Thomas Beach is director of neuroscience at Banner Sun Health Research Institute (BSHRI) in Sun City, Arizona. He was trained in neuroscience and neuropathology at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Beach has received multiple grants and awards from agencies including the National Institutes of Health, Alzheimer’s Association, the Arizona Biomedical Research Commission and The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. Additionally, he has served in industry as a consultant and as a neuropathology core leader for several imaging-to-autopsy FDA-licensing clinical trials. His research is focused on elucidating early neuropathological stages and biomarkers of normal human aging, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. His studies examine the structural and neurochemical changes in the human central and peripheral nervous system, through autopsy, biopsy and neuroimaging.