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Co-Director, KU Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, SOM-Kansas City Division Director, Neurocognit
The University of Kansas Medical Center
Jeffrey M. Burns, MD, MS holds the Edward H. Hashinger Professorship of Medicine and serves as Co-Director of the University of Kansas Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (KU ADRC), one of only 33 centers nationally recognized for excellence in Alzheimer’s research. In addition, he leads the Neurocognitive Division in the Department of Neurology, oversees the Clinical and Translational Science Unit in Fairway, and directs the Clinical Core of the KU ADRC, a key site for national clinical trial networks.
Dr. Burns launched the Alzheimer’s clinical research program at the University of Kansas Medical Center in 2004. He earned his BA in English and Japanese from the University of Notre Dame, completed medical school at KU Medical Center, neurology residency at the University of Virginia, and a postdoctoral fellowship in Alzheimer’s disease at Washington University in St. Louis. He later returned to Kansas City to establish a program dedicated to advancing local Alzheimer’s and aging research, with a focus on how lifestyle factors affect brain aging and disease progression. Under his leadership, the program has grown into a dynamic hub for research and training in Alzheimer’s and brain aging. Since 2005, Dr. Burns has been continuously funded by the NIH as a principal investigator for studies examining the impact of lifestyle on brain health and Alzheimer’s disease.
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