Ara S. Khachaturian, Ph.D.

is Chair and President of the National Biomedical Research Ethics Council (NBREC) a Nevada-based 501(c)(3) tax exempt public charity that leads an international effort to improve clinical and public health research ethics. In addition, he serves as Executive Vice-President of the Campaign to Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease 2020 (PAD2020), Maryland-based 501(c)(3) tax exempt public charity that seeks resolution of important challenges facing efforts to combat Alzheimer’s disease and other disorders affecting memory, movement and mood. In addition, he serves as the Executive Editor of Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring, and Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translation Research & Clinical Interventions.

Dr. Khachaturian is co-founder of Khachaturian and Associates, an international consulting group on matters related to healthy brain aging. He has over twenty years of experience in the area of epidemiological and clinical research, including specialized experience in complex data analysis and modeling, public health policy, public finance, and government affairs.