University of Pennsylvania. Penn Alzheimer's Disease Center ^{R&D Centre}

The overarching mission of Penn's Alzheimer's Disease Core Center (ADCC) is to accelerate the pace of research aimed at developing better diagnostics, preventions, and treatments for Alzheimer's disease and related disorders (ADRD). The Penn ADCC works to achieve their goal – to understand the complexity of dementia of the Alzheimer’s disease type (DAT), related neurodegenerative dementias and other contributing factors -- by emphasizing a comprehensive and integrated approach that engages and supports research on ADRD at and beyond Penn.