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is Professor of Neurology, and Neurobiology and Behavior at the University of California, Irvine. He is also the Director of the Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia. His research focus is on programmed cell death in the CNS, and on beta amyloid-associated neurotoxicity. Among other honors, Dr. Cotman has received the Bristol Myers Neuroscience Research Award, the Pattison Prize in Neuroscience, and the Camhi Research Award of the American Paralysis Association (APA). He has published nearly 600 papers in the field of neuroscience and serves on several editorial boards, including Journal of Neurochemical Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Central Nervous System Trauma. Dr. Cotman also is past Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council of the APA, and continues to serve as a Scientific Advisor. He received his B.A. in Chemistry from Wooster College, and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Indiana University. | 