Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center

Angela Jefferson, PhD, and colleagues are establishing an Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at VUMC.
September 10, 2020

VUMC to lay groundwork for Tennessee’s first federally funded Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center

Angela Jefferson, PhD, professor of Neurology and director of the Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer’s Center, has been awarded a $3.7 million, three-year grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to support establishment of a prospective NIA-funded Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Paul Govern