Michael Weiner, MD

Dr. Weiner is Professor Emeritus in Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Medicine, Psychiatry, and Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco. He is the Principal Investigator of the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) and BrainHealthRegistry.org at the Northern California Institute for Research and Education (NCIRE). Dr. Weiner has been conducting research for more than 50 years and is Principal Investigator of the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI), and the BrainHealthRegistry.org. In 1980, he was one of the first to perform MRS on an intact animal. He then pursued development of MRI/MRS as a clinical tool and established the Magnetic Resonance Unit at the San Francisco VA (later named Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases). Since 1990, he’s been a Professor in Radiology, Medicine, Psychiatry and Neurology at UCSF. Dr. Weiner has published over 1000 peer-reviewed articles, holds 19 separate research grants, and has received numerous honors. Most recently, an Honorary Professorship Award from Australian Catholic University in 2018, a Docteur Honoris Causa Degree from Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France in 2019, and the Henry Wisniewski Lifetime Achievement Award in Alzheimer’s Disease Research, from the Alzheimer’s Association in 2021.