MarieABernardMD

Summary

• Marie A. Bernard, MD has served as Deputy Director of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) since 2008. As NIA’s senior geriatrician, she serves as the principal advisor to the NIA director, assisting in the oversight of over $3.5 billion in aging and dementia research. In addition to her duties as deputy, she has led a broad range of activities, including co-chairing two Department of Health and Human Services Healthy People 2020/2030 objectives – 1) Older Adults, and 2) Dementias, including Alzheimer’s disease. She co-leads the trans-NIH Inclusion Governance Committee that ensures appropriate inclusion of individuals in clinical studies, including by sex/gender, race/ethnicity, and inclusion of children and older adults. Prior to joining NIH she was the Professor and Chairman of the Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine at University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, and Associate Chief of Staff for Geriatrics and Extended Care at the Oklahoma City Veterans Affairs Medical Center.