We Bring Breadth and Depth of Experience to the Table
All of us have collaborated on large-scale genetics projects and all of us have been involved in identifying novel genetic variations and biological pathways implicated in Alzheimer’s Disease – or disease resistance. We are founding members of the Alzheimer’s Disease Genetics Consortium (ADGC), the Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP), and the International Genomics of Alzheimer’s Project (IGAP).
Executive Committee
Jonathan Haines, PhD
The Cleveland Institute for Computational Biology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
CADRE: Contact MPI, strategic leadership; multi-locus analysis
Margaret (Peggy) Pericak-Vance, PhD
John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
CADRE: MPI, strategic leadership; association analysis
Lindsay Farrer, PhD
Boston University School of Medicine
CADRE: MPI, epigenetic and mitochondrial analysis
William (Will) S. Bush, PhD
The Cleveland Institute for Computational Biology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
CADRE: MPI, bioinformatics analysis, variant prioritization, and drug target prioritization
Eden Martin, PhD
John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
CADRE: MPI, assessment of local ancestry and genetic fine mapping
Richard Mayeux, MD, MsC
Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, at Columbia University
CADRE: Neurological phenotypes and family studies of Caribbean populations
Gerard Schellenberg, PhD
Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
CADRE: Strategic leadership, functional genomics
NIGADS: Investigators
ADGC: Principle Investigator
Li-San Wang, PhD
Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
CADRE: Data management and variant calling
NGADS: Principle Investigator
GCAD: Co-director
CADRE Investigators
Gary Beecham, PhD
John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
CADRE: Assessment of local ancestry and genetic fine mapping
Gyungah Jun, PhD
Boston University School of Medicine
CADRE: Biological pathway and drug target identification
Brian Kunkle, PhD
John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
CADRE: Statistical analysis of genetic data
Adam Naj, PhD
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
CADRE: Quality control and statistical analysis of genetic data
NIGADS: Investigator
Timothy A. Thorton, PhD
School of Public Health, University of Washington
CADRE: Statistic methods for ancestry analysis
Badri N. Vadarajan, PhD, MS
Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, at Columbia University
CADRE: Admixture analysis in Caribbean populations
Xiaoling Zhang, PhD
Boston University School of Medicine
CADRE: Mitochondrial and X-linked genetic analysis
Additional Collaborators
Clifton Dalgard, PhD
Uniformed Services University, Anatomy, Physiology & Genetics
Amanda Kuzma, PhD
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Yuk Yee (Fanny) Leung, PhD
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Farid Rejabli, PhD
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Hussman Institute for Human Genomics
Nicholas (Nick) Wheeler, PhD
Case Western Reserve University School of Mediine
Institutions
Supported by Leading Academic Institutions in the U.S.
