Dr. Bruce Miller holds the A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professorship in Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco, where he directs the Memory and Aging Center, an NIH-sponsored Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.

A behavioral neurologist whose work emphasizes brain-behavior relationships, Dr. Miller has published extensively on the emergence of artistic ability, personality shifts, cognition, and emotion in the context of neurodegenerative disease. His research has not only improved diagnostic accuracy but also deepened our understanding of brain functional anatomy and disease risk.

In 2015, in response to findings showing that 30–40% of dementia cases could potentially be prevented through lifestyle changes, Dr. Miller co-founded the Global Brain Health Institute and the Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health program.

He also plays a leadership role in several major initiatives, including the Tau Consortium, the Bluefield Project to Cure Frontotemporal Dementia, the Global Brain Health Institute, and the Parkinson’s Spectrum Disorders Center.

Dr. Miller’s many honors include the Potamkin Award from the American Academy of Neurology, the UCSF Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award, and the AAIC Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alzheimer’s Association. He is also a member of the National Academy of Medicine.