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A promotional graphic featuring the book cover of "When Memory Fades" on the left and a portrait of the author, Dr. Nathaniel Chin, on the right. The book cover is dark blue with colorful stylized flowers and the subtitle "What to Expect at Every Stage, from Early Signs to Full Support for Alzheimer’s and Dementia." Dr. Chin is shown from the waist up, smiling with crossed arms and wearing a grey blazer over a light-colored button-down shirt.
A new book by Nathaniel Chin, MD, "When Memory Fades: What to Expect at Every Stage, from Early Signs to Full Support for Alzheimer’s and Dementia," offers a clear and compassionate guide for people navigating Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
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Researcher wearing a “Research Day” name badge that reads “Sterling Johnson” speaks with two colleagues in an indoor atrium with trees in the background.
Sterling Johnson, PhD, has been named to Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list. This honor recognizes researchers whose work has significant and far-reaching influence. Highly Cited Researchers represent just 1 in 1,000 scientists and social scientists worldwide.
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Panel of presenters standing on a stage in front of a projected slide reading ‘Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Dementias Research Day – Questions for our Lightning Presenters?’ as an audience listens in a lecture hall.
Nearly three hundred people attended the 2026 Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Dementias Research Day on April 15 in person and online. Research Day was started in 2014 to encourage collaboration and promote scientific thought among faculty, students and researchers from a wide range of disciplines across the UW–Madison campus.
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Audience seated in a darkened auditorium listening to a presentation.
Nathaniel Chin, MD, will present a keynote talk, and several experts from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health will lead workshops at this year's Alzheimer’s Association Wisconsin State Conference.
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Two people seated indoors at a table during an event or meeting, with one person in the foreground wearing a patterned shirt and vest, and another person turned slightly to the side in conversation.
Sterling Johnson, PhD, is co-author of a Policy View in the March issue of The Lancet Neurology. The paper offers recommendations in Alzheimer’s disease treatment and prevention, with important considerations for treatments in people who are cognitively unimpaired but at risk of future symptoms.
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Scientist wearing blue gloves handling test tubes at a laboratory workstation
The Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) is now accepting Letters of Intent (LOI) for the Developmental Project Award to support a feasibility study targeting Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) research. The Letter of Intent (LOI) deadline is at 11:59 p.m. CT on February 27, 2026.
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