Jeffrey Burns, MD, MS, is a neurologist and the Edward H. Hashinger Professor and co-director of the University of Kansas Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (KU ADRC), one of 35 nationally designated centers in the country. Dr. Burns also directs his department’s neurocognitive division and the KU ADRC’s Clinical Core, which is a site for national clinical trial networks. Dr. Burns started the Alzheimer’s clinical research program at the University of Kansas Medical Center in 2004. His education includes a BA (English and Japanese) from the University of Notre Dame, medical school at the University of Kansas Medical Center, neurology residency at the University of Virginia, and a post-doctoral fellowship in Alzheimer’s at Washington University in St. Louis. He then returned to his hometown of Kansas City to start the Alzheimer’s clinical program to stimulate and support AD and aging research locally while investigating how various lifestyle factors influence brain aging and AD. The program has grown into a vibrant research and training environment for AD and brain aging research. Dr. Burns has been continuously funded as a PI by the NIH since 2005 for his work.