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
Associate Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology
stark investigators, IU School of medicine
Liana G. Apostolova, MD, MS
Associate Dean of Alzheimer's Disease Research
Stephanie J. Bissel, PhD
Associate Research Professor of Medical & Molecular Genetics
Scott G. Canfield, PhD
Associate Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology
Holly J. Garringer, PhD
Associate Research Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Chunhai Hao, MD, PhD
Bicentennial Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine II
Gary D. Hutchins, PhD
Senior Research Professor of Radiology & Imaging Sciences of Radiology & Imaging Sciences
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
stark investigator, IU Indianapolis
Leonid Rubchinsky, PhD
Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences