 In 1982, Perry joined the faculty of Case Western Reserve University, where he holds an adjunct appointment.He is dean of the College of Sciences and professor of biology at the University of Texas at San Antonio .He is distinguished as one of the top Alzheimer’s disease researchers with over 1000 
publications, one of the top 100 most-cited scientists in Neuroscience & Behavior and one of the top 25 scientists in free radical research.