Dylan Wint, MD

NV Energy Foundation Chair for Brain Health Education Director, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain HealthWebsite at...

Nicolas G. Bazan, MD, Ph.D

Professor of Ophthalmology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Neurology Director, Neuroscience Center of Excellence Louisiana State University Health New Orleans Boyd Professor Ernest C. and Yvette C. Villere Chair for the Study of Retinal...

Bruce Lamb, Ph.D

Roberts Family Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease Research Executive Director Stark Neurosciences Research Institute Indiana University School of Medicine (Mentor: Project 3)

Michael Webster, Ph.D

Director, Center for Integrative Neuroscience Co-Director, Integrative Neuroscience Graduate Program Co-Director, Neuroscience Major University of Nevada, Reno

Parkinson’s Disease: An Overview

What is Parkinson’s disease? Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive neurological disease that affects nerve cells (neurons) in an area of the brain called the substantia nigra. These cells normally produce dopamine, a chemical (neurotransmitter) that...

Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive, fatal brain disease. According to the 2011 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report from the Alzheimer’s Association, 5.4 million people in the U.S. have Alzheimer’s disease. With the aging of the population, and without...

Jeffrey L. Cummings, MD, ScD

Founding Director, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health Director, Center for Neurodegeneration and Translational Neuroscience Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health 888 W Bonneville Ave Las Vegas, NV 89106

Jessica Z.K. Caldwell, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University Clinical Assistant Professor – UNLV School of Medicine Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health 888 W Bonneville Ave Las Vegas, NV...

Dietmar Cordes, Ph.D

The Brain Imaging Core (BIC) of the CNTN is directed by Dietmar Cordes, PhD. Dr. Cordes joined the staff at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in 2014. Dr. Cordes brings more than 20 years of experience in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),...

Nadia Fulkerson, MPH

Clinical Project Manager Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health 888 W Bonneville Ave Las Vegas, NV 89106

Jefferson Kinney, Ph.D

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology University of Nevada, Las Vegas 4505 S Maryland Pkwy Las Vegas, NV 89154

Joe Lombardo

Executive Director UNLV National Supercomputing Institute

Gwen Marchand, Ph.D

Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology and Higher Education Co-Director, UNLV Center for Research, Evaluation, and Assessment University of Nevada, Las Vegas 4505 S Maryland Pkwy Las Vegas, NV 89154

Charles Bernick, MD, MPH

Associate Medical Director Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health   Charles Bernick, MD, MPH, has been involved in the field of Alzheimer’s disease research and treatment for close to 30 years, beginning as the attending neurologist for the University of...

Administrative Core

The Admin Core provides the overall scientific vision of the CNTN, insures fiscal accountability, assumes reporting responsibility, exercises measurement and metric oversight for CNTN goals, and oversees the mentoring process for junior investigators. The assessment...

Parvesh Kumar, MD

Professor & Chair, Department Of Radiation Oncology Senior Associate Dean For Clinical Research Principal Investigator, Mountain West CTR-IN UNLV School of Medicine

Edgar E. Garcia-Rill, Ph.D

Director  Center for Translational Neuroscience  Department of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences  College of Medicine  University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

William Jagust, MD

Professor, Public Health and Neuroscience Berkeley School of Health (Mentor: Project 1)

Martin Schiller, Ph.D

Professor, University of Nevada Las Vegas University of Nevada, Las Vegas 4505 S Maryland Pkwy Las Vegas, NV 89154

Irene Litvan, MD

Tasch Endowed Professor in Parkinson’s Disease Research Director, Movement Disorders Program University of California San Diego (Mentor: Project 2)

UNLV, Ruvo center get $11M to research Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s.

UNLV and the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health have been awarded an $11.1 million federal grant to advance the understanding of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. The grant, announced Friday, is aimed at increasing knowledge of dementia-related and...