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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...

Buzz Nordeen is on a mission to help the University of Wisconsin find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. Buzz’s late wife, Nora Nordeen, and his wife, Kit Saunders Nordeen, have both lived with the disease. Buzz recently created the Nora Nordeen and Kit Saunders Nordeen Alzheimer’s Disease Research Fund.   

"UW Initiative to End Alzheimer's works toward cure" aired on Channel 3 News on February 13, 2017.

A large study of Alzheimer’s disease in the African-American community is among those funded in a series of grants awarded to University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) researchers.

The Medical College of Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin-Madison have joined forces to win a $5.5 million federal grant to study Alzheimer's disease. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, will combine information from the Human Connectome Project, a large-scale ...

Read more here from the Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee). 

Free memory screenings and workshops on caregiving will be part of a University of Wisconsin health event dedicated to raising awareness of Alzheimer's disease in the African-American community.

Read more here from Wisconsin Public Radio.