Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, US

Dr. Mary Sano is Professor of Psychiatry and the Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She is also the Director of Research and Development at the Bronx Veterans Administration Hospital. Currently she is the director of a national multi-center study known as CLASP (Cholesterol Lowering in Alzheimer’s Disease to Slow Progression). Dr. Sano is a neuropsychologist by training and has been involved in designing and conducting clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and mild cognitive impairment of aging.