Maria C Carrillo

Maria Carrillo, PhD, is Chief Science Officer, Medical and Scientific Relations at the Alzheimer’s Association. Dr. Carrillo has a wide range of responsibilities, including oversight of the Association’s grant-making process and communication of scientific findings within and outside of the organization. Dr. Carrillo directly manages several Alzheimer’s Association initiatives including the Research Roundtable, the World Wide Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, and the Global Alzheimer’s Association Interactive Network. She is co-author of the National Institute on Aging–Alzheimer’s Association revised criteria for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s, and the Appropriate Use Criteria for Amyloid Imaging. Dr. Carrillo was the Alzheimer’s Expert Scientific Consultant for the movie Still Alice (2014). In 2016, Dr. Carrillo joined the Governing Board of the Global Brain Health Institute, which supports a new generation of leaders to translate research evidence into effective policy and practice. In 2016, Dr. Carrillo also became a member of the Research Committee for the American Heart Association.