USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute

Coordinates: 28°04′06″N 82°25′04″W / 28.068338°N 82.417695°W / 28.068338; -82.417695

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The USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute is an Alzheimer's disease research center based in Tampa, Florida. The center was founded on July 1, 2002 as an independent, state-funded facility on the vision of former Florida Speaker of the House Johnnie Byrd, whose father suffered from the disease. Today, the Institute is a multi-disciplinary center at the University of South Florida and the world’s largest freestanding diagnostic facility providing comprehensive memory care services in one location.

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