A significant focus of Stark Neurosciences Research Institute is on the neurobiology and molecular genetics of neurodegenerative disorders, including most prominently Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are exploring the causes of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, searching for new methods to detect the disease early and discovering the latest advances to slow and prevent the disease. Neuroscience experts collaborate on basic and translational science programs within the research institute through multiple nationally funded studies, centers and consortia based out of IU School of Medicine.
Advancing Alzheimer's disease Research
IU School of Medicine is home to a robust, productive and renowned researcher centers, labs and programs that collaborate to advance research on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
director of neurodegenerative disorders research
Cristian A. Lasagna Reeves, PhD, MS
Associate Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology
faculty investigators
Ashay D. Bhatwadekar, PhD, MPHARM
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Liana G. Apostolova, MD, MS, FAAN
Associate Dean of Alzheimer's Disease Research
Stephanie J. Bissel, PhD
Assistant Research Professor of Medical & Molecular Genetics
Scott G. Canfield, PhD
Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology
Holly J. Garringer, PhD
Associate Research Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Chunhai Hao, MD, PhD, MSC
Bicentennial Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine II
Bruce T. Lamb, PhD
Executive Director, Paul and Carole Stark Neurosciences Research Institute
Brittany D. Needham, PhD
Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology
Stephane Pelletier, PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medical & Molecular Genetics
Shannon L. Risacher, PhD
Associate Professor of Radiology & Imaging Sciences
Andrew J. Saykin, PsyD
Director, Center for Neuroimaging and Indiana Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
William A. Truitt, PhD
Associate Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology
Ruben Vidal, PhD
Luella McWhirter Martin Professor of Clinical Alzheimer's Research
I-Chen Ivorine Yu, PhD
Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology
Leonid Rubchinsky, PhD
Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences
Research Partners
Indiana Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Longitudinal Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Study (LEADS)
Model Organism Development and Evaluation for Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease (MODEL-AD)
Regenstrief Institute and the Center for Aging Research
National Centralized Repository for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (NCRAD)