Institute Highlights

• One of 35 designated Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers (ADRC) funded by the National Institutes on Aging (NIA) and the only center in Orange County
• One of 10 designated California Alzheimer’s Disease Centers (CADC) funded by the California Department of Public Health and the only center in Orange County
• Established as an Organized Research Unit (ORU) in 1995 by founding director, Dr. Carl Cotman, Professor of Neurology and international leader in exercise and brain aging research
• The first Alzheimer’s disease mouse model to develop both plaques and tangles invented by Dr. Frank LaFerla, Director of UCI ADRC, Dean of UCI School of Biological Sciences; model used by more than 150 researchers from over 20 countries worldwide
• Predoctoral and postdoctoral training program to prepare the next generation of scientists and clinicians
• First NIH-funded induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell core in the ADRC network
• Down Syndrome Program led by Dr. Ira T. Lott, Professor Emeritus, UC Irvine School of Medicine
• The 90+ Study led by Dr. Claudia Kawas, Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology & Behavior
• Member of National Clinical Trials Network and site for trials of promising therapies aiming to treat, prevent, and cure Alzheimer’s disease
• The Consent-to-Contact (C2C) Registry, an online tool to match adults in Orange County with clinical research studies at UCI
• Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease Research Conference attended by community members annually since 1989