ADRC News

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Dr. Nathaniel Chin working in his office
When asked by 'OnWisconsin' magazine about the field of Alzheimer’s disease research, Nathaniel Chin, MD, says, “We are on the trajectory for prevention.”
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A photo of Dr. Manish Shah and Dr. J. Adrian Tyndall, SAEM Foundation Immediate Past-President
Manish N. Shah, MD, MPH, began his tenure as President of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Foundation (SAEMF) for the 2023-2024 term at the Society’s Annual Meeting.
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Headshots of Drs. Ozioma Okonkwo and Ira Frahmand alongside the National Institutes  of Health logo and UW crest
Ozioma Okonkwo, PhD, and Ira Frahmand, PhD, have received a five-year, $3.9 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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A headshot of Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi, PhD, RN alongside the UW crest and Alzheimer's Association logo
Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi, PhD, RN, received an Advancing Research on Care and Outcome Measurement (ARCOM) Award from the Alzheimer’s Association.
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Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, surgeon general of the United States, released a report earlier this month that highlights loneliness as an urgent public health concern and calls attention to the importance of social connection.
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Aerial image of University Hospital in Madison, WI
As the availability of COVID-19 vaccines expanded, the Clinical Core study team resumed in-person study visits. In-person visits are critical to our research because of the meaningful data they provide. Additionally, we encourage study partners to come with research participants for at least part of each visit.
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Three older women look out at the lake or sea, their backs facing the camera
The new study conducted by Tobey Betthauser, PhD, and scientists at Harvard Medical School may suggest earlier age at menopause and the late initiation of HT after menopause begins are important sex-specific risk factors. 
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photo of Research Day poster session in the Discovery Building at the UW-Madison campus
The Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center hosted its annual Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Dementias Research Day on April 17, 2023. More than 300 people attended the event in person or online.
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Headshot of Dr. Sanjay Asthana and UW shield with text
Sanjay Asthana, MD, founding director of the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and internationally renowned researcher and leader in the field of Alzheimer's disease, recently celebrated 20 years of service at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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May is National Mediterranean Diet Month, an ideal time to revisit the MIND diet for healthy brain aging. The diet was developed as a result of a four-and-a-half-year study through the National Institute of Aging that found people who ate more MIND diet foods had less risk for Alzheimer’s disease.