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Jeffrey Cummings

Dr Jeffrey L Cummings

Research Professor, Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada


Overview:

As Joy Chambers-Grundy Professor of Brain Science, an endowed professorship at the University of Nevada, I collaborate closely with the University of Exeter. Focusing across areas of expertise including Alzheimer’s Disease, improved computerized neuropsychological assessments, better treatments for neuropsychiatric symptoms, new drug development, repurposing drugs, and improving clinical trials.

I am Director of the Chambers-Grundy Centre for Transformative Neuroscience, a centre devoted to using the tools of neuroscience and neurologic drug development to transform people’s lives. I am one of the world's leading academics for the development, innovation and delivery of ground-breaking clinical trials focussing on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, mild Cognitive Impairment and Parkinson's disease.

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