Dr. Neelum Aggarwal, MD

Board Member

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Dr. Neelum T. Aggarwal, MD, is a Professor in the Departments of Neurological Sciences and the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center at Rush University Medical Center. She is the Senior Neurologist for the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center (RADC), Research Director at the Rush Heart Center for Women, and serves as the Principal Investigator and Site Principal Investigator for multiple NIA-funded research studies and NIA funded consortia led clinical trials. Her work focuses on how sex, gender, and social determinants of health are associated with risk, detection, and treatment of cognitive changes associated with dementia. Her clinical and research interest continues to focus on the heart brain connection - and how lifestyle changes, specifically dietary interventions can improve cognition and prevent cognitive decline. Dr. Aggarwal is a long-standing voice for community-based research, clinical trial participation, public health initiatives, both in Chicago and nationally. She was the American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) first Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, and presently serves as the AMWA delegate to the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates.

Her work as co-lead on the Advisory Group on Risk Evidence Education for Dementia (AGREEDementia.org) focuses on how the results of genetic, neuroimaging and blood based biomarkers can and should be communicated to patient populations, with a particular focus on how physicians and their care teams should approach these important conversations. As the Strategic Advisor for the CHI's Science Runway, and a Chicago Innovation Mentor (CIM), she continues to mentor and sponsor women and men in the medical, life sciences and STEM sectors. She completed her medical degree from the Rosalind Franklin University - Chicago Medical School, completed her neurology residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, and completed an aging and neurodegenerative disorders fellowship at the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center.