ADRC News

The annual Research Participant Appreciation Brunch looked different this year when 15 staff members from the Wisconsin ADRC and community volunteers delivered 208 meals to African American Clinical Core research participants. Healthy brunch meals were prepared out of the Fountain of Life Covenant Church kitchen by Chef James Bloodsaw and his catering company Just Veggiez. Participants also received thank you certificates listing the number of years they have been involved in the ADRC Clinical Core...

Tobey Betthauser, PhD, joined the UW Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology as assistant professor on September 1, 2020. This coincides with Betthauser's appointment as investigator with the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center.

Betthauser’s doctoral studies began in 2013 in UW–Madison’s Department of Medical Physics. In 2018, he began working in the Wisconsin ADRC as a postdoctoral fellow in the Johnson Lab and was subsequently promoted to scientist in October 2019. 

A leading figure investigating amyloid and tau biomarker imaging using PET radiotracers, Betthauser recently...

Wisconsin ADRC senior outreach specialist Fabu Carter joined Alzheimer's Poetry Project founder Gary Glazner on Facebook Live to share poetry, offer tips for check-in calls with elders, and discuss virtual programming. Carter leads the Wisconsin ADRC Alzheimer's Poetry Project in Madison, Wisconsin.

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted much of the Alzheimer's Poetry Project's programming, but a few initiatives have moved online, including the annual Memory Camp, traditionally held at Moon Lake in Saint Germain, Wisconsin. A sleep...

The American Psychiatric Association Publishing’s podcast, Psychiatry Unbound, welcomed board-certified geriatric psychiatrist and dementia researcher Art Walaszek, MD. Along with host Laura Roberts, MD, Walaszek discussed his recent book, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, as well as holistic approaches to dementia and effects of quarantine on individuals with memory loss. 

Walaszek’s research aims to improve the care and lives of individuals with dementia through public health approaches. He works on providing quality care to...

The Alzheimer’s Association awarded Leonardo Rivera-Rivera, PhD, a 3-year Research Grant and Fellowship in the amount of $179,999 to investigate the development of Alzheimer’s disease through vascular imaging research. Rivera-Rivera is a research associate in the UW Department of Medical Physics and a member of the Sterling Johnson Imaging Lab.

Living in Wisconsin for over a decade, Rivera-Rivera completed his PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with his dissertation focused on vascular health and Alzheimer’s disease. His...

The Research Education Component (REC) of the Wisconsin ADRC recently hosted a virtual meeting for high school students in UW–Madison’s Precollege Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE).

During the July 6 event, 20 high school students observed presentations from Akshay Kohli, Nathaniel Chin, MD, and Barbara Bendlin, PhD, on the functions of the human brain and causes of dementia. Students also participated in a panel discussion in which several UW researchers shared their current projects as well as...

Researchers from the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute, and the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health shared new dementia research at the virtual 2020 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), July 27 to 31.

In total, UW Alzheimer’s disease researchers delivered more than 60 presentations throughout the event.

The conference, which was originally scheduled to take place in Amsterdam, Netherlands, was streamed online for free. As the largest international meeting...

The Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) is pleased to announce research funding to support feasibility studies targeting Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias research.
 
Up to $150,000 in research funding is available to support feasibility studies targeting Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Proposals may range from basic or biomedical to translational, epidemiological, caregiving, or social behavioral research.
 
This is an open call to all researched within the University of Wisconsin, with priority given...

Megan Zuelsdorff, PhD, was a recent guest on the Long Live the Brains podcast, where she discussed her recent publication "Stressful Life Events and Racial Disparities in Cognition Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults" with hosts Dr. Philip Tipton and Kandice Jacobs Robinson. Dr. Zuelsdorff is an Alzheimer’s disease researcher who studies racial health disparities and dementia risk factors based on community and socioeconomic status.

Dr. Zuelsdorff shared findings from her research about the impact...

Nathaniel Chin, MD, will offer the keynote address for the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America’s (AFA) Educating America Tour Wisconsin Virtual Conference on August 20, 2020, 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Dr. Chin, who is a geriatrician and Alzheimer’s disease researcher, will offer tips for maintaining proper brain health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Additional event speakers will address elder law issues and caregiving. Mehmet Oz, MD, host of The Dr. Oz Show, will offer a special guest message.

The...