New Jersey clinic to research Alzheimer’s, dementia, in search for treatment

Rutgers will open a new clinic this fall focused on Alzheimer’s and dementia research. new treatment options.

The clinic is supported by a $5 million donation from Herbert C. Klein, a former US Congressman and Rutgers University alumnus who lost his wife to Alzheimer’s in 2017.

“Unfortunately there was nothing that could be done to cure her,” said Klein, who served in the House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995. .”

This donation will fund the equipment and personnel and Jacqueline Krieger Klein Endowed Director’s Chair in Neurodegeneration Research will direct the center. Michal Biri, a professor of psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine in Mount Sinai, New York City, was named chairman. Pending Rutgers board approval.

The clinic will be located at the Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Policy and Aging Research in New Brunswick. It is expected to attract researchers from across the state school system, including Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research.

almost 6 million Americans The Alzheimer’s Association reports that the disease kills one-third of the elderly in America.