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BIOGRAPHY   Carol Lippa, MD Professor of Neurology Drexel University College of Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Carol F. Lippa, MD, is Director of the Memory Disorders Program, Dementia Research Laboratory, and Neurology Brain, Blood and CSF Bank, as well as Professor of Neurology, at the Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr Lippa earned her MD from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts. She completed her internship in the Department of Medicine at St. Vincent Hospital and her residency at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, both in Worcester. Dr Lippa does extensive editorial work, serving as a reviewer of manuscripts for over 20 journals. She also serves on the editorial boards for Neurology and the American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias. She is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Neurological Association, the American Association of Neuropathologists, the Society for Neuroscience, and the American Academy of Neurology, as well as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias. Dr Lippa has written numerous abstracts, articles, and book chapters, and has written numerous papers on the subject of developing diagnostic criteria for brain diseases that affect thinking. Dr Lippa’s research addresses the clinicopathological mechanisms underlying neuronal death in neurodegenerative diseases, with a primary focus on the characterization of abnormal proteins in Alzheimer’s disease and related types of dementia including Pick’s disease and Lewy body disease. Her clinical research also includes investigating methods of restoring or maintaining memory and thinking abilities in patients with CNS diseases.