Department Project Leaders and Principal Investigators
Karl Herrup, PhD
Administrative Department
Phone: (216) 844-6422

Alexander P. Auchus, MD
Clinical Core Director
Phone: (216) 844-6449

Kathleen A. Smyth, PhD
Associate Center Director
Director, Caregiver Core
Phone: (216) 844-6414

Paula Ogrocki, PhD
Director, Education and Information Transfer Department
Phone: (216) 844-6336

Pierluigi Gambetti, MD
Director, Neuropathology Department
Phone: (216) 368-0587

Gary Landreth, PhD
Principal Investigator, Alzheimer Center Lab
Phone: (216) 368-6101

Kathryn Betts Adams, MSW, PhD
Caregiving Research
Phone: (216) 844-6320

Thomas Fritsch, PhD
Faculty Research Associate
Data Management and Analysis Department
Phone: (216) 844-6338

McKee J. McClendon, PhD
Director, Data Management and Analysis Department
Phone: (216) 844-6346

Marian Patterson, PhD
Principal Investigator, Neuropsychology Department
Phone: (216) 844-6368

Milton Strauss, PhD
Principal Investigator, Behavioral Symptoms Component
Phone: (216) 368-2695

Peter Whitehouse, MD, PhD
Center Investigator
Phone: (216)844-6448


Center Staff

Melissa Barber, MA
Research Genetics Counselor
Phone: (216) 844-6329

Nancy Catalani
Associate Director's Secretary
Phone: (216) 844-6357

William DiTirro, MBA
Staff Accountant
Phone: (216) 844-6412

Iahn Gonsenhauser, BA
Research Assistant II
Phone: (216) 844-6439

Ellen M. Grady, BS
Research Study Coordinator
Family Based Studies / MIRAGE
Phone: (216) 844-6363

Nicole Gunderson, MS, CCRC
Clinical Trials Coordinator
Phone: (216) 844-6419

Susan Halloway
Center Director's Assistant
Phone: (216) 844-6307

Leon Hudson Jr., MS, MPH
Research Operations Manager
Phone: (216) 844-6411

Sandra W. Humphrey, BA
Project Manager
Mirage Study
Phone: (216) 844-6365

Joy Kettren, MA
Neuropsychology
Phone: (216) 844-6479

Marcie Lambrix, MA
Cargiving Department Manager
Phone: (216) 844-6408

Harry Menegay, PhD
Network Administrator
Phone: (216) 844-6316

Laura Miodragovic
Registry and Administrative Operations
Phone: (216) 844-6374

Grace Petot
Phone: (216) 844-6335

Julia Rajcan
Project Coordinator
Phone: (216) 844-6438

Linda Rechlin, BA
Manager, Data Management Operations
Phone: (216) 844-6345

Darlyne Redd, MSSA, LSW
Assistant Manager for Family and Community Relations
Phone: (216) 844-6327

Susie Sami, MA
Research Assistant II
Phone: (216) 844-6351

Marianne Sanders, RN, BSN
Clinical Trials Department: Nurse
Caregiver Department: CO-MES
Phone: (216) 844-6394

Kathleen Shaw, MA
Recruitment Manager
Phone: (216) 844-6326

Sherye Sirrel, MS
Registry Assistant
Phone: (216) 844-6416

Jan Toms
Department Secretary
Phone: (216) 844-6440

Kathy Winter
Co-mes Project Co-ordinator, Caregiver Department
Education Department
Phone: (216) 844-6415

Elaine Ziol, MHS-CCC
Clinical Trials Coordinator
Phone: (216) 844-6328