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UCI MIND Shines at National Alzheimer’s Research Meetings: Honors and Highlights from San Francisco

Last week was an especially busy one for members of our team at national Alzheimer’s disease research meetings in San Francisco. First, several of our investigators attended the National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Centers Spring Directors’ Meeting, a semi-annual gathering of the 35 NIH funded Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers (ADRCs). This meeting serves as an opportunity for ADRC teams to learn about programmatic updates, share research findings, and forge new collaborations.  

Dr. Shi accepts a 2025 NACC REC Rising Star Award

This year, Xiaoyu Shi, PhD, a UCI ADRC REC Scholar and Associate Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology, was awarded the 2025 NACC REC Rising Star Award.  Dr. Shi applies state of the art microscopy techniques to study cellular function and spatial organization in aging and the development of disease.  To learn more about Dr. Shi’s research visit our REC webpage.

Mrs. Sirivong delivers her career narrative to the ACTC audience

Several UCI MIND staff and investigators also attended the Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials Consortium (ACTC) meeting. ACTC is an organization created to accelerate clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. The network meets three times annually, to overview progress in key studies such as the AHEAD and START studies, and to grow the mission of treatment development. At this meeting, Mrs. Shirley Sirivong, a committee member for the Site Process Improvement, Networking, and Support Committee and the Clinical Operations Manager for UCI MIND was invited to deliver “her career narrative,” an initiative to facilitate networking and provide role models for the next generation of clinical trialists, at a networking dinner to an audience of several hundred people. Shirley more than held her own, sharing the stage with recognized experts Drs. Gil Ribinovici (UCSF), Michael Rafii (USC), and Marissa Natelson Love (University of Alabama Birmingham).  Mrs. Sirivong has had a remarkable career, starting at UCI MIND in 1994 as a student researcher.  

Congratulations to Dr. Shi and Shirley.

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