The National Institute on Aging funds Alzheimer's Disease Centers (ADCs) at major medical institutions across the U.S.
What do the ADCs do?
ADC Article Database
Find an Alzheimer's Disease Center (ADC): Click on a square in the map below or browse the list of ADCs by state.
What do the ADCs do?
Researchers at NIA-funded Alzheimer's Disease Centers are working to translate research advances into improved diagnosis and care for Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients while, at the same time, focusing on the program's long-term goal--finding a way to cure and possibly prevent 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 and train scientists and health care providers who are new to AD research.
Although each center has its own unique area of emphasis, a common goal of the ADCs is to enhance research on AD by providing a network for sharing new ideas as well as research results. Collaborative studies draw upon the expertise of scientists from many different disciplines.
Some ADCs have satellite facilities, which offer diagnostic and treatment services and research opportunities in underserved, rural, and minority communities.
For patients and families affected by AD, the ADCs offer:
- Diagnosis and medical management (costs may vary--centers may accept Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance).
- Information about the disease, services, and resources.
- Opportunities for volunteers to participate in drug trials, support groups, clinical research projects, and other special programs for volunteers and their families.
Two national AD resources are listed at the end of the directory. The National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center coordinates data collection and fosters collaborative research among the ADCs. The National Cell Repository for Alzheimer's Disease maintains a database of family histories and medical records and provides genetic researchers with cell lines and/or DNA samples.
For more information, contact any of the centers in the directory below.
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ADC Directory
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
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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
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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
*Affiliate Center
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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
* Affiliate Center
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
The NACC coordinates data collection and fosters collaborative research among the ADCs.
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
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