About NIA

Staff

Neil Buckholtz, Ph.D.

  • Name: Neil S. Buckholtz, Ph.D.
    Title: Director, Division of Neuroscience
    Office: DN
    E-mail: buckholn@mail.nih.gov

    Dr. Buckholtz is the Director of the Division of Neuroscience (DN) at the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Dr. Buckholtz holds a doctorate in physiological psychology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and was a faculty member at the Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Psychiatry, from 1970 to 1983 before coming to NIH.

    Portfolio:
    • Dementias of aging
    • Basic Alzheimer's research
    • Clinical Alzheimer's research
    • Alzheimer's drug discovery
    • Neuroimaging
    • Biomarkers