Eric Reiman, Banner Alzheimer's Institute (IMAGE) Arizona State University Caption The partnership between Arizona State University (ASU), one of the nation's largest public research universities, and Phoenix-based Banner Health, one of the nation's largest nonprofit health systems, includes the launch of a new Arizona State University-Banner Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center on ASU's Tempe campus. "We are grateful for the opportunity to work together to build one of the world's largest basic science centers for the study of Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases at ASU and to further develop our clinical and research programs at Banner," said Eric Reiman, M.D. Reiman is the executive director of the Banner Alzheimer's Institute and university professor of neuroscience at ASU, who along with Raymond N. DuBois, M.D., Ph.D., executive director of the Biodesign Institute at ASU, will lead the new alliance. Credit Banner Health Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.