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January 13, 2026

Ethical Considerations in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Care: Past, Present, and Future

Time: 12 to 12:55 p.m.

Speaker: Joshua D. Grill, PhD, is the Carla Liggett and Arthur S. Liggett, MD, Endowed Chair, in honor of Frank M. LaFerla at the University of California Irvine (UCI). He is a Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and Neurobiology and Behavior, director of UCI Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND), and co-director of UC Irvine’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA).

Dr. Grill has published more than 150 scholarly articles and is a regarded leader in Alzheimer’s disease research on clinical trials recruitment and retention, and biomarker disclosure. He holds numerous prominent national leadership positions, including co-leader of the Recruitment Engagement and Retention Unit and the Internal Ethics Committee for the NIA-funded Alzheimer’s Clinical Trial Consortium (ACTC). He is the co-director of the Institute on Methods and Protocols for Advancement of Clinical Trials in ADRD (IMPACT-AD), a program funded by NIA and the Alzheimer’s Association to train the next generation of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia trialists. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Maria Shriver’s Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement and for Hilarity for Charity, founded by Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen.

Summary: This presentation will outline advances in Alzheimer’s disease research and ethical implications to changes in practice.