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Board Membership

Contact: Florida Health

Members

Gerontologists

Leilani Doty, PhD, Past Chair   
Director, Cognitive and Memory Disorder Clinic and Associate Scientist, Department of Neurology, University of Florida, McKnight Brain Institute
Appointed:01/28/2021
Appointment Ends: 01/28/2025

VACANT

Geriatric Psychiatrists

VACANT

Josepha Cheong, MD
Malcom Randall VA Medical Center
Appointed: 10/25/2018
Appointment Ends: 10/24/2026

Geriatricians

Niharika Suchak, MBBS, MHS, FACP, Chair
Associate Professor, Department of Geriatrics
College of Medicine, Florida State University
Appointed: 01/28/2021
Appointment Ends: 01/28/2025

Mariana B. Dangiolo, MD
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Central Florida Health Sciences Campus at Lake Nona
Appointed: 01/28/2021
Appointment Ends: 01/28/2025

Neuroscientists

Eunsook Yu Lee, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy and Pharmacuetical Sciences, Florida A&M University
Appointed: 08/15/2017
Appointment Ends: 08/14/2025

Leonard Petrucelli, PhD, Assistant Chair
Chair, Department of Neuroscience and Professor of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
Appointed: 01/28/2021
Appointment Ends: 01/28/2025

Neurologists

James Galvin, MD, MPH
Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Director, Comprehensive Center for Brain Health
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Appointed: 11/09/2020
Appointment Ends: 11/08/2024

Neill Graff-Radford, MD
Professor of Neurology
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
Appointed: 10/01/2014
Appointment Ends: 10/02/2022

Ruth Henchey, MD
Medical Center Clinic
Appointed: 11/09/2020
Appointment Ends: 11/08/2024

 

Appointments

The Alzheimer’s Disease Research Grant Advisory Board is authorized in section 381.82, Florida Statutes.

The board consists of 11 members appointed by the State Surgeon General, including two gerontologists, two geriatric psychiatrists, two geriatricians, two neuroscientists, and three neurologists.

The board members serve 4-year terms. The chair of the board shall be elected from the membership of the board and serve as chair for two years. An appointed member may not serve more than two consecutive terms.

Appointed members must have experience in Alzheimer’s disease or related biomedical research.

The board must follow rigorous guidelines for ethical conduct and adhere to a strict policy regarding conflicts of interest. A member of the board may not participate in any discussion, decision of the board, or panel regarding a research proposal by any firm, entity, or agency the member is associated with as a member of the governing body, as an employee, or if in a contractual arrangement.