News Release

UNC Physician to Receive $1 Million for New Alzheimer's Disease Research

October 7, 2004

Dr. Philip D. Sloane, Elizabeth and Oscar Goodwin Distinguished Professor of Family Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, received a major award in July from the national Alzheimer's Association, along with $1 million in promised research support. Sloane co-directs the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research's Program on Aging, Disability and Long-Term Care at UNC. The money, given as part of the Alzheimer's Association's Pioneer Award, will pay for a research project at UNC titled, "Improving Medical Care of Assisted Living Residents with Dementia." Sloane is directing the project. Presented at the 9th International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders in Philadelphia, the award is the only one of its kind in the country and is one of the largest available to scientists investigating the progressive, degenerative neurological illness. The support it provides will cover five years.