ASU Employee Wellness 2025: Science of preventing Alzheimer’s disease

Can scientists find a way to stop Alzheimer's disease before it ever affects your memory and thinking? Research efforts to prevent the disease are now focused on individuals who may be at risk for Alzheimer's but do not show any symptoms. Learn  how Alzheimer's disease is defined before symptoms appear and how this definition is being used to develop preventative therapies. Mike Malek-Ahmadi is a senior bioinformatics scientist at the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. He has worked in the field of Alzheimer’s disease research since 2003 and is an author on more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles in the areas of Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment, and normal aging.