ADRC News

Drs. Barbara Bendlin and Kate Sprecher, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, recently led an international team in conducting the research study, “Poor sleep is associated with CSF biomarkers of amyloid pathology in cognitively normal adults.”

The study found that people who reported more sleep problems had brain characteristics that point to an increased risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease. One specific characteristic is that they showed signs of more amyloid deposited in the brain; amyloid...

The Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) has opened applications for its Alzheimer’s Disease Pilot Grant Program, which offers funds to support pilot/feasibility studies targeting research in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related disorders. Funds can be requested for up to one year and for up to $30,000. For successful applications, funding will start on April 1, 2018.

The major objective of this program is to enhance novel AD-related research throughout the University of Wisconsin and generate...

Nearly 40 students, trainees, and faculty members from across the UW-Madison campus presented scientific posters on their research and projects surrounding Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and related disorders during the 2017 Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Disorders Research Day. The poster session was sponsored by the Asthana Family Alzheimer’s Disease Memorial Fund. Awards were presented to the following poster authors:

• Best Fellow, Post Doc, or Research Scientist Poster: Kimberly Mueller, PhD, for “Signs of Early Cognitive...

The Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) invites campus researchers to submit their poster abstracts for the 2017 Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Disorders Research Day poster session. The call for posters is open to students of all levels, trainees, and faculty who are involved in basic, translational, clinical, and health services research related to Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, aging, and related topics.

Poster abstracts are due Friday, June 2 and can be submitted online. Accepted poster presenters will be...

Lena Law, a member in the Ozioma Okonkwo, PhD, lab, was one of 90 undergraduate researchers from across Wisconsin, and one of only eight from UW-Madison, who presented their research at Research in the Rotunda at the Wisconsin Capitol on April 12, 2017. This annual event brings undergraduate student researchers and their faculty advisers to the Capitol Rotunda to share their research findings with legislators, state leaders, and UW alumni.

Law presented her poster “Chronotropic...

Dr. Sanjay Asthana, director of the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) and associate dean for gerontology at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, joined Wisconsin Public Radio’s “The Larry Meiller Show” to answer callers’ questions about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.

The Wisconsin ADRC is unique in the nation as the first federally funded Alzheimer’s research center focused on geriatrics. The center not only explores the science of the disease, but its investigators...

The Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) hosted six scientists from the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) March 21-22, 2017, in Madison, Wisconsin. The two groups, which established a research collaboration agreement in the spring of 2015, aim to utilize their combined efforts to speed the pace of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of dementias such as Alzheimer’s disease.

“I think this partnership is defined by its optimism,” says Dr. Rick Moss, senior associate dean...

Nathaniel Chin, MD, joined the Wisconsin ADRC on March 1, 2017. Dr. Chin is an assistant professor in the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology within the UW Department of Medicine. Dr. Chin will see patients in the UW Health Memory Clinic in Madison three half-days per week and conduct health services research related to Alzheimer's disease and dementia in the Wisconsin ADRC.

Dr. Chin grew up in Watertown, Wisconsin, and earned undergraduate and medical degrees...

The NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) introduced a new Fact Sheet this week, “Vascular dementia: Exercise, blood flow and the aging brain.” The Fact Sheet highlights Jill Barnes, PhD, assistant professor of kinesiology at UW-Madison, and her NHLBI-supported research into how aging and exercise training alters the responsiveness of blood vessels in the brain. Dr. Barnes was a 2014-2015 recipient of a Wisconsin ADRC Pilot Project Grant.

Madison, Wisconsin — More than 5 million Americans live with Alzheimer’s disease. This number is expected to climb to nearly 14 million by 2050, unless doctors and scientists find ways to prevent and treat the disease.

Experts will discuss recent advancements in the race to cure Alzheimer’s disease at the inaugural Science of Successful Aging Summit, April 18-19, 2017, presented by the UW School of Medicine and Public Health and the Division of Geriatrics & Gerontology...