Working together to advance scientific discoveries

The Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative is a global coalition of partners working together to promote and power data sharing and research collaboration to accelerate breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s and related dementias (ADRD) research.  

A Community Dedicated to Collaborative Science

The AD Data Initiative coalition is comprised of leading academic, governmental, philanthropic, and industry organizations working together to accelerate progress towards new diagnostics, treatments and cures in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias 

We believe that data sharing and global research collaboration will advance scientific discovery, seed innovation, and lead to breakthroughs – faster.  

Coalition Partners and Advisors

The Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative's advisors and team members have collective experience and expertise in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias research, data science, data architecture, bioinformatics, policy, advocacy, and scientific strategy.  

Gates Notes
Posted November 17, 2020

I’m optimistic that this will make a real difference in Alzheimer’s research, because there are many examples where we’ve made progress on diseases after bringing together large amounts of data.

Bill Gates

Driving Research Forward – Together

Further Your Research: Visit the AD Discovery Portal today to explore datasets and request access via AD Workbench.  

Interested in accelerating innovation by sharing ADRD data? Learn more here.