Jeffrey Cummings

Jeffrey Cummings, MD, ScD(HC), is Professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine and Director of the Chambers-Gundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV). Dr. Cummings is globally recognized for his contributions to Alzheimer’s research, drug development, and clinical trials. He has been honored with numerous awards including the Bengt Winblad Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alzheimer’s Association and the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation’s Melvin R. Goodes Prize for Excellence in Drug Development. He is a Fellow to the American Academy for the Advancement of Science. He was the founding director of the Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research at UCLA and founding director of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. Dr. Cummings has published 43 books and over 1000 peer-reviewed papers on Alzheimer’s disease, neuropsychiatry, and clinical trials.