The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health presented Fabu Carter, outreach and recruitment specialist with the Wisconsin ADRC, with a Staff Award for Excellence in Advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Read more about Ms. Carter's work with our center and the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in this web article.
Dr. Nathaniel Chin offered his talk "Build Your Brain Buffer: Lifestyle Changes that Lower Your Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease" at Rotary Club of Madison on January 16. His advice for better brain health: increase physical activity, reduce stress, eat a healthy diet, prioritize sleep, incorporate cognitive enrichment into your life, and be social.
You can watch a video of his talk on the Rotary Club of Madison YouTube channel.
The Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) is accepting applications for its new Alzheimer’s Disease Developmental Projects awards, which offer up to $150,000 to support feasibility studies targeting research in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Proposals may range from basic or biomedical to translational, epidemiological, caregiving, or social behavioral research. The Wisconsin ADRC will support up to three projects. Funding will start in April 2019 for successful applicants.
This call is open to...
The Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center invites campus researchers to submit their poster abstracts for the 2019 Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Disorders Research Day poster session. The call for posters is open to students of all levels, trainees, researchers, and faculty who are involved in research related to Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, aging, and related topics.
Poster abstracts are due Monday, February 4, and must be submitted online. Accepted poster presenters will be notified...
As a Wisconsin state senator, lieutenant governor, and governor in the 1960s and 1970s, Martin J. Schreiber stood up for education, children, consumer protection, and the rights of workers and the elderly. Today he is a relentless advocate for Alzheimer’s disease caregivers, as well as a caregiver himself, for his wife, Elaine, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease more than a decade ago. Schreiber was a recent guest on Dementia Matters, a podcast that...
Nathaniel Chin, MD, was a guest on the Wisconsin Public Radio Morning Show Tuesday to discuss Alzheimer's disease, its risk factors and treatment options, and how it affects people emotionally.
Listen to “All About Alzheimer’s,” which aired on November 6, 2018, on Wisconsin Public Radio.
The National Institutes of Health awarded a 5-year, $19 million renewal grant to the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention (WRAP), the largest family history study of Alzheimer’s disease in the world. The funding will allow researchers to better detect brain changes that occur in the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease through expanded collection of spinal fluid and brain imaging.
“Alzheimer’s Disease may begin decades before its symptoms are evident. We still don’t know why...
A new study from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health shows people at risk for Alzheimer’s disease who have high blood pressure or are overweight experience declines in memory and thinking skills at double the rate compared to those without hypertension or obesity. While these are subtle cognitive changes year-to-year, the research suggests adults who have increased Alzheimer’s disease-related brain changes and are also hypertensive or obese would be expected to...
The Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center will host a free community event Monday, October 1 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. focused on recent findings in the study of healthy aging, brain health, and Alzheimer’s disease prevention. Topics for the evening will focus on the theme of Resilience in Brain Aging.
“There is no cure for Alzheimer’s disease, but science has given us solid evidence showing healthy lifestyle changes and strategies can help us optimize brain...
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison recently published their study results in the journal Aging Cell. These results showed that the mice that were making an excess of a human protein called AT-1 displayed signs of early aging, as well as premature death. The researchers were able to reverse these signs by restoring a cellular function that appeared to be blocked in these particular mice. The researchers believe these findings may be related to the...
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