David E. Vance, PHD, MGS

(he/him)

Dr. David Vance is a Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Nursing and psychologist actively pursuing research in positive and negative neuroplasticity, neurocognitive aging, neurocognitive remediation, aging with HIV, and more recently neurocognition in cancer survivors.  With a passion for successful cognitive aging and for mentoring scientific leaders, Dr. Vance’s work has resulted in over 300 publications including numerous book chapters and editorials, and he has disseminated his research prolifically in national and international presentations across 22 countries/territories.  He has received a White House invitation to attend the first forum on aging with HIV and has participated as an invited member of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Think Tank – Working Group on HIV and Aging sponsored by the Office of AIDS Research to develop the national research agenda, published in the Journal of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndromes.