About
Meryl Comer is a broadcast journalist and author who has served as co-founder of UsAgainstAlzheimer's and previously as president and CEO of the Geoffrey Beene Foundation Alzheimer's Initiative from 2007 to 2019. Her work has focused on early diagnosis, assessment technologies, and disease research, including co-founding the 21st Century BrainTrust and serving as co-principal investigator for the PCORI Alzheimer's Patient/Caregiver Research Network. She is also the author of "Slow Dancing with a Stranger," a New York Times bestseller documenting her family's experience with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, with all proceeds directed to Alzheimer's research.
Experience
- UsAgainstAlzheimer'sCo-Foundercurrent2008 — presentWashington DC-Baltimore Area
- Women's Health Access MattersVice Chair - Globalcurrent2018 — present
- Geoffrey Beene Foundation Alzheimer's InitiativePresident and CEO2007 — 2019Washington D.C. Metro Area
Colleagues at StartUp Health
Aishu Sukumar
Alzheimer's Moonshot Impact Board at StartUp Health
Albert Tzeel
T1D Moonshot Impact Board at StartUp Health
Attallah Shabazz
Health Moonshot Impact Board at StartUp Health
Bari Krein
CSO, Managing Partner at StartUp Health
Cathrin Stickney
Venture Partner at Zetta Venture Partners
Chuck Henderson
Health Moonshot Impact Board at StartUp Health
Craig Ritchie
Alzheimer's Moonshot Impact Board at StartUp Health
Esther Dyson
Investor at Blue Tulip Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Meryl Comer?
- Meryl Comer is a broadcast journalist and author who has served as co-founder of UsAgainstAlzheimer's and previously as president and CEO of the Geoffrey Beene Foundation Alzheimer's Initiative from 2007 to 2019. Her work has focused on early diagnosis, assessment technologies, and disease research, including co-founding the 21st Century BrainTrust and serving as co-principal investigator for the PCORI Alzheimer's Patient/Caregiver Research Network. She is also the author of "Slow Dancing with a Stranger," a New York Times bestseller documenting her family's experience with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, with all proceeds directed to Alzheimer's research.
- Where does Meryl Comer work?
- Meryl Comer is Alzheimer's Moonshot Impact Board at StartUp Health.
