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About 200 people attended the Solomon Carter Fuller Brain Health Brunch on March 16, 2019, at the Wyndham Garden Hotel in Fitchburg, Wisconsin. The annual daylong event aims to build awareness of Alzheimer’s disease in the African American community. Several studies have shown Alzheimer’s disease hits African Americans at a higher rate than other ethnic and racial groups, with African Americans experiencing Alzheimer’s disease at up to twice the rate as white Americans.

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The Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center hosted more than 160 attendees at its 2019 Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Disorders Research Day, which took place March 1 at the Discovery Building on the UW-Madison campus. More than 40 students, trainees, postdocs, fellows, and junior faculty members from across the UW-Madison campus submitted scientific abstracts to the poster session held in conjunction with the event. You can read all the submitted abstracts online in the Poster...

Barbara Bendlin, PhD, has been awarded an R01 from the National Institute on Aging for her study "SV2A PET imaging in Alzheimer's Disease." In this work, Dr. Bendlin and her research team will perform longitudinal PET (positron emission tomography) imaging in participants recruited from the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center to learn how synaptic loss changes throughout the course of Alzheimer's disease. The study will examine people with and without Alzheimer's disease, as well...

Carl Hill, PhD, MPH, director of the NIH Office of Special Populations, will be the keynote speaker at the 2019 Solomon Carter Fuller Brain Health Brunch. Madison365 wrote a preview of the event and spoke to Dr. Hill about his upcoming keynote address.

“We have to continue to think critically about including diversity in our research,” Dr. Hill said in his Madison365 interview. “We really need to prioritize the process of recruiting and retaining...

Milwaukee Public Radio recently offered a three-part series on Alzheimer's disease research and caregiving advancements. Sterling Johnson, PhD, contributed to the discussion with his perspective on the importance of early detection. "People want to know what's happening in their brain, and knowledge of such things would empower them to make decisions about their future. We're working on research and methodology to make that kind of thing possible."

“Wisconsin Researchers Look for Ways to...

Tobey Betthauser, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow with the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, was chosen for the NIH Loan Repayment Program, a program funded by the NIH that repays student loan debt for individuals engaged in non-profit medical research and are pursuing careers in research. Similar to a grant, it involves an extensive application and review process to be considered for an award. Betthauser is featured on the Loan Repayment Program website on its...

All are invited to the Solomon Carter Fuller Brain Health Brunch on March 16 at Wyndham Garden Hotel, 2969 Cahill Main in Fitchburg. The event will feature a free community brunch, research updates, memory screenings, wellness fair, healthy cooking demo, and more. The "Amazing Grace" Chorus, comprised of people living with memory impairment and caregivers, will perform during the program. Special guest Dr. Carl V. Hill of the National Institute of Health will present...

In a recent on-air editorial, WISC-TV Editorial Director Neil Heinen promoted the importance of Alzheimer’s disease research in the African American community and the upcoming Solomon Carter Fuller Brain Health Brunch. The event, which will be held March 16 at the Wyndham Garden Hotel in Fitchburg, will include a free community brunch, health fair, and memory screenings.

“Editorial: Research for Alzheimer’s Disease” aired on WISC-TV on February 28, 2019.
 

Carey Gleason, PhD, and Fabu Carter, outreach and recruitment specialist, were guests on “All About Living with Carol Coby” to promote the 2019 Solomon Carter Fuller Brain Health Brunch, an event designed to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s disease in the African American community. The event will highlight brain health strategies and caregiver support. The event honors Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller, an African American psychiatrist and pioneering researcher in Alzheimer’s disease science.

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The Alzheimer’s Association named Tobey Betthauser, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow with the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, recipient of a Research Fellowship to study advancements in medical brain imaging and their usefulness in early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. The 3-year award in the amount of $172,600 will supports Betthauser’s project “AD Biomarker and Risk Characterization in Cognitively Unimpaired Middle-Age.”

Scientists have shown early brain changes related to Alzheimer’s disease occur a decade or more...