Prof. Mark A. Smith Case Western Reserve University, USA

Mark A. Smith was Professor of Pathology at Case Western University, he died unexpectedly in December 2010. He received his BSc from Durham University in 1986 and earned a Ph. D in Biochemistry in 1990. The focus of Dr. Smith's research involved investigating the pathological mechanism(s) underlying selective neuronal death... read morein neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease. In the past Dr. Smith served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and as Executive Director of the American Aging Association.