Bruno Giordani, Ph.D.
Bruno Giordani is a tenured professor in the University of Michigan’s departments of Psychiatry, Neurology, Psychology, and the School of Nursing. He was formerly the director of the Neuropsychology Program in Psychiatry and now serves as the department’s chief psychologist. He also is the associate director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute on Aging-funded Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. Dr. Giordani has been elected as a fellow in the American Psychological Association’s Clinical Neuropsychology (Division 40) and Clinical Psychology (Division 12) divisions. He has published more than 300 scientific papers and book chapters. His research interests include neuropsychological, electrophysiological, and imaging approaches in the assessment of cognitive change, emphasizing cross-cultural and low-resource settings and computer-based cognitive assessment and nonpharmacological interventions. Besides NIH grants based in the U.S., he has ongoing funded projects in four Sub-Saharan African nations studying the cognitive consequences of pediatric and adult medical illnesses, including cerebral malaria, HIV, Ebola, vitamin D deficiency, and dementia. He has also completed projects in South America and Eastern Europe. Dr. Giordani also was a member of the Alzheimer’s Association chapters in Michigan, including being board chair and national representative of the Michigan Great Lakes Chapter, receiving its Ruth Michelbaugh Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Giordani currently serves on the board of the Alzheimer's Association One Chapter in Michigan.