What is the ISAB?
The International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB) is headed by Dr. Ronald Petersen of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and Dr. Max Cynader of the University of British Columbia.
The board is comprised of international experts in neurodegenerative disease research in order to:
- Ensure that the research programs and associated projects of the CCNA meet high international standards of scientific excellence
Offer advice to the CCNA REC to capitalize on evolving:
- Research opportunities
- Technologies
- Potential research partnerships and/or collaborations
- Funding opportunities
Dr. Victor W. Henderson, M.D., M.S.
Departments of Health Research and Policy (Epidemiology) and Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Dr. David A. Bennett, MD
Director of the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center and the Robert C. Borwell Professor of Neurological Sciences, Chicago, IL
Dr. Max Cynader, CM, OBC, PhD, FRSC (ISAB Co-Lead)
Director, Brain Research Centre, and Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC
Dr. Ronald Petersen, MD, PhD (ISAB Co-Lead)
Professor of Neurology
Cora Kanow Professor of Alzheimer’s Disease Research Director
Mayo Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MNDr. Dorothy Pringle, OC, RN, PhD, FCAHS
Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Dr. Susan M. Resnick, PhD
Chief, Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD
Prof. Martin Rossor, MD, FRCP, FMedSci
Professor Emeritus, Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Institute of Neurology
University College London, United KingdomDr. Kristine Yaffe, MD
Roy and Marie Scola Endowed Chair
Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Epidemiology,
UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences
Vice Chair of Research in Psychiatry
Director, Center for Population Brain Health
University of California, San Francisco, CA


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