Allan I. Levey, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Neurology
Director, Emory Center for Neurodegenerative Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Center
Director, M.D./Ph.D. Training Program, Emory University
allan.levey@emory.edu
Phone: 404.727.7220
Fax: 404.727.3999

Education

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, B.S. with Honors, 1978
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Ph.D., Immunology, 1982
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, M.D. with Honors, 1984

Previous Administrative Appointments

Director of Graduate Studies, Neuroscience Graduate Training Program, 1995-1997 l

Honors and Awards

Francis Drew Winkley Award, 1974

Mortar Board, University of Michigan, 1977

James B. Angell Scholar, University of Michigan, 1978

Magna Cum Laude, University of Michigan, 1978

Phi Beta Kappa, University of Michigan, 1978

Francis L. Lederer Foundation MD/PhD Fellowship, University of Chicago,1980-84

Steven A. Lukes, M.D. Prize, University of Chicago, 1984

Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Chicago, 1984

National Research Service Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Chicago, 1985-86           

Clinical Investigator Development Award, NINDS, NIH 8/89-7/92

Faculty Scholar Award, Alzheimer's Association, 7/90-6/93 and 7/95-6/98

Woodruff Molecular Neuroscience Investigator Award, Emory University, 1991-94

Derek Denny-Brown Neurological Scholar Award, American Neurological Association, 1993

Heikkila Research Scholar Award, National Parkinson Foundation, 1995

ISI Highly Cited Researcher, Neuroscience, 2001

Community Health Charities of Georgia’s Health Advancement Research Award, 2002

Team Hope Award for Medical Leadership, Huntington's Disease Society of America, 2005

Best Doctors in America, 2005

Grant Support

Active/Federal

P50 AG025688, 6/1/05-5/30/10
Emory Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Principal Investigator: Levey
 
1 T32 NS07480-01A1,  09/30/2000-06/30/2006
Training in Translational Research in Neurology 
Principal Investigator: Levey                              

3RO1 NS30454, 09/30/1991 - 3/31/2010
Muscarinic Receptor Proteins in Alzheimer’s Disease
Principal Investigator: Levey

2T32 GM08169-11, 7/1/97-6/30/06
Medical Scientist Training Program
Principal Investigator: Levey

1 U54 ES012068-01 08/26/2002-07/30/2007
Collaborative Center For Parkinson’s Disease Environmental Research                                    Principal Investigator: DeLong
Project 3 Principal Investigator:  Levey

Alzheimer’s Cooperative Study Unit U01 AG10483 1995-present
Clinical Trials in Alzheimer’s Disease
Participation in several studies (homocysteine, TAP-DAP, simvastatin)
Principal Investigator: Leon Thal, UCSD (A. I. Levey, PI of Emory site)

1R01 AG24214-01, 8/15/2004-6/30/2008
ApoE Receptor LR11 In Alzheimer's Etiopathogenesis
Principal Investigator:  Lah

1R01 MH073159, 06/1/2004 - 05/31/2009
Molecular Analysis of Presynaptic Choline Transporters
Principal Investigator: Blakely (Vanderbilt)