Pierre Tariot

Dr. Tariot is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, with added qualifications in geriatrics. He has served as a Fellow at the NIMH Intramural Research Program and as faculty at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Since 2006, he has been at the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute in Phoenix, where he serves as Director. His career is focused on the care and study of people with and at risk for brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, with special emphasis on the design and implementation of clinical trials for prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s, development of biomarkers, and demonstration of effective dementia care. His experience includes conceiving, funding, and implementing single-center and multicenter trials, and serving as Principal Investigator on over 50 clinical trials related to Alzheimer’s. He has published over 350 papers on these topics and served as an author on studies that have led to the FDA approval of several medications. He serves as co-director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Initiative (API). He is a Research Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Arizona and a Fellow of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. His research affiliations include the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the NIMH, and the Alzheimer’s Association.