Working toward the eradication of Alzheimer’s disease is a noble goal, and it’s one that is made much nobler by the Arizona Alzheimer’s Consortium’s commitment to find a cure within the next 10 years.
 
Luckily, the organization recently received a big push in the right direction – in the form of a five-year, $7.5 million grant from the National Institute on Aging.
 
Dr. Eric Reiman, executive director of the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, also serves as director of the Arizona ADCC and the AAC, and says the organization couldn’t be more thrilled about the grant and what it means for the future of Alzheimer’s research.

“I could not be more proud of our researchers and institutions, as well as the outstanding level of interest and support our Consortium continues to receive from the state,” Reiman says. “It is both our hope and expectation that the scientific road to a world without Alzheimer’s will travel right through Arizona.”
 
The funding was awarded to provide continued support for the NIA-sponsored Arizona Alzheimer’s Disease Core Center, as well as promote the sustained use of shared scientific resources between eight Arizona research institutions, including Arizona State University, Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, Barrow Neurological Institute, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Sun Health Research Institute, Translational Genomics Research Institute and the University of Arizona.