Kenneth S. Kosik

Kenneth S. Kosik is an American neurologist, author, researcher and professor in neuroscience at the University of California, Santa Barbara.^[1] Recent contributions includes a significant discovery in understanding the way human embryonic stem cells function.^[2] He has contributed to novel thinking about how to reduce risk for getting Alzheimer's disease and reduce the impact of this illness on our communities.^[3][4] He was the founder and executive director of Cognitive Fitness & Innovative Therapies, followed by the Cottage Center for Brain Fitness.^[5] Kosik provided much of the original data on the largest family in the world with a genetic form of Alzheimer's disease located in Antioquia, Colombia.^[6][7]

Kenneth S. Kosik
Kosik in 2013
Alma mater	Medical College of Pennsylvania
Known for	Neuroscience research
Awards	Potamkin Prize (2021)Stacy
Scientific career
Doctoral advisor	Dennis J. Selkoe
Website	https://www.mcdb.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/kenneth-kosik

Awards

• Whitaker Health Sciences Award, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Metropolitan Life Foundation Medical Award
• Derek Denny-Brown Neurological Scholar Award, the American Neurological Association (1990)
• Zenith Award from the Alzheimer's Association
• Ranwell Caputo Medal, the Argentine Society of Neurochemistry
• NASA Group Achievement Award to the Neurolab Science Team
• Potamkin Prize (2021)

Publications

• Outsmarting Alzheimer's: What You Can Do to Reduce Your Risk; Kenneth S. Kosik with Alisa Bowman; Publish Date: December 29, 2015 ASIN B00ZPNZJBC^[8]
• The Alzheimer's Solution: How Today's Care Is Failing Millions- and How We Can Do Better; Kenneth S. Kosik, Ellen Clegg; Publish Date: August 2009 ISBN 1-59102-728-4.^[9]
• When Someone You Love Has Alzheimer's: The Caregiver's Journey; Earl A. Grollman, Kenneth S. Kosik; Publish Date: November 1997 ISBN 0-8070-2721-9.^[10]
• Selected publications of K.S. Kosik, M.D.