ADRC News

Ozioma Okonkwo, PhD, met with Wisconsin First Lady Kathy Evers to discuss lifestyle factors that can protect against Alzheimer’s disease. Okonkwo shared why he believes physical activity is a "game changer" in reducing the risk for dementia.

Nathaniel Chin, MD, was a guest on “Perpetual Notion Machine,” a weekly science program on WORT 89.9 FM.

Nathaniel Chin, MD, was a guest on “Super Aging,” a podcast that explores healthy aging, caregiving and raises awareness about Alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimer's Poetry Project welcomes Tinker Schuman, Lac du Flambeau poet, beader, pipe-carrier and tribal elder, to "Poetry for Life: Call-in Show."

Sanjay Asthana, MD, director of the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, was elected to the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) Executive Committee and National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center (NACC) Steering Committee.

Cynthia Carlsson, MD, MS, leader of the Wisconsin ADRC Clinical Core and co-leader of the Biomarker Core, was appointed to a two-year term as chair of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Research, Care and Services.

Cairasu All Things Alzheimer’s will host the 2nd Annual Aging Well Summit: Healthy Brains, Healthy Caregivers November 13-14, 2021. The free, online, two-day event is designed to support caregivers with brain health information and caregiver education and resources. Several Alzheimer's disease and caregiver experts from UW-Madison are scheduled to present at the event.

The event will take place November 13, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and November 14, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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Dr. Peggye Dilworth-Anderson will present the keynote address at the 11th Annual Solomon Carter Fuller Brain Health Celebration.

Nathaniel Chin, MD, was a guest on “Perpetual Notion Machine,” a weekly science program on WORT 89.9 FM.

Maria Mora Pinzon, MD, MS, presented “Barriers to Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease Among Latinx Individuals” at the August 18 Wednesday Nite @ The Lab livestream. Dr. Mora Pinzon is a primary care research fellow at the UW–Madison Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, a scientist with the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute (WAI), and a REC scholar in the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. In her presentation, she shared factors that increase the risk of Alzheimer’s...