Dr. Mintzer is a Professor in the Department of Health Sciences in the College of Health Professions at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), a visiting professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, and an honorary professor at the University of Exeter in the UK. He is the former Executive Director of the Roper St. Francis Healthcare System Clinical Biotechnology Research Institute. He is also the former President of the International Psychogeriatric Association, founding board member of the AARP supported Global Council on Brain Health, former board member of the South Carolina Alzheimer’s Association, and former member of the Alzheimer’s Association (national) Public Policy Committee. Dr. Mintzer has been involved in clinical research on Alzheimer’s disease for the last 20 years and is author of over 240 peer-reviewed research articles. He has devoted most of his career to the understanding and the development of treatments for neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia.