Rudolph Tanzi, PhD, Wins Brain Research Foundation Discovery Award

The award for scientific achievement was given to Rudolph Tanzi, PhD, the Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Tanzi has spent his entire career focused on research related to identifying the genetic cause of Alzheimer's disease. His doctoral thesis was on the discovery and isolation of the first Alzheimer's gene – the amyloid precursor protein (APP) – and was published in Science. He was part of the team that discovered the other two early-onset familial Alzheimer genes known as the presenilins 1 and 2. Among his more than 500 published papers are three that are most cited in the field of Alzheimer's disease research.