Dr. Craig Atwood is Associate Professor at University of Wisconsin. Craig is a faculty member in the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology within the Department of Medicine and a Health Science Specialist in the Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center at the William S. Middleton Veterans Administration Hospital. He is a widely acknowledged authority on the neuroendocrinology of aging and Alzheimer's disease and was a three-time Delegate to the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative. He has published over 200 scientific articles, is an inventor on eight issued U.S. patents, is a top cited author, serves on numerous review boards, and is an editor of more than 50 scientific journals. Dr. Atwood has broad research interests related to the endocrinology of embryogenesis, adulthood and senescence. The current focus of research in his laboratory relates to basic and clinical investigations into developing strategies to restore hormonal balance to prevent or halt Alzheimer’s disease. He studies the interplay of development and aging, but with special emphasis on the role of the endocrine system in the connection between these two phenomena.