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Alzheimer's Disease Center Heersink School of Medicine

Alzheimer's Disease Center

Driven to overcome Alzheimer's disease and related disorders

Our mission is to overcome Alzheimer's disease and related disorders by conducting, fostering, and enabling research at UAB and through national collaborations, by providing the highest level of care to patients and families, and to educate about aging, dementia, and brain health.

Lowering the rates of Alzheimer's in the Deep South.

Our research focuses on lowering the high rates of Alzheimer’s disease in the Deep South. Alzheimer’s is a serious problem across the country, and by studying how it affects people in our region, we can find ways to help everyone impacted by the disease. [...]

Research

We are training the next generation of clinicians and researchers

We are committed to educating those who are engaged in investigating Alzheimer’s disease and dementia research at the basic science, translational, or clinical level through mentored training, learning opportunities, and exposure to contemporary research methods.

Education

Our clinical team provides world-class expertise and state-of-the-art care

Providing care for neurological disorders for more than 26,000 patients annually. Patients have access to a comprehensive range of modern diagnostic services, including neuroimaging, electro diagnostic studies, neuropsychological evaluations, and neurogenetics studies.

Patient Care

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Roberson wins prestigious Denny-Brown award from American Neurological Association

Erik Roberson, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, is the winner of the 2015 Derek Denny-Brown Young Neurological Scholar Award from the American Neurological Association.

The award, considered the ANA’s highest and most prestigious, recognizes early- to mid-career neurologists and neuroscientists who have made outstanding basic and clinical scientific advances toward the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of neurological diseases.