Dr. Alison Anderson is investigating mechanisms and relationships of sleep, dysglycemia, and pain in people living with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers. She is also involved in developing clinical tools related to pain risk and opioid use risk. Dr. Anderson received her MSN from Vanderbilt University and practiced for years as a dual-board certified adult nurse practitioner and as an expert witness and consultant for the State of Tennessee Board of Nursing. Dr. Anderson returned to Vanderbilt for her PhD, and focused on neuroimaging of pain. She then expanded her research to include biomarkers and caregiving during an NIH T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Ohio State University. Dr. Anderson hopes to uncover targets for future interventions that will help prevent or slow Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.