Accomplishments and notable discoveries of the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) were published by founding director Sanjay Asthana, MD, and Dean of the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Robert Golden, MD. The article was released as part of the February 2024 issue of the Wisconsin Medical Journal (WMJ).
In the article, Asthana and Golden mention several studies and researchers connected to the Wisconsin ADRC. These researchers include Sterling Johnson, PhD, Carey Gleason, PhD, and Amy Kind, MD, PhD. Johnson leads the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention (WRAP) and the recently funded ADRC Consortium for Clarity in AD and Related Dementias Research through Imaging (CLARiTI). Gleason is the principal investigator for the African Americans Fighting Alzheimer’s in Midlife (AA-FAIM) study, while Kind runs the Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR).
The article also highlights the work done by the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study—Initial Lifetime Impact on Alzheimer’s Disease (WLS-ILIAD), which is led by Asthana and was renewed in 2023 with a $50 million NIH grant.
“Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center—Notable Discoveries and Accomplishments in Dementia Research,” was published online by the Wisconsin Medical Journal (WMJ) in its February 2024 issue.
