With the recent appointment of Bess Frost as the Salame-Feraud Director of the Center, Brown is building a world-class program focused on early detection and individualized treatment of those at risk for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

A renowned physician-scientist, Huey has focused on patients with neurodegenerative illnesses including Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, and related disorders. Using cutting-edge imaging technology, Huey is exploring the genetics and phenotypes of these disorders, in addition to the neuroanatomy of complex behavior, neuropsychiatric symptoms and emotion in patients with brain dysfunction.

“I am thrilled that Dr. Huey will be joining us as associate director,” said Bess Frost, the Salame-Feraud Director of the Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research and a professor of molecular biology, cell biology and biochemistry. “Through strategic collaborations and key faculty recruitments, Brown University is building a critical mass of experts in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Dr. Huey's strong expertise in clinical research complements our existing strengths in public health, neuroscience and understanding the basic biology underlying aging and neurodegeneration."

Huey received his medical degree from the Stanford University School of Medicine and completed an internship and a residency in adult psychiatry at the Stanford University Medical Center. He then completed a clinical research fellowship and was an assistant clinical investigator in the cognitive neuroscience section of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in the National Institutes of Health.

Huey also helmed a number of other initiatives and programs at Columbia University, serving as the director of the Frontotemporal Dementia Center and as an associate professor of psychiatry and neurology at Columbia University’s Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain. He led Columbia University’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Research Education Core and was the medical director of Columbia’s Huntington's Disease Society of America Center of Excellence at the Neurological Institute of New York.

“Dr. Huey has been an incredible partner for the past year helping to recruit Bess Frost to Brown, developing strong collaborations in Alzheimer’s disease research, and continuing to build the world-class memory and aging program at Butler started by his predecessor, Dr. Stephen Salloway. The partnership of Frost and Huey is tremendously exciting and ensures that the Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research will be a world-leader in the fight against this disease that is now the fifth-leading cause of death among Americans aged 65 and older,” said Diane Lipscombe, Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director of the Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science. “The leadership of Frost and Huey and their highly collaborative approach to community building at Brown will be transformative at Brown, and it will accelerate the pace of discovery leading to new diagnoses and treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.”