Cogstate Ltd. announced the formation of a Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), comprising clinical and scientific experts in cognitive assessment and drug development. The SAB will work closely with the Cogstate scientific leadership team to support the advancement of the company's strategy, innovation roadmaps, and research & development initiatives. The SAB will be chaired by Eric Siemers, MD, whose clinical trial experience spans 25 years including serving as the Distinguished Medical Fellow for Eli Lilly and Company's Alzheimer's Disease Global Development Team and founding the Indiana University Movement Disorder Clinic.

He currently serves as Cogstate's Distinguished Medical Adviser and as the Chief Medical Officer at Acumen Pharmaceuticals. Additional members of the initial cohort of SAB members include: Bruce Albala, PhD – Associate Dean of Innovation and Clinical Trials and Professor of Neurology at the University of California Irvine School of Medicine - Adam Brickman, PhD – Professor of Neuropsychology at Columbia University, the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center - Sharon Cohen, MD FRCPC – Behavioral Neurologist and Medical Director of the Toronto Memory Program - Kate Papp, PhD – Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Clinical Neuropsychologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital - Craig Ritchie, MD, PhD – Professor at the University of Edinburgh, Director of Edinburgh Centre for Dementia Prevention, and Director of Brain Health Scotland and Sietske Sikkes, PhD – Associate Professor at the VU University and the Alzheimer Center Amsterdam of the Amsterdam University Medical Center.