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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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Person in a doctor's office having their hearing checked
Kimberly Mueller, PhD, CCC-SLP, delivered the keynote address at the 2025 Fall Community Conversation, highlighting the connection between hearing loss, cognitive decline and dementia, and offering strategies to protect hearing health and support brain function over time.
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In October, Badger Talks will present three in-person events across Wisconsin focused on Alzheimer’s disease and other age-related topics. Each program features experts from the UW.
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Dr. Kimberly Mueller screengrab from September 15, 2025, WISC-TV interview
Ahead of the 2025 Fall Community Conversation, Kimberly Mueller, PhD, CCC-SLP, recently joined WISC-TV to discuss how untreated hearing loss may accelerate cognitive decline.
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UW students Naureen Kamal and Mariam Siddiqui pictured
For University of Wisconsin–Madison students like Naureen Kamal and Mariam Siddiqui, conducting undergraduate research in the summer offers an important — and sometimes personal — avenue for discovery.
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Nathaniel Chin, MD, medical director and Clinical Core co-leader of the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC), was one of three experts featured in a recent USA Today article for the health and wellness column.
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Pictured from left to right: Sterling Johnson, Phd, Henrik Zetterberg, MD, PhD, Cynthia Carlsson, MD, MS, Sanjay Asthana, MD, Hartmuth Kolb, PhD.
Henrik Zetterberg, MD, PhD, and Hartmuth Kolb, PhD, have joined the UW School of Medicine and Public Health to study biomarkers in blood and spinal fluid that could help predict a person’s future risk of dementia.
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