Donald L. Price, M.D.

Donald L. Price, M.D., Professor of Pathology, Neurology, and Neuroscience at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, is a neurologist-neuropathologist-neurobiologist, who has made major contributions to the understanding of a variety of human neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.  He has a distinguished record of publications in several fields, including the development and analysis of animal models (especially genetically-engineered models of these disorders) and investigations of experimental therapeutic strategies that prepare the way for translation of basic science discoveries to treatments of humans with neurological illnesses. 

Dr. Price is the author of > 500 publications.  He has been recognized by the international scientific and medical communities, as illustrated by his ranking among the top ten neuroscientists as authors of high impact papers in neuroscience during the “Decade of the Brain”, Science Watch (12:102, 2001) (http://www.sciencewatch.com/jan-feb2001/sw_jan-feb2001_page1.htm).  Dr. Price has received numerous honors and awards, including: two Javits Neuroscience Investigator Merit Awards from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; a Leadership in Alzheimer’s Disease Award from the National Institute on Aging; the Potamkin Prize for Alzheimer’s Disease Research from the American Academy of Neurology; and the Metropolitan Life Foundation Award.  He was President of the Society for Neuroscience (2000-2001), and is a member of The Institute of Medicine (National Academy of Sciences).

He is currently Director of the Division of Neuropathology and Director of the Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.