Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism
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Denis Evens

Biography

The director of the Rush Institute for Healthy Aging for two decades, Evans has tracked Alzheimer’s for more than a quarter century through population studies — that is, studies of a group within the general population — that have revealed the disease’s troubling prevalence among the elderly and illuminated some of the characteristics and behaviors that can influence who develops Alzheimer’s, and who doesn’t.

In recognition of his contributions, Evans — who is the Alla V. and Solomon Jesmer Professor of Medicine at Rush Medical College — received the Bengt Winblad Lifetime Achievement Award in Alzheimer’s Disease Research from the Alzheimer’s Association on July 24 at the start of the association’s international conference in Toronto.

Research Interest

Common chronic diseases of older people, especially Alzheimer’s disease.

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