Professor Michelle M. Mielke, is currently Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention in the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Professor of Epidemiology, and Professor of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine. She also directs the Real-world Advocate DAta for Research (RADAR). Dr. Mielke works as a translational epidemiologist to further understanding of the etiology and epidemiology of neurodegenerative diseases. One focus of her research is understanding the utility of blood-based biomarkers for implementation at the population-level for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
Another focus of Dr. Mielke’s research is on understanding sex and gender differences in the development and progression of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Dr. Mielke is PI of several NIH- and Foundation-funded clinical- and epidemiological-based grants, is a member of multiple NIH, FDA, and DoD panels, and has published over 500 manuscripts. She received the John R. Raymond Mentor Award from the Women Scholars Initiative and is a Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Section on Neuroscience.
