HWNI member William Jagust, professor of neuroscience, is the winner of the 2026 Henry Wisniewski Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alzheimer’s Association. The award honors researchers who have made significant contributions to Alzheimer’s and dementia research, either through a single scientific discovery or a body of work.
Jagust uses imaging tools such as positron emission tomography (PET) to study brain aging and Alzheimer’s disease. He established the Berkeley Aging Cohort Study to investigate the evolution of brain changes in aging and the transition to Alzheimer’s disease, and is currently the leader of the PET Core of the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative and Principal Investigator of the SCAN initiative
In a press release, the Alzheimer’s Association said that Jagust’s work has “transformed how Alzheimer’s disease is understood, helping establish amyloid and tau PET as essential tools for defining disease biology and its progression long before clinical symptoms emerge, insights that have shaped modern clinical trial design.”
Jagust was presented with the award on July 12 at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, which is the world’s largest gathering of researchers from around the world focused on Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
