Fabu Carter, PhD, will participate in the upcoming “Total Visibility” panel discussion at the Overture Center in Madison. Carter and others will share their creative efforts to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s disease and its profound impact, particularly in the Black community, on families and communities.
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The Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center supports researchers in their pursuit of answers that will lead to improved diagnosis and care for patients while, at the same time, focusing on the program’s long-term goal — finding a way to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s disease.
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Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi, PhD, RN, will co-direct the Establishing Mechanisms of Benefit to Reinforce the Alzheimer’s Care Experience (EMBRACE) AD/ADRD Roybal Center at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, which joins a nationwide network of 15 other NIH-funded Roybal Centers.
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November is National Family Caregivers Month, a time to bring awareness to caregivers' commitment, compassion and courage in tending to the needs of those affected by Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Throughout the month, Badger Talks will hold a series of programs about caregiving and related topics with UW–Madison experts.
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Goals scored by the Wisconsin men’s and women’s hockey teams this year will not only help them win more games, but will also help raise money to support important Alzheimer’s research and treatment at the University of Wisconsin.
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Research participants have begun volunteering for brain scans at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health for a national study on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias called Clarity in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Research Through Imaging, or CLARiTI.
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Reisa Sperling, MD, recently joined host Nathaniel Chin, MD, on the 'Dementia Matters' podcast for a two-part series covering her research detecting and treating Alzheimer’s disease at the earliest possible stage.
