Einstein Secures $11 Million to Continue Research on Brain Aging and Alzheimer's Disease
Monday, May 9, 2011 - 15:00
in Health & Medicine
The Einstein Aging Study, which examines both normal brain aging and the special challenges of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, has recently received a renewal grant of $11 million from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Aging to continue its work. Richard B. Lipton, M.D., the Lotti and Bernard Benson Faculty Scholar in Alzheimer's Disease and professor and vice chair of The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology, will continue to lead an interdisciplinary team of researchers and health care professionals working to discover dementia's causes and potential therapies.