Since 2022, Dr. Ozioma Okonkwo served on the NIA-Alzheimer’s Association expert workgroup that establishes definitions and boundary classifications for Alzheimer’s disease (i.e., the NIA-Alzheimer’s Association Research Framework for Alzheimer’s Disease).
The Revised Criteria for Diagnosing and Staging AD has now been published: https://www.alz.org/research/for_researchers/diagnostic-criteria-guidelines
The Alzheimer’s Association also issued an accompanying press release: https://www.alz.org/news/2024/revised-alzheimers-diagnostic-staging-criteria
We are proud of the important contributions Dr. Okonkwo continues to make to our field!