Agustin Ruiz, MD, PhD

Biological Core Director

Personal Statement:

Agustin Ruiz, MD, PhD, professor and director of the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases’ Biological Core laboratory and the Keith M. and Pat V. Orme Endowed Chair in Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health San Antonio.

Dr. Ruiz is also the non-executive research director of ACE Alzheimer Center in Barcelona, Spain, and the principal investigator of the Networked Biomedical Research Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases of the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Ministry of Health of Spain—CIBERNED/ISCIII).
He earned an MD and PhD in molecular and cell biology from the University of Seville.
Dr. Ruiz has held significant roles, including co-founding several biotech companies and has received numerous awards for his contributions to biotechnology and Alzheimer’s research. His publication record includes 254 articles and 180 preprints/abstracts.
He has secured funding for more than 40 competitive research projects and contributed to the application of genomic technologies in medicine and the discovery of genetic factors in dementia and other human conditions.