Happy Lunar New Year. UCI MIND is committed to improving Asian American representation in Alzheimer's disease research and highlighting the important contributions to research being made by our local communities. We wrote about these efforts in our Fall newsletter. Make this year the year you get involved in research. There are several opportunities to enroll in research: CARE Registry, UCI C2C Registry, ARISE Study, ACAD Study.
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Recent research has indicated that Americans face an increased lifetime risk of developing dementia. This finding has served as the topic of conversation from the New York Times to Saturday Night Live. Beneath the main headline, the increased lifetime risk of dementia was particularly pronounced among Black adults, who were in danger of developing dementia at three times the rate of White adults and with dementia arriving earlier. Dementia is life-changing for the person with cognitive impairment but also affects the spouses, adult children, and other supporters of older adults. In the article that sparked much of the recent attention,…
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If you live with or have lost a loved one to Alzheimer’s disease you may find yourself with an inbox filled with well-intentioned emails from family and friends, about the latest research on Alzheimer’s disease or the new cure that drug companies don’t want you to know about. A recent New York Times article hits a bit differently. Linde Jacobs is a woman in her 30s with two young daughters. Four weeks ago, she lost her mother to frontal temporal dementia (FTD) and the article begins with her waiting to hear her genetic test result, that is whether she has…
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Nicotinamide Results from Dr. Joshua Grill's Nicotinamide as an Early Alzheimer's Disease Treatment (NEAT), a phase 2 clinical trial of nicotinamide in early Alzheimer's, were recently published in Neurology and highlighted in PsyPost, an online psychology news outlet. To read the article published in PsyPost, click here.
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Dean Frank LaFerla, PhD Frank LaFerla, PhD, Dean of the Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences, was quoted in the OC Register for its naming of Charlie Dunlop as one the 125 most Influential people. Dunlop generously donated $50 million to the school earlier this year. To read the list, click here
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Joshua Grill, PhD An article in Knowable Magazine lists the top scientific stories of 2024 and the progress in dementia care research was included. Dr. Joshua Grill provided his insights on blood test and disease modifying therapies. Read the article here.
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Message from the Director Alzheimer’s disease research is a year-round activity. Our fall newsletter finishes telling the story of our investigators’ busy summer, including playing active roles at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Philadelphia (p1). That conference was replete with presentations that drew major headlines (p 3), and some of the researchers who drew such headlines joined us at our 35th Annual Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease Research Conference (p6). This conference, co-sponsored with the Alzheimer’s Association and Alzheimer’s Orange County, traditionally features visiting faculty as well as our UCI talent, and this year was no exception. Our investigators remain…
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https://www.bio.uci.edu/uci-scientists-unveil-new-clues-to-alzheimers-disease-through-innovative-brain-analysis/
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Frank LaFerla, PhD The Orange County Business Journal named Frank LaFerla, PhD, Dean of the Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences, as one of the OC500 for Education. Read the recognition here
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Since 2017, UCI MIND has partnered with the Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement (WAM) at Cleveland Clinic, founded by Maria Shriver, to fund the Women’s Initiative. The initiative provides funding for research to better understand why women are at higher risk than men of developing Alzheimer’s disease. This year, the UCI MIND WAM at Cleveland Clinic Women’s Initiative is proud to support two exceptional investigators at UCI with groundbreaking research projects: Dr. María Corrada, Professor of Neurology in the School of Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the Joe C. Wen School of Public Health, will explore "Estrogen Replacement Therapy and…
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