Marilyn Miller, Ph.D. began as Program Director for the Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease, Tau, and Hormone Research portfolios at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) in 2000. She received a bachelor’s degree from Marquette University, Milwaukee; a master’s degree in Biology at Loyola University of Chicago; and a Ph.D. in Anatomy from Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine. She did a postdoctoral fellowship in reproductive biology at Case Western University and a sabbatical in endocrine-related molecular biology at the University of Colorado. Dr. Miller has published numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts, reviews, and book chapters. She has served on a number of NIA and NIH-wide committees and work groups and was the first chair of the NIH Program Leadership committee, which she was instrumental in developing.

Genetics of Alzheimer's disease, Reproductive aging and hormone regulation, Age-related changes and gene regulation in neurotransmitter systems