About the Committee
A Scientific Program Committee (SPC) is organized for each Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) and includes international experts in a variety of topic areas who are committed to developing the most relevant and innovative content for the conference. The committee builds a program structure that promotes scientific excellence, creates opportunities for all career stages and ensures accessibility for all audiences. This includes selection, review and curation of the invited and submitted program. The SPC works alongside over 1,000 abstract reviewers to ensure the content accepted and invited into the AAIC program is rigorous and relevant.
The SPC conducts its work year-round with members serving a three-year term in a volunteer capacity. See each committee member's current disclosures (PDF).
Meet the Experts
Chairs
- Bess Frost, United States
- David Wolk, United States
Committee Members
- Mahmood Ahmed, United Kingdom
- Nicholas Ashton, United States/Sweden
- Tammie Benzinger, United States
- Virginie Buggia Prevot, United States
- Paulo Caramelli, Brazil
- David Cash, United Kingdom
- John Crary, United States
- Ding Ding, China
- Rachelle Doody, United States
- Fiona Ducotterd, United Kingdom
- Claudia Duran-Aniotz, Chile
- Emrah Duzel, Germany
- Ratnavalli Ellajosyula, India
- Neus Falgas Martinez, Spain
- Nicole Fowler, United States
- Georgia Frost, United Kingdom
- Jonathan Graff-Radford, United States
- Timothy Hohman, United States
- Henne Holstege, Netherlands
- Atsushi Iwata, Japan
- Heidi Jacobs, United States/Netherlands
- Sylvia Josephy-Hernandez, Costa Rica
- Joe Kane, United Kingdom
- Cristian Lasagna Reeves, United States
- Jong-Mi Lee, United States
- Shane Liddelow, United States
- Yen Lim, Australia
- Nhật Minh Bùi, United States
- So Young Moon, Korea
- Catherine Mummery, United Kingdom
- Alfred Njamnshi, Cameroon
- Esther Oh, United States
- Rik Ossenkoppele, Netherlands/Sweden
- Kee Hyung Park, Korea
- Jon Rohrer, United Kingdom
- James Rowe, United Kingdom
- Philip Scheltens, Netherlands
- Marc Suarez-Calvet, Spain
- Claudia Suemoto, Brazil
- Dietmar Thal, Belgium
- Sylvia Villeneuve, Canada
- Whitney Wharton, United States
- Kristin Wildsmith, United States
- Selina Wray, United Kingdom
- Bing Zhang, China
- Julie Zissimopoulos, United States
- Megan Zuelsdorff, United States
Ex-officio members:
- Michael Ewers, Germany, Immediate Past Chair, Neuroimaging Professional Interest Area
- Lee Jennings, United States, Chair, Medical and Scientific Advisory Group
- Henrik Zetterberg, Sweden / United States, Chair, ISTAART Advisory Council
Independence and Sponsorship Disclosure
The Alzheimer's Association has received funding by means of sponsorship to support the delivery of our conference from multiple sponsors. The sponsors have had no editorial input or control over the agenda, content development or choice of speakers, nor opportunity to influence except for the corporate-sponsored symposia presentations.
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