Annual Barry Reisberg Award
and Lecture Series



Dr. Reisberg, renowned researcher and Clinical Director of NYU's
Aging and Dementia Research Center,together with the Foundation,
annually select an honoree for this award who has distiguished
themselves in the area of non-pharmacologic treatment for
Alzheimer's disease. The honoree is invited to present a lecture
in Manhattan to professionals and care partners.

2007

Dr. Michelle Bourgeois, Ph.D.

As a clinical researcher, Dr. Bourgeois has published numerous research articles and training manuals. Her Memory Book treatment has been featured on public television and her Interactive CD-ROM training program for nursing aides has received several awards. She was the past-President of the Behavioral Gerontology Special Interest Group of the Association of Behavior Analysis and she has served on the editorial boards of several professional journals. She is an active member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the Gerontological Society of America. She is a Past-President of the Alzheimer Resource Center of Tallahassee. Her research has been funded by the Alzheimer’s Association and the National Institutes of Aging.

2006

Dr. Cameron Camp, Ph.D.

Cameron J. Camp, Ph.D., is a noted psychologist specializing in applied research in gerontology. He received his doctorate in experimental psychology from the University of Houston in 1979. He currently works as Director and Senior Research Scientist at the Myers Research Institute of the Menorah Park Center for the Aging in Cleveland, Ohio. His research involves the design of interventions to alleviate problem behaviors and increase the level of functioning of persons with dementia. He has co-authored three college textbooks and published over 100 articles. He is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and a Charter Member of the American Psychological Society. Dr. Camp is a licensed psychologist in the state of Ohio, specializing in applied cognitive aging. His research has been funded by grants from the national Alzheimer’s Association, the National Institute on Aging, and the National Institute of Mental Health.

2005

Dr. Ladisiav Volicer, M.D., Ph.D.

Courtesy Full Professor, School of Aging Studies,
College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida.
External Professor, 3rd Medical Faculty,
Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.

Dr. Volicer established sixteen years ago one of the first Dementia Special Care Units and introduced the concept of structured palliative care for patients with advanced dementia. Goals of care on this unit are quality of life, dignity and comfort instead of prolongation of life at all costs. Dr. Volicer investigated various aspects of dementia care, including behavioral symptoms, medical complications and eating difficulties. He is recognized as an international expert on advanced dementia care, has published over 200 articles and chapters, and edited four books on clinical management of dementia.

2004

Dr. Cornelia Beck PhD, RN, FAAN

Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Center,
Professor, Department of Geriatrics,
Adjunct Professor, College of Nursing and Department
of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Professor Beck has contributed to the field of geriatrics through her research on strategies to improve best practices in long-term care settings and non-pharmacologic interventions to alleviate behavioral symptoms and promote functional performance in persons with dementia. Currently, she is serving as an investigator along with two professors from the University of Michigan on the first interactive project of the National Institute of Nursing Research. The project investigates risk factors of aggression, wandering, and problematic vocalizations in nursing home residents with dementia. A prolific writer, Dr. Beck has written more than 100 publications. She also has lectured extensively throughout the world.

2003

Dr. Jiska Cohen-Mansfield, Ph.D., ABPP

Director, Research Institute on Aging at the
Hebrew Home of Greater Washington.
Professor of Health Care Sciences and of
Prevention and Community Health,
George Washington University Medical Center
and School of Public Health

Professor Cohen-Mansfield has enhanced the understanding of the person with dementia through her studies on agitation, its etiology and treatment. She has published numerous articles on this topic as well as related topics such as depression, sleep problems, autonomy, and advance directives for the elderly. Her assessment instruments, such as the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI) and the Agitation Behavior Mapping Instrument (ABMI), are used internationally.

2002

Award series is announced and
Dr. Reisberg delivers the first lecture.

Dr. Barry Reisberg, M.D.

Clinical Director of NYU’s Aging
and Dementia Research Center,
Professor of Psychiatry at the New York University
School of Medicine.

Dr. Reisberg’s studies have resulted in descriptions of the characteristic clinical course of Alzheimer’s disease. These descriptions in the form of scales such as the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) and the Functional Assessment Staging (FAST) are measures widely used around the world. He has also described many of the psychiatric symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and these descriptions, incorporated into his BEHAVE-AD scale, have been used to demonstrate the utility of drug treatments of these symptoms in worldwide studies.

Taped copies of the 2006 and 2007 lectures
are available for a $25.00 donation to the Foundation.

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