ADRC News

The annual awards acknowledge and honor women of color among UW–Madison’s faculty, staff, students and in the greater Madison community whose advocacy, activism, or scholarship has fostered social justice and organizational change.

Kimberly Mueller, PhD, CCC-SLP, was recently appointed to associate professor with tenure in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Brain assessments of World War II, Korean and Vietnam War-era veterans uncover disease biomarkers.

Nathaniel Chin, MD, discusses the impact of new Alzheimer’s treatments in memory care in a commentary published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Researchers are investigating whether the drug leuprolide, which is approved for prostate cancer in men, can be used to treat symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in women.

The past decade of National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias research yielded multiple scientific advances. Learn more via the 2023 NIH dementia research scientific progress report.

Sterling Johnson, PhD, was recently recognized by the University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine (DOM) as an Outstanding Senior Faculty Researcher.

Over 300 guests attended the Fall Community Conversation on September 21, 2023, held at the Middleton Performing Arts Center in Middleton, WI.

Dr. Walaszek chatted with host Jan Miyasaki about what new treatments are available, what the annual event will focus on and how ageism impacts society’s views on aging.

Sterling Johnson, PhD, discussed strategies to prevent Alzheimer’s disease and the research being done by the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention (WRAP) on Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR).