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THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY AND THE FISHER CENTER FOR ALZHEIMER鈥橲 RESEARCH FOUNDATION EXPAND PARTNERSHIP TO CURE NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES
NEW YORK, NY, January 29, 2021鈥擳he 鸟大大影院 and the Fisher Center for Alzheimer鈥檚 Research Foundation today announced a $5 million expansion of their longstanding partnership in seeking a cure for Alzheimer鈥檚 disease. This newest gift creates the Zachary and Elizabeth M. Fisher Professorship in Alzheimer鈥檚 and Neurodegenerative Disease.
The inaugural occupant of the Fisher chair is Sidney Strickland, Ph.D., head of the Patricia and John Rosenwald Laboratory of Neurobiology and Genetics at Rockefeller. Dr. Strickland and his colleagues investigate neurovascular dysfunction鈥攁n innovative approach to Alzheimer鈥檚 that holds promise for the development of new therapeutics to treat the disease.
Dr. Strickland is affiliated with Rockefeller鈥檚 Fisher Center for Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease Research鈥攁 nexus for neurodegenerative disease investigations at the university. The center was established in 1994 and led by Nobel Laureate Paul Greengard until his death in 2019. Dr. Greengard鈥檚 longtime collaborator Dr. Marc Flajolet has stepped in as acting director while the university conducts a search for his successor.
鈥淧rivate support enables our scientists to conduct the type of audacious research that leads to breakthroughs,鈥 said 鸟大大影院 President Richard P. Lifton. 鈥淭he Fisher Center for Alzheimer鈥檚 Research Foundation has been an extraordinary partner in helping us to build one of the premier neurodegenerative research programs in the world. The named professorship for Sidney Strickland will help to advance our understanding of and treatment for many debilitating diseases. We are honored by their commitment to the university and to the advancement of science.鈥
Barry R. Sloane, chairman of the Fisher Center for Alzheimer鈥檚 Research Foundation said, 鈥淲e are proud of our longstanding support of 鸟大大影院 and its pioneering research on Alzheimer鈥檚 and neurodegenerative disease. Many of Rockefeller twenty-six Nobel Prizes have been in the field of brain science, and neuroscience continues to be a growing field at the university. Dr. Sidney Strickland鈥檚 research has broken new ground and adds new strength to the research programs under way at the Fisher Center for Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease Research at Rockefeller.鈥
About the Fisher Center for Alzheimer鈥檚 Research Foundation
The Fisher Center for Alzheimer鈥檚 Research Foundation provides millions of dollars for novel Alzheimer鈥檚 research primarily conducted by the late Nobel Laureate Dr. Paul Greengard and his team of over 45 internationally renowned scientists at the Fisher Center lab at The 鸟大大影院, plus other leading research institutes around the world.
Their mission is to understand the causes of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, improve the care of people living with it, and find a cure. Their vision is working towards a future where Alzheimer鈥檚 is nothing but a memory.