GSA appreciates the work of KAER Brain Health Expert Advisory Panel members for their review of and contributions to this edition of the toolkit. The 2024 KAER Brain Health Expert Advisory members include:

  • Amy Boehm, Senior Health Systems Director, Alzheimer's Association
  • Soo Borson, MD, Co-lead, BOLD Public Health Center of Excellence on Early Detection of Dementia; Professor, Clinical Family Medicine University of Southern California
  • Bonnie Burman, ScD, President​, Ohio Council for Cognitive Health​
  • Carolyn K. Clevenger, DNP, GNP-BC, FAANP, FGSA, FAAN, Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University​; Clinical Director​, Emory Integrated Memory Care​
  • Joshua Chodosh, MD, MSHS​, Co-lead, BOLD Public Health Center of Excellence on Early Detection of Dementia; Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Care, NYU Grossman School of Medicine​
  • Frederick Ketchum, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor​, Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health​
  • Allyson Lee, MHA, Associate Director of ​Health Systems Solutions, Alzheimer's Association​
  • Tim MacLeod, PhD, Director​, Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative Health Systems Preparedness​
  • Laura Medders, LCSW, Administrative Director​, Emory Integrated Memory Care​
  • Katie Selzler, PhD, Medical Affairs & Scientific Communications Lead​, Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative Health Systems Preparedness​
  • Diane Ty, MBA, MA, Managing Director, Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging


GSA is grateful to Katie Maslow, MSW; Richard Fortinsky, PhD; and the members of the GSA Workgroup on Cognitive Impairment Detection and Earlier Diagnosis for their contributions to the first edition of the GSA KAER Toolkit. GSA would also like to acknowledge Eli Lilly and Company for their support of the first edition.


This updated edition was prepared by Judy Crespi-Lofton, MS, in consultation with GSA staff members Karen Tracy, Vice President, Strategic Alliances and Integrated Communications and Jen Pettis, MS, RN, CNE, Director, Strategic Alliances.


Support provided by Eisai, Genentech, Lilly, and Otsuka.