Dr. Roberta Diaz Brinton, P.hD., Founder and President

Dr. Brinton, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized leader in Alzheimer’s research and development of therapeutics to prevent, delay and treat the disease. Her research focuses on discovery of mechanisms underlying development of Alzheimer’s in the aging brain and on translating those discoveries into therapeutics to prevent, delay and treat the disease. Dr. Brinton has over 200 publications and holds multiple patents targeting Alzheimer’s disease, age-associated neurodegenerative diseases and sustaining neurological health during aging. Her research has appeared in over 100 global media outlets including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, ABC, CBS and NPR Science Friday.

Dr. Brinton was awarded the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation Scientist of the Year, The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation Goodes Prize, Woman of the Year by the California State Senate, Science Educator of the Year by the Society for Neuroscience and Los Angeles Magazine Woman of the Year. She was also recognized as one of the Ten Best Minds by US News and World Report. For her decades of commitment to science education for inner city youth of Los Angeles, Dr. Brinton received the Presidential Citizens Medal in 2010 from President Obama.