Rudolph E. Tanzi
Neurologist and Alzheimer's researcher
Rudolph E. Tanzi is a Harvard neurology professor who has researched the genetics of neurological disease since the 1980s. He is the author of Super Brain.
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American Born in Providence, United States
About Rudolph E. Tanzi
Rudolph Emile "Rudy" Tanzi holds the Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy professorship in neurology at Harvard University. At Massachusetts General Hospital he leads the Genetics and Aging Research Unit, and he also directs its Henry and Allison McCance Center for Brain Health. He has studied the genetics of neurological disease since the 1980s. He co-discovered all three genes linked to familial early-onset Alzheimer's disease, along with several other neurological disease genes, including the one responsible for Wilson's disease. His team was also the first to use human stem cells to build three-dimensional cell cultures of Alzheimer's, known as "Alzheimer's-in-a-Dish", which made drug screening faster and cheaper. Tanzi has published over 800 research papers. His honors include the Metropolitan Life Award and the Potamkin Prize, and he belongs to the National Academy of Medicine. He was named to the TIME100 list of the world's most influential people in 2015. His book in our catalog is Super Brain.