Rudy Tanzi, Vice-Chair, MGH Neurology (Research) & Director, Genetics and Aging Research Unit, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease & Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
*Named One of TIME's 100 Most Influential People of 2015*
Dr. Tanzi has been investigating the molecular and genetic basis of neurological disease since 1980, when he participated in the pioneering study that led to location of the Huntington's disease gene, the first disease gene to be found by genetic linkage analysis. Since 1982, Dr. Tanzi has investigated the genetic causes of Alzheimer's disease (AD). He co-discovered all three genes that cause early-onset familial AD. In 1993, Dr. Tanzi discovered the gene responsible for the neurological disorder known as Wilson's disease, and over the past 25 years, he has collaborated on studies identifying several other disease genes including those causing neurofibromatosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and autism. Dr. Tanzi is one of the ten most cited researchers in AD, having co-authored over 475 research articles. He is also listed by Thomson Reuter as one of the top 1% of researchers in the field of neuroscience.
*Named One of TIME's 100 Most Influential People of 2015*
Dr. Tanzi has been investigating the molecular and genetic basis of neurological disease since 1980, when he participated in the pioneering study that led to location of the Huntington's disease gene, the first disease gene to be found by genetic linkage analysis. Since 1982, Dr. Tanzi has investigated the genetic causes of Alzheimer's disease (AD). He co-discovered all three genes that cause early-onset familial AD. In 1993, Dr. Tanzi discovered the gene responsible for the neurological disorder known as Wilson's disease, and over the past 25 years, he has collaborated on studies identifying several other disease genes including those causing neurofibromatosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and autism. Dr. Tanzi is one of the ten most cited researchers in AD, having co-authored over 475 research articles. He is also listed by Thomson Reuter as one of the top 1% of researchers in the field of neuroscience.
Tim Armour, President and CEO of Cure Alzheimer's Fund
Tim served for fifteen years as executive director and later executive vice president of the JASON Foundation for Education, a nonprofit organization committed to improving science and math motivation and performance among middle school students. His earlier career includes start-up and executive roles in business as well as the senior external relations and fundraising official at Harvard Business School, and fundraising and alumni relations at Amherst College.
Tim served for fifteen years as executive director and later executive vice president of the JASON Foundation for Education, a nonprofit organization committed to improving science and math motivation and performance among middle school students. His earlier career includes start-up and executive roles in business as well as the senior external relations and fundraising official at Harvard Business School, and fundraising and alumni relations at Amherst College.
Greg O’Brien, author of On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer's
Greg is an award-winning investigative reporter and has been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's. Acting on long-term memory and skill coupled with well-developed journalistic grit, O’Brien decided to tackle the disease and his imminent decline by writing frankly about the journey. O’Brien is a master storyteller. His story is naked, wrenching, and soul searching for a generation and their loved ones about to cross the threshold of this death in slow motion. On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s is a trail-blazing roadmap for a generation—both a “how to” for fighting a disease, and a “how not” to give up!
Greg is an award-winning investigative reporter and has been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's. Acting on long-term memory and skill coupled with well-developed journalistic grit, O’Brien decided to tackle the disease and his imminent decline by writing frankly about the journey. O’Brien is a master storyteller. His story is naked, wrenching, and soul searching for a generation and their loved ones about to cross the threshold of this death in slow motion. On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s is a trail-blazing roadmap for a generation—both a “how to” for fighting a disease, and a “how not” to give up!