Dr. Vladimir Hachinski
2022 Recipient
Dr. Vladimir Hachinski is a Distinguished Professor of Neurology and Epidemiology at Western University, Canada. He discovered how to differentiate Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia.
Read MoreDr. Maria Luisa Gorno Tempini
2023 Recipient
Dr. Maria Luisa Gorno Tempini is a behavioral neurologist and holds the Charles Schwab Charles Schwab Distinguished Professorship in Dyslexia and Neurodevelopment. She currently directs the Language Neurobiology Laboratory at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center and co-directs the UCSF Dyslexia Center.
Read MoreAditi Kona
2021 Student Recipient
Aditi Kona is a student at North Oldham High School in Prospect Kentucky. The prize was awarded at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, the oldest and most prestigious high school science fair in the world.
Read MoreDr. Kenneth Kosik
2021 Recipient
Kenneth Kosik, M.D., is the Harriman Professor of Neuroscience Research and Co-Director of the Neuroscience Research Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Read MoreDr. Giovanna Mallucci
2021 Recipient
Giovanna Mallucci, M.D., Ph.D., is the van Geest Professor of Clinical neurosciences at the University of Cambridge, UK and and the Center Director of the UK Dementia Research Institute at Cambridge.
Read MoreDr. J. Paul Taylor
2020 Recipient
J. Paul Taylor, M.D., Ph.D., is Chair of the Cell and Molecular Biology Department at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.
Read MoreDr. Randall J. Bateman
2019 Recipient
Randall J. Bateman, M.D., is the Charles F. and Joanne Knight Distinguished Professor, Neurology and Director of the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trials Unit.
Read MoreDr. David Bennett
2018 Recipient
David A. Bennett, M.D., is director of the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center and the Robert C. Borwell Professor of Neurological Sciences.
Read MoreDr. Claudia Kawas
2017 Recipient
Claudia Kawas, M.D., is Chair in Clinical Neuroscience and Professor of Neurobiology & Behavior and Neurology, at the University of California, Irvine.
Read MoreDr. Kristine Yaffe
2017 Recipient
Kristine Yaffe, M.D., is a Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Epidemiology, the Roy and Marie Scola Endowed Chair and Vice Chair of Research in Psychiatry at UCSF.
Read MoreDr. Rosa Rademakers
2016 Recipient
Rosa Rademakers, Ph.D., is a neurogeneticist on Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus within the Department of Neuroscience.
Read MoreDr. Bryan J. Traynor
2016 Recipient
Bryan J. Traynor, M.D., Ph.D., M.M.Sc, M.R.C.P.I, is a Neurologist and a Senior Investigator at the National Institute on Aging and the Chief of the Neuromuscular Diseases Research Section at the Laboratory of Neurogenetics.
Read MoreDr. Peter Davies
2015 Recipient
Peter Davies, Ph.D., is Scientific Director of the Litwin-Zucker Center for the Study of Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders and a Professor of Pathology and Neuroscience at the Zucker School of Medicine.
Read MoreDr. Reisa A. Sperling
2015 Recipient
Reisa A. Sperling, M.D., is a Neurologist at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and a Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School.
Read MoreDr. M. Marsel Mesulam
2014 Recipient
M. Marsel Mesulam, M.D., is Director of the Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease and Chief of Behavioral Neurology in the Department of Neurology at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine.
Read MoreDr. Eric M. Reiman
2013 Recipient
Eric M. Reiman, M.D., is Executive Director of the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, Chief Executive Officer of Banner Research, Clinical Director of Neurogenomics at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Director of the Arizona Alzheimer’s Consortium.
Read MoreDr. Michael W. Weiner
2013 Recipient
Michael W. Weiner, M.D., is Principal Investigator of the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative and a Professor in Residence in Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Medicine, Psychiatry, and Neurology at UCSF.
Read MoreDr. William J. Jagust
2013 Recipient
William J. Jagust, M.D., is Principal Investigator of the Berkeley Aging Cohort Study and Professor of Public Health and Neuroscience at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health.
Read MoreDr. Takeshi Iwatsubo
2012 Recipient
Takeshi Iwatsubo, M.D., Ph.D., is a Professor of Neuroscience at the Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo.
Read MoreDr. Dennis W. Dickson
2011 Recipient
Dennis W. Dickson, M.D., is a Professor of Laboratory Medicine And Pathology at the Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus.
Read MoreDr. Eckhard Mandelkow
2011 Recipient
Eckhard Mandelkow, Ph.D., is a Professor and a Principal Investigator at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases.
Read MoreDr. Eva-Maria Mandelkow
2011 Recipient
Eva-Maria Mandelkow, M.D., Ph.D., is a Neuroscientist and a Principal Investigator at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases.
Read MoreDr. Bruce L. Miller
2010 Recipient
Bruce L. Miller, M.D., is the A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor in Neurology and Director of the Memory and Aging Center at UCSF and Co-Director of the Global Brain Health Institute.
Read MoreDr. Lennart Mucke
2010 Recipient
Lennart Mucke, M.D., is the Joseph B. Martin Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience at UCSF and Director and Senior Investigator of the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease.
Read MoreDr. Robert J. Vassar
2009 Recipient
Robert J. Vassar, Ph.D., is Scientific Director of Behavioral Neurology in the Department of Neurology and Davee Professor of Alzheimer Research at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine.
Read MoreDr. Michael S. Wolfe
2009 Recipient
Michael S. Wolfe, Ph.D., is the Mathias P. Mertes Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the KU School of Pharmacy.
Read MoreDr. Berisłav V. Zlokovic
2009 Recipient
Berisłav V. Zlokovic, M.D., Ph.D., is Director of the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute and Professor and Chair of the Department of Physiology and Neuroscience at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and a Professor of Biological Sciences at the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Read MoreDr. Clifford R. Jack, Jr.
2008 Recipient
Clifford R. Jack, Jr., M.D., is Professor of Radiology at the Mayo Clinic’s Minnesota Campus.
Read MoreDr. William E. Klunk
2008 Recipient
William E. Klunk, M.D., Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology and Levidow-Pittsburgh Foundation Chair in Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Disorders.
Read MoreDr. Chester A. Mathis
2008 Recipient
Chester A. Mathis, Ph.D., is Endowed Chair of PET Research and Distinguished Professor of Radiology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Read MoreDr. Richard P. Mayeux
2007 Recipient
Richard P. Mayeux, M.D. MSc., is Director of the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, and co-director of the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain at Columbia University Medical Center.
Read MoreDr. Karen Ashe
2006 Recipient
Karen Ashe, M.D., Ph.D., is Professor and Anne Marie Tulloch Chairs in the Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience and Director of N. Bud Grossman Center for Memory Research and Care Edmund Wallace at the University of Minnesota.
Read MoreDr. Karen Duff
2006 Recipient
Karen Duff, Ph.D., is a Deputy Director of the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology at Columbia University.
Read MoreDr. Bradley Hyman
2006 Recipient
Bradley Hyman, M.D., Ph.D., is Director of the Massachusetts Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Alzheimer's Unit Director at MassGeneral and John B. Penney, Jr. Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School.
Read MoreDr. John Carl Morris
2005 Recipient
John Carl Morris, M.D., is the Harvey A. and Dorismae Hacker Friedman Professor of Neurology and Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Memory and Aging Project at Washington University School of Medicine.
Read MoreDr. Ronald C. Petersen
2005 Recipient
Ronald C. Petersen, M.D., Ph.D., is Director of the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging and Professor of Neurology at the Mayo Clinic’s Minnesota campus.
Read MoreDr. Leon J. Thal
2004 Recipient
Leon Leon J. Thal, M.D., was Distinguished Professor and Chair of Neurosciences and Director of the UC San Diego Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.
Read MoreDr. Roger M. Nitsch
2004 Recipient
Roger M. Nitsch, M.D., is CEO and President of Neurimmune, a biopharmaceutical company.
Read MoreDr. David M. Holtzman
2003 Recipient
David M. Holtzman, M.D., is Professor and Chair of Neurology, Scientific Director of the Hope Center for Neurological Disorders and Associate Director of the Knight ADRC at Washington University.
Read MoreDr. Ashley Bush
2003 Recipient
Ashley Bush, M.D., Ph.D., is Director of the Melbourne Dementia Research Centre at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health.
Read MoreDr. Christian Haass
2002 Recipient
Christian Haass, Ph.D., is Chair of the Department of Metabolic Biochemistry at the Biomedical Center at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
Read MoreDr. Bart De Strooper
2002 Recipient
Bart De Strooper, M.D., Ph.D., is Director of the UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL.
Read MoreDr. Dale Schenk
2001 Recipient
Dale Schenk, Ph.D., was Co-founder, President and CEO of Prothena, a biotechnology company.
Read MoreDr. Maria G. Spillantini
2000 Recipient
Maria Grazia Spillantini, Ph.D., is a Professor of Molecular Neurology in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge.
Read MoreDr. Michael Hutton
2000 Recipient
Michael Hutton, Ph.D., is Vice President Neurodegeneration Research at Eli Lilly and Co.
Read MoreDr. Arne Brun
1999 Recipient
Arne Brun, M.D., Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Pathology at Lund University.
Read MoreDr. Kirk Wilhelmsen
1999 Recipient
Kirk Wilhelmsen, M.D., Ph.D., is a Professor of Neurology at UNC School of Medicine.
Read MoreDr. Bernardino Ghetti
1999 Recipient
Bernardino Ghetti, M.D., is a Pathologist and Distinguished Professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
Read MoreDr. Michel Goedert
1998 Recipient
Michel Goedert, Ph.D., is Group Leader of the Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration Team at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.
Read MoreDr. Virginia Man-Yee Lee
1998 Recipient
Virginia Man-Yee Lee, Ph.D., is the John H. Ware 3rd Endowed Professor in Alzheimer's Research at the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Read MoreDr. John Q. Trojanowski
1998 Recipient
John Q. Trojanowski, M.D., Ph.D., is the William Maul Measey - Truman G. Schnabel, Jr., M.D. Professor of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology at the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Read MoreDr. Sangram S. Sisodia
1997 Recipient
Sangram S. Sisodia, Ph.D., is the Thomas A. Reynolds Sr. Family Professor of Neurobiology at the University of Chicago.
Read MoreDr. Elio Lugaresi
1997 Recipient
Elio Lugaresi, M.D., was a Professor of Neurology at various universities, and a Founder and President of the Italian League against Epilepsy, in addition to holding several other titles.
Read MoreDr. Pierluigi Gambetti
1997 Recipient
Pierluigi Gambetti, M.D., is a Professor in the Departments of Pathology and Neurology at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
Read MoreDr. Rudolph Tanzi
1996 Recipient
Rudolph Tanzi, Ph.D., is the Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Child Neurology and Mental Retardation at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Read MoreDr. P. St. George-Hyslop
1996 Recipient
Peter St. George-Hyslop, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.S.C., F.R.C.P.C., is the Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.
Read MoreDr. Steven G. Younkin
1995 Recipient
Steven G. Younkin, M.D., Ph.D., is a George M. Eisenberg Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Mayo Clinic.
Read MoreDr. Khalid Iqbal
1995 Recipient
Khalid Iqbal, Ph.D. is Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurochemistry, at the New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities.
Read MoreDr. Yasuo Ihara
1995 Recipient
Yasuo Ihara, M.D., is a Professor of neuropathology at Doshisha University.
Read MoreDr. Allen D. Roses
1994 Recipient
Allen D. Roses, M.D., was the Director of the Dean Drug Discovery Institute at Duke University, Chief of Neurology at Duke University Medical Center, and Founding Director of the Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.
Read MoreDr. Gerard Schellenberg
1994 Recipient
Gerard D. Schellenberg, Ph.D., is Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Director of Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.
Read MoreDr. Blas Frangione
1993 Recipient
Blas Frangione, M.D., Ph.D. is a research professor in the departments of pathology and psychiatry and Professor Emeritus of Pathology and Psychiatry, Department of Pathology at New York University Langone Health.
Read MoreDr. Alison M. Goate
1993 Recipient
Alison M. Goate, Ph.D., is Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Center on Alzheimer's Disease at Icahn School of MEdicine at Mount Sinai.
Read MoreDr. John Hardy
1993 Recipient
John Hardy, Ph.D. is Chair of the Molecular Biology of Neurological Disease at University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology.
Read MoreDr. Christine Van Broeckhoven
1993 Recipient
Christine Van Broeckhoven, Ph.D., D.Sc., is leader of the Neurodegenerative Brain Diseases research group at the Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie.
Read MoreDr. Donald L. Price
1992 Recipient
Donald L. Price, M.D., was Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Read MoreDr. Robert Katzman
1992 Recipient
Robert Katzman, M.D., was Professor Emeritus of Neurosciences and founding director of the Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the University of California-San Diego School of Medicine.
Read MoreDr. Stanley B. Prusiner
1991 Recipient
Stanley B. Prusiner, M.D., is Director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases and a Professor of Neurology and Biochemistry at the University of California San Francisco.
Read MoreDr. Colin L. Masters
1990 Recipient
Colin L. Masters, M.D., F.A.A., A.O., was a consultant and professor of pathology at the University of Melbourne, where he was Associate Dean of Research at the medical and dental schools.
Read MoreDr. Konrad Beyreuther
1990 Recipient
Konrad Beyreuther is Founding Director of the Network Aging Research at Heidelberg University.
Read MoreDr. Dennis J. Selkoe
1989 Recipient
Dennis J. Selkoe, M.D., is Co-Director of the Center for Neurologic Diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Read MoreDr. George G. Glenner
1989 Recipient
George G. Glenner, M.D., was a physician and Alzheimer’s researcher at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine.
Read MoreDr. Robert D. Terry
1988 Recipient
Robert D. Terry, M.D., was Chairman of the Department of Pathology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
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