The Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) and its Research Education Component (REC) are pleased to announce the inaugural group of REC Scholars, exceptional junior investigators who will be supported in their development into independent Alzheimer’s disease researchers.
The REC Scholars will participate in a rigorous two-year mentored training program designed to ensure research proficiency in broad-based Alzheimer’s disease research. The program will offer specific training in the Wisconsin ADRC’s theme of preclinical biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease and their role in predicting transition from preclinical to clinical stages of the disease. Wisconsin ADRC investigators and collaborators will provide training in the following eight content areas:
- Basic science and neuropathology
- Neuroimaging
- Care research
- Omics
- Community-based outreach
- Data analytics
- Clinical and biomarkers
- Neuropsychology
Introducing the REC Scholars
Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Career goal: Develop a clinical research program focused on improving Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis as well as access to care and treatments, especially for high-risk and disadvantaged populations.
Nicole Rogus-Pulia, PhD, CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Career goal: Utilize her training as a scientist and speech-language pathologist to develop an evidence-based treatment for dysphagia in patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
Robert Sanders, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Career goal: Develop a better understanding of delirium and its relationship to dementia by introducing neuroimaging and cerebrospinal fluid biomarker research into his work.
About the Research Education Component (REC)
The REC Scholars program was established in April 2019 as part of the introduction of the Research Education Component (REC) to the Wisconsin ADRC. This new infrastructure aims to train the next generation of Alzheimer’s disease scientists and will support education activities for learners at all levels, from high school age to early investigators. The Wisconsin ADRC aims to increase the interest in and understanding of aging research and build a pipeline of future researchers.
Barbara Bendlin, PhD, is REC Leader. Co-leaders are Luigi Puglielli, MD, PhD, and Amy Kind, MD, PhD.
The Wisconsin ADRC will begin recruiting for its 2021 class of REC Scholars in Fall 2020.
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