After medical school at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, Dr. Burns completed his residency in neurology at the University of Virginia, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at the Alzheimer Disease Research Center at Washington University in St. Louis. The KU Alzheimer and Memory Program supports numerous research projects investigating Alzheimer’s disease and aging. Dr. Burns’ overall research interest is to better understand how lifestyle issues such as diet and physical fitness impact brain aging and the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Burns is also the assistant director for the General Clinical Research Center. His research is supported in part by several grants from the National Institutes of Health and by generous contributions from the community. Grantee Q&A: Amit EtkinAmit Etkin is investigating