Andrew Singleton

• Director Center for Alzheimer's and Related Dementias at NIH

Andrew received his B.Sc. from the University of Sunderland, UK and his Ph.D. from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. His research initially focused on genetic determinants of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. His postdoctoral studies were spent at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville Florida. Andrew moved to the National Institute on Aging at NIH in 2001, becoming a principal investigator in 2002. In 2007 Andrew became a tenured senior investigator, in 2008 he became the Chief of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics, and in 2016 he was named an NIH Distinguished Investigator. In 2021 Andrew was named the Director of the new Center for Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias at NIH.

Andrew has published more than 700 articles on a wide variety of topics. His group works on the genetic basis of neurodegenerative disorders. The goal of this research is to identify genetic variability that causes or contributes to disease and to use this knowledge to understand the molecular processes underlying disease.

Andrew currently is a member of numerous scientific advisory and editorials boards. Andrew was awarded the Boehringer Mannheim Research Award in 2005, the NIH Director’s Award in 2008 and again in 2016, and the Annemarie Opprecht Award for Parkinson’s disease research in 2008. In 2012 he became the first person to win the Jay van Andel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Parkinson’s Disease Research. In 2017 Andrew was awarded the American Academy of Neurology Movement Disorders Award and an Honorary Doctorate from his alma mater, the University of Sunderland. In 2019 Andrew was awarded the Robert A. Pritzker Prize for Leadership in Parkinson’s Research.