The US federal government currently funds Alzheimer's Disease Centers (ADC's) at major medical institutions across the United States. Researchers at these centers are working to translate research advances into improved care and diagnosis for Alzheimer's patients while, at the same time, focusing on the program's long term goal-finding a way to cure and possibly prevent Alzheimer's disease (AD). Areas of investigation range from the basic mechanisms of AD to managing the symptoms and helping families cope with the effects of the disease. Center staff conduct basic, clinical, and behavioral research. Each of the centers has its own unique areas of emphasis. One of the program's major benefits is the opportunity for collaborative studies that draw upon the expertise of scientists from many different disciplines. Centers also have significant responsibilities related to information transfer and the training of scientists and health care providers new to AD research. A common goal of the ADC's is to enhance research on AD by providing a network for sharing new ideas as well as research results.

Additionally, some ADC-affiliated satellite facilities offer diagnostic and treatment services and collect research data in underserved, rural, and minority communities. For patients and families affected by AD, many ADC's offer:

• Diagnosis and medical management (costs may vary, many centers accept Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance), Information about the disease and services and resources.
• Opportunities for volunteers to participate in drug trials and other clinical research projects (and support groups and other special programs for volunteers and their families).

For more information, contact any of the centers on the following list. Ask for information about any of the activities described above and about offices and satellite clinics at other locations throughout the country.

 Alabama

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Daniel Marson, Ph.D., Director
Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Sparks Research Center
1720 7th Avenue South, Ste. 650K
Birmingham, AL 35233-7340
ADC e-mail: dmarson@uab.edu
Website: www.uab.edu/adc
Director's Tel: 205-934-3847
Director's Fax: 205-934-1569

Arizona

Arizona Alzheimer’s Disease Center/Sun Health Research Institute

Eric Reiman, M.D., Director
Arizona Alzheimer's Disease Center
Banner Alzheimer's Institute
901 E. Willeta Street
Phoenix, AZ 85006
Director's e-mail: eric.reiman@bannerhealth.com
Website: www.azalz.org/
Director's Tel: 602-239-6999
Director's Fax: 602-239-6253

Arkansas

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Cornelia M. Beck, R.N., Ph.D., Director
Alzheimer's Disease Center
Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
4301 West Markham, Slot 808
Little Rock, AR 72205-7199
Director's e-mail: beckcornelia@uams.edu
Website: http://alzheimer.uams.edu
Director's Tel: 501-526-5750
Director's Fax: 501-526-5760
Information: 501-603-1294

California

Stanford University

Jerome A. Yesavage, M.D., Director
Stanford/VA Alzheimer's Disease Center
Department of Psychiatry, 5550
401 Quarry Road, C305
Stanford, CA 94305-5717
ADC e-mail: amott@stanford.edu
Director's e-mail: yesavage@stanford.edu
Website: http://alzheimer.stanford.edu
Director's Tel: 650-852-3287
Director's Fax: 650-852-3297

University of California, Davis

Charles S. DeCarli, M.D., Director
Alzheimer's Disease Center
University of California, Davis Medical Center
4860 Y Street, Suite 3700
Sacramento, CA 95817-4540
Director's e-mail: cdecarli@ucdavis.edu
Website: http://alzheimer.ucdavis.edu
Information Line: 916-734-5496
Fax: 916-734-6525

University of California, Irvine

Carl W. Cotman, Ph.D., Director
Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
University of California, Irvine
Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility, Rm. 1113
Irvine, CA 92697-4540
Director's e-mail: cwcotman@uci.edu
Website: www.alz.uci.edu
Director's Tel: 949-824-5847
Director's Fax: 949-824-2071

University of California, Los Angeles

Jeffrey L. Cummings, M.D., Director
Alzheimer's Disease Center
10911 Weyburn Avenue, Ste. 200
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769
Director's e-mail: jcummings@mednet.ucla.edu
Website: www.adc.ucla.edu
Director's Tel: 310-794-3663
Director's Fax: 310-794-3148
Information Line for Research Studies and Clinical Trials: 310-206-6379

University of California, San Diego

Douglas R. Galasko, M.D., Director
Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Department of Neurosciences
UCSD School of Medicine
9500 Gilman Drive (0624)
La Jolla, CA 92093-0624
ADC e-mail: adrc@ucsd.edu
Director's e-mail: dgalasko@ucsd.edu
Website: http://adrc.ucsd.edu
Director's Tel: 858-534-4606
Director's Fax: 858-534-2985
Information Line: 858-622-5800

University of California, San Francisco

Bruce Miller, M.D., Director
Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
University of California, San Francisco, Box 1207
350 Parnassus Avenue, Suite 706
San Francisco, CA 94143-1207
ADC e-mail: adrc@memory.ucsf.edu
Director's e-mail: bmiller@memory.ucsf.edu
Website: http://memory.ucsf.edu
Director's Tel: 415-476-6242
Director's Fax: 415-476-4800

University of Southern California

Helena Chui, M.D., Director
Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
University of Southern California
Health Consultation Center
1510 San Pablo Street, HCC643
Los Angeles, CA 90033
ADC e-mail: uscadrc@usc.edu
Director's e-mail: chui@usc.edu
Websites: www.usc.edu/dept/gero/ADRC
www.usc.edu/memory
Director's Tel: 323-442-7686
Director's Fax: 323-442-7689

Florida

Florida Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center/Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute

Huntington Potter, Ph.D., Director
Florida Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Byrd Alzheimer's Institute
15310 Amberly Drive, Suite 320
Tampa, FL 33647
Director's email: hpotter@byrdinstitute.org
Website: www.floridaadrc.org
Director's Tel: 813-866-1600
Director's Fax: 813-866-1601

Georgia

Emory University

Allan I. Levey, M.D., Ph.D., Director
Alzheimer's Disease Center
Neurology Department
101 Woodruff Circle, #6000
Atlanta, GA 30322
Director's e-mail: alevey@emory.edu
Website: www.med.emory.edu/ADC
Director's Tel: 404-727-7220
Information Line: 404-728-6950
Fax: 404-727-3999

Illinois

Northwestern University

M.-Marsel Mesulam, M.D., Director
Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
675 N St. Claire, Galter 20-100
Chicago, IL 60611
Director's e-mail: mmesulam@northwestern.edu
Website: www.brain.northwestern.edu
Director's Tel: 312-908-9339
Director's Fax: 312-908-8789

Rush University Medical Center

David A. Bennett, M.D., Director
Alzheimer's Disease Center
Rush University Medical Center
Armour Academic Center
600 South Paulina Street, Suite 1028
Chicago, IL 60612
Director's e-mail: dbennett@rush.edu
Website: www.rush.edu/radc
Center's Fax: 312-563-4605
Information Line: 312-942-2362

Indiana

Indiana University

Bernardino Ghetti, M.D., Director
Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center
Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
635 Barnhill Drive, MS-A-138
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5120
ADC e-mail: iadc@iupui.edu
Director's e-mail: bghetti@iupui.edu
Website: http://iadc.iupui.edu
Director's Tel: 317-274-7818
Director's Fax: 317-274-4882
Information Line: 317-278-5500

 Kentucky

University of Kentucky

William R. Markesbery, M.D., Director
University of Kentucky Alzheimer's Disease Center
Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, Rm. 101
800 South Limestone St.
Lexington, KY 40536-0230
Director's e-mail: wmark0@email.uky.edu
Website: www.mc.uky.edu/coa/
Information Line: 859-323-6040
Fax: 859-323-2866

Maryland

The Johns Hopkins University

Donald L. Price, M.D., Director
Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Division of Neuropathology
The Johns Hopkins University Medical Institutions
558 Ross Research Building
720 Rutland Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21205-2196
Director's e-mail:

priced@jhmi.edu
Website: www.alzresearch.org
Director's Tel: 410-502-5169
Director's Fax: 410-955-9777

Massachusetts

Boston University

Neil William Kowall, M.D., Director
Alzheimer's Disease Center
Bedford VA Medical Center
GRECC Program (182B)
200 Springs Road
Bedford, MA 01730
ADC e-mail: decart@bu.edu
Director's e-mail: nkowall@bu.edu
Website: www.bu.edu/alzresearch
Director's Tel: 781-687-2632
Director's Fax: 781-687-3515
Information Line: 617-638-5368

Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Bradley T. Hyman, M.D., Ph.D., Director
Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Massachusetts General Hospital
114 16th Street, Room 2009
Charlestown, MA 02129
Director's e-mail: b_hyman@helix.mgh.harvard.edu
Website: http://madrc.org
Director's Tel: 617-726-2299
Director's Fax: 617-724-1480
Information Line: 617-726-3987

Michigan

University of Michigan

Sid Gilman, M.D., Director
Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Department of Neurology
300 North Ingalls, Room 3D15
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0489
Director's e-mail: sgilman@umich.edu
ADC e-mail: neuro-ADresearch@med.umich.edu
Website: www.med.umich.edu/alzheimers
Director's Tel: 734-936-1808
Director's Fax: 734-963-1752
Information Line: 734-764-2190

Minnesota

Mayo Clinic

Ronald Petersen, M.D., Ph.D., Director
Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Department of Neurology
200 First Street, SW
Rochester, MN 55905
Director's e-mail: peter8@mayo.edu
ADC e-mail: mayoADC@mayo.edu
Website: http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/alzheimers_center
Director's Tel: 507-538-0487
Information Line: 507-284-1324
Director's Fax: 507-284-6012
Main Fax: 507-538-0878

Missouri

Washington University

John C. Morris, M.D., Director
Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Washington University School of Medicine
Department of Neurology
4488 Forest Park Avenue, Suite 130
St. Louis, MO 63108-2293
Director's e-mail: morrisj@abraxas.wustl.edu
Website: http://alzheimer.wustl.edu
Director's Tel: 314-286-2881
Director's Fax: 314-286-2763

 New York

Columbia University

Michael L. Shelanski, M.D., Ph.D., Director
Columbia University Alzheimer's Disease Center
630 West 168th Street, P&S 15-402
New York, NY 10032
Director's e-mail: mls7@columbia.edu
Website: www.alzheimercenter.org
Director's Tel: 212-305-3300
Director's Fax: 212-305-5498
Information Line: 212-305-1818

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Mary Sano, Ph.D., Director
Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Department of Psychiatry
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
One Gustave Levy Place, Box 1230
New York, NY 10029-6574
Director's e-mail: mary.sano@mssm.edu
Website: www.mssm.edu/psychiatry/adrc
Director's Tel: 718-741-4228
Fax: 718-562-9120
Information Line: 212-241-8329

New York University

Steven H. Ferris, Ph.D., Director
Alzheimer's Disease Center
New York University
ADRC, Millhauser Labs
560 First Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Director's e-mail: steven.ferris@med.nyu.edu
Website: www.med.nyu.edu/adc
Director's Tel: 212-263-5703
Director's Fax: 212-263-6991
Information Line: 212-263-8088

 North Carolina

Duke University Medical Center

Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer, Ph.D., Director
Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
2200 West Main Street
Suite A-230
Durham, NC 27705
Director's e-mail: kwe@duke.edu
Website: http://adrc.mc.duke.edu
Director's Tel: 919-416-5380
Director's Fax: 919-286-3406
Toll-free: 1-866-444-2372 (ADRC)

Oregon

Oregon Health and Science University

Jeffrey Kaye, M.D., Director
Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Center CR 131
Oregon Health and Science University
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road
Portland, OR 97239-3098
Director's e-mail: kaye@ohsu.edu
Website: www.ohsu.edu/research/alzheimers
Director's Tel: 503-494-6976
Director's Fax: 503-494-7499

Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

John Q. Trojanowski, M.D., Ph.D., Director
Alzheimer's Disease Center
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
HUP, Maloney 3rd Floor
36th and Spruce Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Director's e-mail: trojanow@mail.med.upenn.edu
Website: www.uphs.upenn.edu/ADC
Director's Tel: 215-662-6399
Director's Fax: 215-349-5909
Information Line: 215-662-7810

University of Pittsburgh

Steven T. DeKosky, M.D., Director
Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Neurology
3471 Fifth Avenue, Ste. 811
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2582
Director's e-mail: dekoskyst@upmc.edu
Website: www.adrc.pitt.edu
Center's Fax: 412-692-2710
Information Line: 412-692-2700

Texas

University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center

Roger N. Rosenberg, M.D., Director
Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Department of Neurology
University of Texas SW Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75390-9036
Director's e-mail: roger.rosenberg@UTsouthwestern.edu
Website: www.utsouthwestern.edu/alzheimers/research
Director's Tel: 214-648-3239
Information Line: 214-648-9376
Fax: 214-648-6824

Washington

University of Washington

Murray Raskind, M.D., Director
Alzheimer's Disease Center
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Mental Health Services, S-116
1660 South Columbian Way
Seattle, WA 98108
Director's e-mail: murray.raskind@med.va.gov
Website: http://depts.washington.edu/adrcweb
Information Line: 206-277-3281
Fax: 206-768-5456

National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC)

Walter Kukull, Ph.D., Director
National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center
4311 11th Avenue NE, #300
Seattle, WA 98105
E-mail: naccmail@u.washington.edu
Website: www.alz.washington.edu
Phone: 206-543-8637
Fax: 206-616-5927

National Cell Repository for Alzheimer's Disease

Tatiana Foroud, Ph.D., Director
Indiana University Medical Center
Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics
975 West Walnut Street, Room IB-130
Indianapolis IN 46202-5251
E-mail: alzstudy@iupui.edu
Website: www.ncrad.org
Phone: 800-526-2839
Fax: 317-274-2387

This list was last updated April 2008