A University of Glasgow alumnus, Professor Hugh C. Hendrie, is among three leading scientists honoured by the Alzheimer’s Association with Lifetime Achievement Awards for their contributions to advancing Alzheimer’s disease and dementia research. The awards were presented during the opening session at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference® 2017 in London.

The 2017 Henry Wisniewski Lifetime Achievement Award in Alzheimer’s Disease Research was presented to Professor Hendrie, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine; Distinguished Scientist, Regenstrief Institute, Inc.; Center Scientist, Indiana University Center for Aging Research. He retired as Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Indiana University in 2005 but is still active professionally. He also holds a diploma in psychiatry from the University of Manitoba and an M.S. from Wayne State University in Detroit.

Dr. Hendrie is internationally known for his work and contributions to the field of psychiatry. He has written over 250 articles on various topics in psychiatry including psychogeriatrics. Dr. Hendrie has received numerous federal grants for his research efforts in biological psychiatry and the epidemiology of Alzheimer's Disease and has spoken to groups both nationally and internationally discussing the nature of his research. In addition, he is the past President of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry and the Geriatric Psychiatry Alliance. He led a multi-disciplinary group conducting international comparative studies of dementia and Alzheimer's Disease in Nigeria and the United States. Also worked collaborated  in intervention trials for the treatment of depression and dementia in primary care and conducted surveys of retired physicians and their spouses focusing on predictors of life satisfaction.

He has won numerous awards and honours including most recently the prestigious Jack Weinberg Memorial Award for Geriatric Psychiatry from the American Psychiatric Association in 2007. While at Glasgow he won a Blue for tennis. Member of the 1952 Beta Club

Since 1982 the Alzheimer's Association has invested over $385 million in more than 2,500 scientific investigations. As the largest nonprofit funder of Alzheimer’s research, our International Research Grant Program is currently investing more than $100 million across 370 best-of-field active projects in 18 countries.

First published: 20 July 2017

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