Lisa Snyder

Lisa Snyder is a native Californian. Since 1987, she has been a clinical social worker and Director of the Quality of Life Programs at the University of California San Diego's Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer's Disease Research Center where she is internationally recognized for her work in issues of early-stage Alzheimer's. She is editor of the international quarterly, "Perspectives - A Newsletter for Individuals with Alzheimer's or a Related Disorder" which provides a forum for people with Alzheimer's around the world to share their experiences and messages with one another. She is also author of the books "Speaking Our Minds - What it's Like to Have Alzheimer's" (revised in 2009) and "Living Your Best with Early-Stage Alzheimer's - An Essential Guide" (2010). Lisa continues to learn daily from the stories and experiences of the families she works with at the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and consults both nationally and internationally on early-stage Alzheimer's issues. She resides in San Diego with her husband Jeff Irwin, an artist and ceramics professor who cared of his own mother with Alzheimer's. Lisa and Jeff both maintain an avid love of travel, the outdoors, and the arts.