Hiroko H. Dodge, Ph.D.
Director; Kevreson Research Professor of Neurology
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Oregon Health & Science University
Dr. Dodge has been directing two Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) Centers’ Data Cores jointly: the NIA-funded Layton Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Center (ADC) at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and the Michigan ADC. She has over 20 years of experience working as a statistician in the field of dementia research. In addition to her statistical expertise, her research interests cover a wide range of areas, including epidemiology of dementia, cross-cultural comparisons on healthy aging between Okinawa, Japan, and Oregon (collaborating with the Okinawa Centenarian Study project), application of demographic methods to clinical research, longitudinal data analyses, and clinical trial methods. She recently created a Professional Interest Area (PIA) entitled “Clinical Trials Advancements and Outcomes” in the International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research (ISTAART, an international AD research organization sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association). This PIA creates an international researchers’ forum where innovative clinical trial approaches, developments of outcomes sensitive to trial effects, and unique non-pharmacological trials are being introduced and discussed. Her most recently completed NIA-funded R01 examined whether stimulations through social interactions using modern communication technologies (PCs, webcams, and the Internet) could improve cognitive functions. She holds Fellow status at the Gerontological Society of America and serves as a statistical editor for several dementia-related journals.