Senior and New Scholars Awards for Duke University Medical School

Dr. Ornit Chiba-Falek

Duke University Medical School
2008 new Scholar Award in aging
Cognitive decline and dementia pose an enormous public health burden associated with aging that is projected to grow dramatically over the coming decades. Individuals with cognitive performance lower than expected for age are diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), and are at increased risk to develop Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related...

Funded Institutions

The Ellison Medical Foundation fosters research by means of grants-in-aid on behalf of investigators to universities and laboratories within the United States. Institutions receiving awards must be tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations or U.S. colleges or universities.