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BIOGRAPHY   David A. Bennett, MD Director, Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center Robert C. Borwell Professor of Neurological Sciences Rush University Medical Center Chicago, Illinois David A. Bennett, MD, is the Robert C. Borwell Professor of Neurological Sciences and Director of the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. He directs the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Core Center for the National Institute on Aging and the Regional Alzheimer’s Disease Assistance Center for Northern Illinois for the Illinois Department of Public Health. Dr Bennett earned his medical degree from Rush Medical College. He completed his internship in internal medicine at the University of Wisconsin, Mt. Sinai Hospital in Milwaukee. At the Rush University Medical Center, Dr Bennett completed his residency in neurology in the Department of Neurological Sciences and a dementia research fellowship at the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center. Dr Bennett has authored more than 120 peer-reviewed manuscripts, and more than 50 reviews and book chapters. He is on the editorial board of Neurology, the Official Journal of the American Academy of Neurology, and is President-Elect of the Geriatric Section of the American Academy of Neurology. Dr Bennett’s research investigates the causes, treatment, and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurologic conditions such as parkinsonism, cerebrovascular disease, and motor neuron disease. As Principal Investigator of both the Religious Orders Study and the Rush Memory and Aging Project, his primary research interest is the neurobiologic mechanisms whereby risk factors lead to the development of Alzheimer’s disease and other age-related neurologic conditions.