Morris Lab
John Carl Morris, MD
The focus of John Morris’ research and practice is Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological disorders associated with aging. Specific research interests include improving the diagnosis of early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, clinicopathological correlations in dementing disorders, evaluating new drugs for the treatment of dementia, establishing phenotypes for inherited forms of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias and identifying preclinical stages of Alzheimer’s disease by biomarker and neuroimaging studies.
Principal investigator

John Morris, MD
Harvey A. and Dorismae Hacker Friedman Professor of Neurology
Professor, Pathology and Immunology
Director, Section of Memory and Aging
Director, Center for Aging
Director, Memory and Aging Project
Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
- Phone: 314-286-1967
Recent publications
- Brain aerobic glycolysis and resilience in Alzheimer diseaseGoyal, M. S., Blazey, T., Metcalf, N. V., McAvoy, M. P., Strain, J. F., Rahmani, M., Durbin, T. J., Xiong, C., Benzinger, T. L. S., Morris, J. C., Raichle, M. E. & Vlassenko, A. G., Feb 14 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120, 7, e2212256120.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Pattern and implications of neurological examination findings in autosomal dominant Alzheimer diseasefor the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network, Feb 2023, In: Alzheimer's and Dementia. 19, 2, p. 632-645 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Investigating Tau and Amyloid Tracer Skull Binding in Studies of Alzheimer DiseaseFlores, S., Chen, C. D., Su, Y., Dincer, A., Keefe, S. J., McKay, N. S., Paulick, A. M., Perez-Carrillo, G. G., Wang, L., Hornbeck, R. C., Goyal, M., Vlassenko, A., Schwarz, S., Nickels, M. L., Wong, D. F., Tu, Z., McConathy, J. E., Morris, J. C., Benzinger, T. L. S. & Gordon, B. A., Feb 1 2023, In: Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine. 64, 2, p. 287-293 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Multimodal brain age estimates relate to Alzheimer disease biomarkers and cognition in early stages: a cross-sectional observational studyDominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network, 2023, In: eLife. 12, e81869.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Increasing participant diversity in AD research: Plans for digital screening, blood testing, and a community-engaged approach in the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative 4Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Jan 2023, In: Alzheimer's and Dementia. 19, 1, p. 307-317 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review