux Michael L. Shelanski Columbia University, New York, NY
John C. Morris/Alison Goate John C. Morris Washington University, St Louis, MO
Margaret Pericak-Vance Huntington Potter Florida Alzheimer’s Center
Ronald C. Peterson/Steve Younkin Ronald C. Peterson Mayo Clinic
Eric Reiman Eric Reiman Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, Phoenix, AZ
Debbie Tsuang/Thomas Montine/Elaine Peskind Murray Raskind University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer Duke University Medical Center
tbn Allan I. Levey Emory University
tbn Donald L. Price Johns Hopkins University
tbn Mary Sano Mount Sinai School of Medicine
tbn Steven H. Ferris New York University
tbn Jerome A. Yesavage Stanford University
tbn M. Marsel Mesulam Northwestern University Medical School
tbn Jeffrey Kaye Oregon Health and Science University
tbn Daniel Marson University of Alabama
tbn Cornelia Beck University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
tbn Charles DeCarli University of San Diego
tbn Carl Cotman University of California, Irvine
tbn Jeffrey L. Cummings University of California, Los Angeles
tbn Doug Galasko University of California, San Diego
tbn Bruce L. Miller University of California, San Francisco
tbn William R. Markesbery University of Kentucky
tbn Sid Gilman University of Michigan
tbn Steven T. DeKosky University of Pittsburgh
tbn I. Helena Chui University of Southern California
tbn Roger Rosenberg University of Texas Southwestern
Walter Kukull   National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center
Hakon Hakonarson   Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Tatiana Foroud   National Cell Repository for Alzheimer’s Disease
Susan Resnick   NIA

 

 

Analysis Committee
Margaret Pericak-Vance Chair; co-PI University of Miami, Miami, FL
Lindsay Farrar co-PI Boston University, Boston, MA
Deborah Blacker   Massachusetts General, Boston, MA
Jonathan Haines   Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN
Bernie Devlin   University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Eden Martin   University of Miami, Miami, FL
Adrienne L. Cupples   Boston University, Boston, MA
Ellen Wijsman   University of Washington, WA

 

 

Biomarker Committee
Alison Goate Chair; co-PI Washington University, St Louis, MO
Andy Sakin co-PI Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
John Trojanowski   University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Douglas Galasko   University of California, San Diego, CA
David M. Holtzman   Washington University, St Louis, MO
Elaine Peskind   University of Washington, Seattle, WA

 

 

Clinical Committee
John Morris Chair; co-PI Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Debbie Tsuang co-PI University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Thomas Bird   University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Helena Chui   USC, Los Angeles, CA
Jeffrey Cummings   UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Charlie DeCarli   UC Davis, Davis, CA
Steven Ferris   New York University, New York, NY
Douglas Galasko   UCSD, San Diego, CA
Neil Graff-Radford   Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Richard Mayeux   Columbia, New York, NY
Elaine Peskind   University of Washington, Seattle, WA
John Ringman   UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Sandra Weintraub   Northwestern, Chicago, IL
Walter Kukull   University of Washington, Seattle, WA

 

 

Familial AD Committee
Richard Mayeux Chair; co-PI Columbia University, New York, NY
Deborah Blacker co-PI Massachusetts General, Boston, MA
Thomas Bird   University of Washington, WA
Tatiana Foroud   Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Ellen Wijsman   University of Washington, WA
Jonathan Haines   Vanderbilt University, TN

 

 

Neuropathology Committee
Thomas Montine Chair; co-PI University of Washington, Seattle WA
Eric Reiman co-PI Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, Phoenix, AZ
Dennis Dickson   Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL
Matthew Frosch   Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA
Bernadino Ghetti   Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Brad Hyman   Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA
Julie Schneider   Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
John Trojanowski   University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Walter Kukull   University of Washington, Seattle, WA

 

 

Prospective Cohort Committee
David Bennett Chair; co-PI Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Deborah Blacker co-PI Massachusetts General, Boston, MA
Mark Espeland   Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Denis Evans   Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Kathleen Hall   Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Kate Hayden   Duke University, Durham, NC
Walter Kukull   University of Washington, WA
Richard Mayeux   Columbia University, New York, NY
Ron Petersen   Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Sue Resnick   National Institute on Aging, Washington DC
Kathie Welsh-Bohmer   Duke University, Durham, NC
Peter Zandi   Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD