Louis, Missouri. She is also a clinical investigator in the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) and a physician at the Memory Diagnostic Clinic. Her research has involved certain proteins in the body that accommodate Alzheimer�s Disease and the formation of dementia. Her work in the specialty of Aging won her the Alene and Meyer Kopolow Award for Direct Patient Care and Aging Research in 2009, as well as the Richard and Mildred Poletsky Award, for Dementia Care and Research in 2008.