The Geoffrey Beene Foundation Alzheimer’s Initiative was launched in 2007 as a major charitable beneficiary of the Geoffrey Beene Foundation – to fight Alzheimer’s – a fatal, degenerative, neurological disease that has no cure. The Initiative is a philanthropic, not for-profit 501(c)(3), committed to providing catalyst funding...

Marquis sponsorship of HBO’s pioneering, The Alzheimer’s Project (a five-part documentary series, starring Maria Shriver) – recognized as the first of its kind to shine a light on the impact of the disease on families and the quest of researchers to find a disease modifying...

Geoffrey Beene Presents Rock Stars of Science, a nationally recognized public service campaign, launched in 2009-2010, resulted in an invitation from the co-chairs of the biomedical research caucus to celebrate the campaign scientists on Capitol Hill. Seven years later, the series of PSA campaign spreads...

11:30 am Welcome Terry Moran, ABC News’ Nightline Meryl Comer, Rock Stars of Science & Geoffrey Beene Gives Back® Alzheimer’s Initiative   Alzheimer’s 2020: Investment in Our Future Terry Moran: Interview with Co-Chairs, Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease Representative Edward Markey (MA) Representative Chris Smith (NJ)...

Geoffrey Beene Presents Rock Stars of Science 2010 campaign, featured in GQ’s blockbuster “Men of the Year” Edition, spotlights Rock Mega Stars Blondie’s Debbie Harry, Bret Michaels, Timbaland, Jay Sean, Keri Hilson, B.o.B and Heart (Ann and Nancy Wilson). The campaign pays special tribute to leadership...

New York’s JFK & Newark Airports. New Jersey’s PATH Trains. Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco Malls and Bus Stops.

21st Century BrainTrust® (21CBT) (a non-profit partnership) award from SANOFI, to advance mobile health technologies and brain health. Through engagement in 2012 in high-profile initiatives that: i) advanced early diagnosis; ii) raised our profile; and iii) judiciously leveraged our financial resources. Proposal for Tracking Brain Health...

The 2013 Geoffrey Beene Global NeuroDiscovery Challenge, launched by the Geoffrey Beene Foundation Alzheimer’s Initiative, asked researchers to articulate the best hypothesis and research plan to discover the reasons for sex-based differences in AD progression. This rigorous scientific challenge, vetted by the NIA, with $100,000...

Geoffrey Beene Presents Rock Stars of Science™ PSA Video for CBS Super Screen in Times Square/ 42nd Street, New York City (7th/8th Aves). 15 second PSA Video for CBS Super Screen/Neutron Media. 15 seconds per hour, running 18 hours per day (minimum of 1,232 spots over 120 day period).

15 second PSA Video for CBS Super Screen/Neutron Media. 42nd Street in NYC (7th/8th Aves). 15 seconds per hour, running 18 hours per day (minimum of 1,232 spots over 120 day period).

Dr. Enrico Glaab, Ph.D., research associate at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, has been named winner of the 21 CBT Innovation Award in Round 2 of the 2013 Geoffrey Beene Global NeuroDiscovery Challenge. It is the first-ever innovation challenge that seeks...

 

The Feasibility of At-Home iPad Cognitive Testing For Use in Clinical Trials: Dorene M. Rentz, PsyD1,5, Maria Dekhtyar2, Julia Sherman3, Deborah Blacker, MD, ScD4, Rebecca E. Amariglio, PhD5, Kathryn V. Papp, PhD5, Adrian Schembri, DPsych6, Tanya Chenhall, MA6, Paul Maruff, PhD6, Paul Aisen, MD7, Reisa...

A five-year FNIH plan to collaborate with the FDA, ten big drug companies, and eight non-profit organizations that focus on specific diseases, to unravel the molecular pathways that lead to Alzheimer’s, Type 2 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus—and to investigate new methods to track a...

The IRB-approved Health-eBrain Study launched September 29, 2014 at the REACT/AARP conference with our partners under the 21st Century BrainTrust®, studied the impact of the toll of caregiving on caregivers. The long-term goal of this technology-driven health optimization research initiative is to provide the individual...

Slow Dancing With A Stranger (New York Times Bestseller, October 2014) (see merylcomer.com (per HarperCollins) for full book related appearances and reviews) was listed as a New York Times and Washington Post Bestseller (both as hard-cover, and in paperback launched September 2015, with a companion...

Since launch of our Phase I study, DANA (Defense Automated Neurobehavioral Assessment) was approved by the FDA in October 2014 (one of the first in the cognitive assessment space). The Defense Department is now reviewing a proposal to replicate our study in military caregivers. Brain...

Meryl Comer, President of the Geoffrey Beene Foundation Alzheimer’s Foundation receives the Dr. Herbert Wertheim Global Medical Leadership Award at the Sapphire Gala. November 1, at the Trump National Doral Miami. The event,in support of the physicians of tomorrow, brought together more than 500 of...

Leaders from Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom announced Global Alliance on Women’s Brain Health to raise awareness of women’s brain health challenges, and significantly expand funding for sex-based, brain health research that benefits both men and women. Launched October 26, 2015 in...

Study Conclusions – CTAD Announcement 2015 The findings of this pilot study suggest that reliable cognitive data can be obtained from iPad assessments in the home environment without the assistance of a trained administrator. The at-home and in-clinic assessments were correlated with standard neuropsychological tests...

Elizabeth Dole, who heads the Elizabeth Dole Foundation for Wounded Warriors, is a Board Member of CAN and was in the front row to watch John Schall, CEO, engage in a “fireside chat” with the Senator and to officially bestow the award.  It was particularly...

The Alzheimer’s Prevention Registry (APR), launched with catalyst funding from the Geoffrey Beene Foundation Alzheimer’s Initiative, enrolled its 200,000th volunteer interested in participating in studies aimed at preventing the disease, a significant milestone in the fight against Alzheimer’s. Hosted and championed by Banner Alzheimer’s Institute...

Leaders from Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom announced Global Alliance on Women’s Brain Health to raise awareness of women’s brain health challenges, and significantly expand funding for sex-based, brain health research that benefits both men and women. The Global Alliance on Women’s...

Leaders from Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom announced Global Alliance on Women’s Brain Health to raise awareness of women’s brain health challenges, and significantly expand funding for sex-based, brain health research that benefits both men and women. The Global Alliance on Women’s...

The BrightFocus Foundation will recognize the accomplishments and contributions of Meryl Comer, President & CEO of the Geoffrey Beene Foundation Alzheimer’s Initiative and UsAgainstAlzheimer’s board member. She is the author of the New York Times best-selling book Slow Dancing with a Stranger, an unvarnished account...

Leaders from Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom announced Global Alliance on Women’s Brain Health to raise awareness of women’s brain health challenges, and significantly expand funding for sex-based, brain health research that benefits both men and women. The Global Alliance on Women’s...

GBFAI continued its investment in mobile cognitive assessments through the Health-eBrain Study Round II with a Phase 2 launch in the 3rd quarter of 2016. Funded jointly through the 21CBT partnership with BrightFocus Foundation, the study builds on Phase I results and is designed to...

Stopping Alzheimer’s by 2025 requires innovation, collaboration and creativity. This ambitious goal necessitates the willingness to learn key lessons from other disease areas and to listen to those living with the disease. That is why at the third annual Lausanne Workshop, we will take a...

Founded in 2016, we are a group of scientists hailing from various disciplines including medicine, neuroscience, psychology, pharmacy and communication who work together with caregivers, patients and their relatives, policymakers and other stakeholders. The Women’s Brain Project (WBP) aims to stimulate a global discussion on gender...

Leadership participation in the development of an Alzheimer’s X Prize with the XPRIZE Foundation, and our ongoing work with Harvard Medical School to validate a patient-administered mobile tool for the assessment of Brain Health. GBFAI partnered with the Dolby Foundation, AgeWave, EJF Philanthropies and UsA2...

About Us The A-LIST is a first-of-its kind online community of people with or at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, other dementias, and Mild Cognitive Impairment, along with current and former care partners. We are 6,000+ members strong and growing. We are using our collective voice...

As we pass our 5th year anniversary, we hope that you’ll join us in celebrating what we have accomplished for advancing women’s brain health, help us honour those catalysts that have been instrumental in our success, and hear about how we plan to raise the...

Dementia Forum X Working Meeting 2018 On 30th May 2018, we invited our partners of Dementia Forum X to the Dementia Forum X Working Meeting 2018. Dementia Forum X is a global initiative to take action on dementia. The biennial meeting in Stockholm is a day...

The Brussels Economic Forum is the flagship annual economic event of the European Commission. The Forum brings together European and international policymakers, opinion leaders, academics, civil society and business leaders to debate hot economic topics and share new perspectives on Europe’s economic challenges.  

In July, 2018, WHAM! (Women’s Health Access Matters) was launched in Aspen as an initiative of AccessCircles to focus on increasing awareness of women’s health issues and implementing strategies that will improve the inequities and bias in research and accelerate scientific discovery in women’s health....

Tonight brings together leaders from across the healthcare ecosystem working with UsAgainstAlzheimer’s to discuss and develop collaborative solutions to the Alzheimer’s challenge. We won’t win this battle unless we’re building bridges across sectors and stakeholders to tackle Alzheimer’s.  

This event is the pinnacle of UsAgainstAlzheimer’s events and includes three movement-building days in Washington, D.C. Read  the A-LIST Pulse of the Community here.    

Scientists are making great progress in the fight against Alzheimer’s, but 80% of studies are delayed because too few people sign up. Will you help change that? When you join the Alzheimer’s Prevention Registry, you get opportunities to take part in research studies, plus Alzheimer’s...

September 2007 – January 2019 The Geoffrey Beene Foundation Alzheimer’s Initiative (GBFAI) was founded with a vision for the future as a catalyst funder, targeting AD prevention through spirited public engagement campaigns, early assessment technologies, support of the first “virtual registry” as power pools for...