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Loewenstein, PhD, ABPP, serves on our MBI Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Loewenstein along with the CNSA faculty are close collaborators on MBI research studies. Dr. Loewenstein is the Principal Investigator on several large NIH and Florida Department of Health funded studies, is Associate Director of the 1Florida Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (1FLorida ADRC) and Leads the 1Florida ADRC Clinical Core at University of Miami. The CNSA’s mission is to be a national and international leader in understanding the aging brain and a hub to develop and implement the most state-of-the-art techniques for the study of brain disorders. The CNSA has a three tier focus on research, clinical care and education. The Center’s specialists are experts in the provision of clinical care for aging adults and their families. The CNSA is home to the State of Florida Memory Disorders Center. As part of a major academic medical center, the CNSA is committed to training the next generation of leaders in the fields of gerontology, geriatric psychiatry, neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience. Their established training program aims to equip future health professionals with the most advanced knowledge to successfully intervene using evidence-based methods to diagnose and treat cognitive disorders. Our continued partnership with Dr. Loewenstein’s Center has increased our research base, enabled research collaborative grants (e.g., the VIP study and 1FL ADRC) and enhanced our mission to understand changes in memory and overall cognitive functions through the aging process.

• The Comprehensive Center for Brain Health (CCBH) is a new Center established at the

University of Miami within the Department of Neurology. The Center is led by Dr. James

Galvin, MD, MPH who brings a multitude of funded grants (both NIH and Foundation grants) and projects as well as an outstanding team of faculty and staff. The Center’s core mission is on brain health and prevention of cognitive disorders. The Center provides comprehensive clinical care, conducts cutting edge research and offers outstanding educational training and outreach programs on healthy brain aging and prevention of neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Galvin’s multi-disciplinary approach is to better understand functions of the aging brain and to design treatments and prevention interventions to increase quality of life through the aging process. The CCBH will expand

UM’s scope of clinical care to Broward County and to Palm Beach County, where it will be located. The CCBH will foster substantial fundraising and philanthropy efforts drawing upon private and family foundations. The Center will develop educational opportunities to increase knowledge, health literacy and research readiness in the community. Training and mentoring opportunities are planned for students, residents, fellows, staff and faculty to gain knowledge and expertise in brain health and neurodegenerative diseases. Our partnership with Dr. Galvin and the CCBH team will greatly expand our community outreach and ability to further our research on age-related memory loss and cognition changes in the aging brain.

• Drs. Sacco and Rundek have active research programs with the NOMAS team at Columbia

University in New York.