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BIOGRAPHY
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John C. Morris, MD
Harvey A. and Dorismae Hacker Friedman Distinguished Professor of Neurology Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Memory and Aging Project, and Center for Aging Washington University St. Louis, Missouri |
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John C. Morris, MD, is the Harvey A. and Dorismae Hacker Friedman Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Professor of Pathology and Immunology, and Professor of Physical Therapy, as well as Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, the Memory and Aging Project, and Memory Diagnostic Center, all at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He also directs Washington University’s Center for Aging. He is a 1974 graduate of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester, New York. He completed residencies in internal medicine and neurology, the latter with Drs Maurice Victor and Betty Banker at the Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital in Ohio. He came to Washington University School of Medicine in 1982 as a postdoctoral fellow in neuropharmacology, training with Dr James Ferrendelli, and joined the Memory and Aging Project under the direction of Dr Leonard Berg in 1984. Dr Morris’ research involves clinicopathological studies of aging and dementia with a focus on early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. He is the author or co-author of over 190 peer-reviewed journal articles as well as 50 chapters and reviews and has edited the Handbook of Dementing Illnesses. Dr Morris is Editor-in-Chief of Alzheimer’s Disease and Associated Disorders and serves on the Editorial Board of the Neurologist. He is a Director of the National Alzheimer’s Association and a member of the Association’s Medical and Scientific Advisory Council. He was a member (1996-2000) and Chair (1999-2000) of the Neuroscience of Aging Review Committee for the National Institute on Aging in Bethesda, Maryland. He serves on many scientific and community advisory boards and is a member or fellow of numerous professional societies, including the American Academy of Neurology, the American Neurological Association, the American Geriatrics Society, and the Society for Neuroscience. He has received many honors, including the Distinguished Achievement Citation from his alma mater, Ohio Wesleyan University (2000), the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alzheimer’s Association (2004), the MetLife Foundation Award for Medical Research (2004), and the Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick’s, Alzheimer’s, and Related Disease from the American Academy of Neurology (2005). |
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