- Website
- http://www.bu.edu/alzresearch/
- Description
- Dr. Robert Stern is Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at Boston University School of Medicine, where he is also the Director of the Clinical Core of the BU Alzheimer’s Disease Core Center. He is the Boston University principal investigator for the ICARA study (the new “vaccine” clinical trial for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease), the AD Care study for dementia caregivers, and the Home Based Assessment (HBA) study (part of the Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study or ADCS). He was the principal investigator of the recently completed Driving and Dementia study. Dr. Stern is the Director of the neuropsychology fellowship program at the ADCRP and is an active lecturer, course director, and mentor for the BU Behavioral Neurosciences Program. Dr. Stern is also a clinical neuropsychologist who specializes in the assessment and diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. He is on the staff of Boston Medical Center. He is a member of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association and is on the Medical Advisory Boards of Sports Legacy Institute and the National Graves’ Disease Foundation. Dr. Stern has served on several national grant review committees, is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, and is on the Editorial Board of Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. Dr. Stern is also a clinical neuropsychologist who specializes in the diagnosis and evaluation of memory disorders. His practice is in the South End at BU School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center.
