Jeffrey Cummings, MD, ScD_(HC), Joy Chambers-Grundy professor of brain science and director of the Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Brain Health, is a neurologist globally recognized for his contributions to Alzheimer’s research, drug development, and clinical trials.

A fellow of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, Dr. Cummings leads the Biomarker Observatory and the UNLV Clinical Trials Observatory that studies all drugs in current clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease to better inform drug development decisions. He’s also the co-director of the Pam Quirk Brain Health and Biomarker Laboratory and the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Innovation Incubator.

Having published 43 books and over 900 peer-reviewed papers on Alzheimer’s disease, neuropsychiatry, and clinical trials, Dr. Cummings was featured as a “Rock Star of Science^TM” by Gentleman’s Quarterly, and has been honored with the Henderson Award of the American Geriatrics Society, Distinguished Scientist Award of the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry, Leadership and Achievement Award by the International Society of CNS Drug Development, the Bengt Winblad Lifetime Achievement Award from the national Alzheimer’s Association, International Psychogeriatric Association Distinguished Service Award, and the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation’s Melvin R. Goodes Prize for Excellence in Drug Development.

Prior to his role at the school of medicine, Dr. Cummings served as the founding director of the Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), founding director of the Deane F. Johnson Center for Neurotherapeutics at UCLA, and founding director of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas.

Dr. Cummings completed training in neurology and behavioral neurology at Boston University with additional training in neuropsychiatry and neuropathology at the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases in Queen Square, London.