Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers (ADRCs)
The National Institute on Aging funds Alzheimer's Disease Centers (ADCs) at major medical institutions across the U.S.
Find an Alzheimer's Disease Center (ADC): Browse the list of ADCs by state below.
What do the ADCs do?
The National Institute on Aging funds Alzheimer’s Disease Centers (ADCs) at major medical institutions across the Nation. Researchers at these 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.
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.
Some ADCs have satellite facilities which offer diagnostic and treatment services and research opportunities in underserved, rural, and minority communities.
National NIA-funded AD resources are listed at the end of the directory.
For more information, contact any of the centers in the directory below.
ADC Directory
Alabama
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Daniel Marson, J.D., 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
Website: www.uab.edu/adc
Information Line: 205-934-3847
Director's e-mail: dmarson@uab.edu
Director's Tel: 205-934-2334
Director's Fax: 205-975-3094
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
Website: www.azalz.org/
Information Line: 602-239-6525
Director's e-mail: eric.reiman@bannerhealth.com
Director's Tel: 602-239-6999
Director's Fax: 602-239-6253
California
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
Website: http://alzheimer.ucdavis.edu
Information Line: 916-734-5496
Director's e-mail: charles.decarli@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
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
Website: www.alz.uci.edu
Information Line: 949-824-5847
Director's e-mail: cwcotman@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
Website: www.adc.ucla.edu
Information Line: 310-794-3665
Director's e-mail: jcummings@mednet.ucla.edu
Director's Tel: 310-794-3665
Director's Fax: 310-794-3148
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 (0948)
La Jolla, CA 92093-0948
Website: http://adrc.ucsd.edu
Information Line: 858-622-5800
ADC e-mail: adrc@ucsd.edu
Director's e-mail: dgalasko@ucsd.edu
Center Fax: 858-622-1017
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 905
San Francisco, CA 94143-1207
Website: http://memory.ucsf.edu
Information Line: 415-476-6880
ADC e-mail: adrc@memory.ucsf.edu
Director's e-mail: bmiller@memory.ucsf.edu
Director's Tel: 415-476-5569
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
Website: www.usc.edu/dept/gero/ADRC
Information Line: 323-442-7600
ADC e-mail: uscadrc@usc.edu
Director's e-mail: chui@usc.edu
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
4001 East Fletcher Avenue
Tampa, FL 33613
Website: www.floridaadrc.org
Information Line: 1-866-700-7773 (toll free)
Director's email: hpotter@health.usf.edu
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
Wesley Woods Health Center, 3rd Floor
1841 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30329
Website: www.med.emory.edu/ADC
Information Line: 404-728-6950
Director's e-mail: alevey@emory.edu
Director's Tel: 404-727-7220
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
Website: www.brain.northwestern.edu
Information Line: 312-908-9339
Director's e-mail: mmesulam@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
Website: www.rush.edu/radc
Information Line: 312-942-3333
Director's e-mail: dbennett@rush.edu
Center's Fax: 312-563-4605
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
Website: http://iadc.iupui.edu
Information Line: 317-278-5500
ADC e-mail: iadc@iupui.edu
Director's e-mail: bghetti@iupui.edu
Director's Tel: 317-274-7818
Director's Fax: 317-274-4882
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
Website: www.mc.uky.edu/coa/
Information Line: 859-323-6040
Director's e-mail: wmark0@email.uky.edu
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
Website: www.alzresearch.org
Information Line: 410-502-5164
Director's e-mail: priced@jhmi.edu
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
Website: www.bu.edu/alzresearch
Information Line: 1-888-458-2823 (toll free)
ADC e-mail: decart@bu.edu
Director's e-mail: nkowall@bu.edu
Director's Tel: 781-687-2632
Director's Fax: 781-687-3515
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
Website: http://madrc.org
Information Line: 617-726-3987
Director's e-mail: b_hyman@helix.mgh.harvard.edu
Director's Tel: 617-726-2299
Director's Fax: 617-724-1480
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
Website: www.med.umich.edu/alzheimers
Information Line: 734-764-2190
ADC e-mail: neuro-ADresearch@med.umich.edu
Director's e-mail: sgilman@umich.edu
Director's Tel: 734-936-1808
Director's Fax: 734-763-1752
Minnesota
Mayo Clinic
Ronald Petersen, M.D., Ph.D., Director
Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
4111 Highway 52 North
Rochester, MN 55901
Website: http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/alzheimers_center
Information Line: 507-284-1324
ADC e-mail: mayoADC@mayo.edu
Director's e-mail: peter8@mayo.edu
Director's Tel: 507-538-0487
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
Website: http://alzheimer.wustl.edu
Information Line: 314-286-2881
Director's e-mail: morrisj@abraxas.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
Website: www.alzheimercenter.org
Information Line: 212-305-1818
Director's e-mail: mls7@columbia.edu
Director's Tel: 212-305-3300
Director's Fax: 212-305-5498
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
Website: www.mssm.edu/psychiatry/adrc
Information Line: 212-241-8329
Director's e-mail: mary.sano@mssm.edu
Director's Tel: 718-741-4228
Fax: 718-562-9120
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
Website: www.med.nyu.edu/adc
Information Line: 212-263-8088
Director's e-mail: steven.ferris@med.nyu.edu
Director's Tel: 212-263-5703
Director's Fax: 212-263-6991
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-200
Durham, NC 27705
Website: http://adrc.mc.duke.edu
Information Line: 1-866-444-2372 (toll free)
Director's e-mail: kathleen.welshbohmer@duke.edu
Director's Tel: 919-668-1553
Director's Fax: 919-668-0828
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
Website: www.ohsu.edu/research/alzheimers
Information Line: 503-494-6976
Director's e-mail: kaye@ohsu.edu
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
Website: www.uphs.upenn.edu/ADC
Information Line: 215-662-7810
Director's e-mail: trojanow@mail.med.upenn.edu
Director's Tel: 215-662-4708
Director's Fax: 215-349-5909
University of Pittsburgh
Oscar Lopez, M.D., Director
Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Neurology
3501 Forbes Ave, Ste 830
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Website: www.adrc.pitt.edu
Information Line: 412-692-2700
Director's e-mail: lopezol@upmc.edu
Center's Fax: 412-692-2710
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
Website: www.utsouthwestern.edu/alzheimers/research
Information Line: 214-648-9394
Director's e-mail: roger.rosenberg@UTsouthwestern.edu
Director's Tel: 214-648-3239
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
Website: http://depts.washington.edu/adrcweb
Information Line: 206-277-3281
Director's e-mail: murray.raskind@med.va.gov
Fax: 206-768-5456
Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS)
The ADCS conducts clinical trials on promising compounds designed to improve cognitive functioning, slow the rate of decline, or delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease.
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive - 0949
La Jolla, CA 92093-0949
Website: www.adcs.org
Information Line: 858-622-5880
Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center
The Center provides information, free publications, and referrals.
PO Box 8259
Silver Spring, MD 20907-8250
Website: www.nia.nih.gov/Alzheimers
Information Line: 1-800-438-4380 (toll free)
E-mail: adear@nia.nih.gov
Fax: 301-495-3334
National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center
The Center coordinates data collection and fosters collaborative research among ADCs.
Walter Kukull, Ph.D., Director
National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center
4311 11th Avenue NE, #300
Seattle, WA 98105
Website: www.alz.washington.edu
Information Line: 206-543-8637
E-mail: naccmail@u.washington.edu
Fax: 206-616-5927
National Cell Repository for Alzheimer's Disease
The Repository maintains a database of family histories and medical records and provides genetic researchers with cell lines and/or DNA samples.
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
Website: www.ncrad.org
Information Line: 1-800-526-2839 (toll free)
E-mail: alzstudy@iupui.edu
Fax: 317-274-2387
Page last updated Apr 03, 2009
