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Frederick A. Schmitt, PhD

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University of Kentucky Department of Neurology

Positions

  • Professor

College Unit(s)

Other Affiliation(s)
  • SCOBIRC - Faculty Associates

Biography and Education

Biography

Dr. Frederick Schmitt received his doctoral degree and completed a fellowship at the University of Akron, Ohio. His clinical interests include biostatistics, dementia and HIV. Schmitt is the Mary Carter Award recipient for his work with patients with Downs Syndrome and neurodegenerative disease, and is a nationally and internationally renowned expert on neurodegenerative conditions including Alzheimer's disease. He is a principal investigator and consultant on numerous grants from the NIH and other federal and state funding mechanisms. He has over 30 years of clinical experience in neurocognition.

Education

Degree

University of Akron, Ohio

Residency

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.

Fellowship

University of Akron, Ohio

Awards

Mary Carter Award, 2014, Down Syndrome of Louisville