{"id":60233,"date":"2018-07-25T10:10:09","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T14:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/?p=60233"},"modified":"2018-07-25T10:10:09","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T14:10:09","slug":"ann-mckee-receives-alzheimers-association-lifetime-achievement-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/2018\/07\/25\/ann-mckee-receives-alzheimers-association-lifetime-achievement-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Ann McKee Receives Alzheimer\u2019s Association Lifetime Achievement Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2018\/07\/McKee-preferred-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"184\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-60234 alignright\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ann McKee, MD, is the recipient of the Henry Wisniewski Lifetime Achievement Award in Alzheimer\u2019s Research from the Alzheimer\u2019s Association for her significant scientific contributions and demonstrated lifelong commitment to progress against Alzheimer\u2019s disease and dementia. She was one of three individuals recognized July 24 at the Alzheimer\u2019s Association International Conference (AAIC) in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Director of Neuropathology for VA Boston Healthcare System and Professor of Neurology and Pathology at BUSM, Dr. McKee is Director of the BU CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) Center and Associate Director of the BU Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Center. She was the first scientist to report a link between motor neuron disease and CTE. Dr. McKee created the \u201cMcKee criteria\u201d by defining the criteria on the changes in the brain for the diagnosis of CTE and establishing the novel staging system for the condition.<\/p>\n<p>The Lifetime Achievement Award is named in honor of Henry Wisniewski, MD, PhD, one of the three co-founders of the conference. The award recognizes significant fundamental contributions to Alzheimer\u2019s research, either through a single scientific discovery or a body of work. The Alzheimer\u2019s Association is committed to accelerating the global effort to eliminate Alzheimer\u2019s disease and to recognizing the efforts of researchers who further our understanding about this devastating disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. McKee is recognized for her significant scientific contributions and demonstrated lifelong commitment to progress against Alzheimer\u2019s disease and dementia. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12772,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[89,91],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60233"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12772"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60233"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60237,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60233\/revisions\/60237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}