Dra. Daisy Acosta is a medical doctor, graduated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic at Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Ureña (UNPHU). She specialized in general psychiatry at Saint Francis General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Was certified by the American board of psychiatry and neurology in; by the American Board of Geriatric Psychiatry; and by the American Board of Forensic Medicine.

She established a private practice which is today, one of the largest practice in the care of patients with Alzheimer's Disease and other dementias in the Dominican Republic.

In 1994, she co-founded the "Asociación Dominicana de Alzheimer y Similares" (ADAS), which is one of the national members of Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI). She got quite involved with ADI becoming its chairperson (2008-2012) and was first person from the developing-world to hold this position. Through ADAS, she has involved on education of people, designing training courses for illiterate people to provide care, as well as using the mass media to educate and disseminate information.

Dra. Mariella Guerra is a medical doctor by the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and graduated as Psychiatrist by the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. She trained in geriatrics at the International Institute on Aging (Malta), has a master's degree in psychiatry at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia and a PhD in Psychiatric Epidemiology at the Institute of Psychiatry from King's College London.

She is founder of the Psychogeriatric Unit of the Peruvian National Institute of Mental Health Honorio Delgado – Hideyo Noguchi (HD-HN). The first one of the Ministry of Health system in Perú.

Is co-founder and advisor of the Geriatric Unit – Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia – Lima Perú. Dr. Guerra has participated in and promoted the epidemiological studies of depression and dementia in Perú. Her main contributions have been in the field of epidemiological, clinical, and social issues in depression and dementia studies in Perú.

Dra. Ivonne Jimenez is a medical doctor by the University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine, subsequently, he studied internal medicine at the University District Hospital, PR Med Center and the Geriatrics Fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York.

Dr. Jimenez has conducted epidemiological, clinical, and genetic studies of dementias in the Puerto Rican population, both domestically and internationally.

She has participated in studies such as the EFIGA (Family Study of Genetic Influence) as local PI. The objective of EFIGA is to expand the knowledge of the G206A mutation and genetic modifiers in PSEN1 mutation carriers residing in Puerto Rico.

Since 2006, she has served as the Principal Investigator for Puerto Rico in DRG 10/66, complete the first three phases of the population-based protocols.

Prof. Juan de Jesús Llibre Rodríguez is a Doctor of Science (PhD), Researcher and Academician. He is founder and president of the Cuban Section of Alzheimer's disease and second-degree specialist in Internal Medicine. He has received training in Geriatric Medicine, Mental Health and Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and the London Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences. He is a member of the Cuban Academy of Sciences, since 2012.

His field of research is related to the epidemiology and impact of dementia and other chronic non-communicable diseases in older adults in developing countries. Dr. Llibre Rodriguez heads the Cognitive Decline and Dementias Unit and the local PI in Cuba of DRG 10/66. 

Dr. Aquiles Salas studied medicine and internal medicine at the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas. He completed a research fellowship in geriatrics at Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA, and a master's degree in public health at the same university. He has been a consultant to PAHO in Washington, D.C., and worked at the Venezuelan Laboratory of Social Sciences (LACSO) from 1997 to 2000, mainly developing policies to support the elderly. He has conducted epidemiology studies of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias in Venezuela since 1998, participating as PI of the Dementia Research Group 10/66 since 2001. 

Dr. Ana Luisa Sosa graduated in Medicine and Psychiatry from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She completed a research fellowship at Harvard University's McLean Hospital and a master's degree in psychiatry at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the National Institute of Psychiatry of Mexico. He then received his Ph.D. in Psychiatric Epidemiology from the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK.

She is a researcher at the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery of Mexico, and for more than 40 years she has performed clinical, teaching and research activities in different institutions.

She has been the PI in Mexico of DRG 10/66 since 2002, and participates in other international groups such as LatAm FINGER's and DIAN, working on lifestyle modification for the prevention of dementia and the study of hereditary factors and treatment mechanisms for dementia syndromes, respectively.