Memory Screening
Advisory Board
The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) Memory Screening Advisory Board is composed of academicians and healthcare specialists who are leaders in the fields of memory assessment, dementia screening and Alzheimer’s disease, and who have published numerous influential articles on these topics. These individuals have particular expertise in the subject of screening tests and their development. The board’s mission is to provide consultation and recommendations to AFA regarding National Memory Screening Program and the management of projects related to helping to identify and treat individuals with memory problems, Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias.
- J. Wesson Ashford, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Professor (affiliated)
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford School of Medicine
Senior Research Scientist
Stanford/VA Aging Clinical Research and Alzheimer Centers
VA Palo Alto HCS
Palo Alto, CA - Peter Bayley, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Stanford/VA Aging Clinical Research Center
Palo Alto, CA - Soo Borson, M.D.
Professor Emerita, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Washington
Seattle, WA - Herman Buschke, M.D.
Professor, Neurology & Neuroscience
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY - Margaret Dean, RN, CS-BC, GNP-BC, MSN
Associate Faculty and Geriatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
School of Nursing Graduate School, Lubbock,TX
School of Medicine Internal Medicine Geriatric Division, Amarillo, TX - Howard Fillit, M.D.
Executive Director
The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation
New York, NY - Sanford I. Finkel, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
University of Chicago Medical School
Chicago, IL - Lori Frank, Ph.D.
Scientist
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Washington, DC - Frederick A. Schmitt , Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry, Psychology, & Behavioral Science
University of Kentucky Medical Center
Sanders-Brown Center on Aging
Lexington, KY