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Thomas Beach, MD, PhD

Director, Neuroscience at Banner Sun Health Research Institute

Location: Sun City, AZ United States

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 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 center on the structural and neurochemical changes of the human central and peripheral nervous system, through autopsy, biopsy and neuroimaging.


Associated Grants

  • Search for Specific Retinal Biomarkers of Parkinson’s Disease

    2013


  • Evaluation of Alpha-synuclein Immunohistochemical Methods for the Detection of Lewy-type Synucleinopathy in Gastrointestinal Biopsies

    2013


  • Characterization of Inflammatory Mediators During Early Stages of Parkinson's Disease

    2011


  • Antibody Testing in Postmortem Human Brain

    2011


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