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UCI MIND Facebook LIVE Video Series
This monthly series features short talks and Q&A with experts from the University of California, Irvine Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND), 1 of 32 congressionally designated Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers in the nation. Join UCI MIND on Facebook (@UCIrvineMIND) to learn about advances in research to improve Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
How does heart health impact the brain?
About the Speaker:
Daniel Nation, PhD is an Associate Professor of Psychological Science in the UCI School of Social Ecology. He earned his PhD in clinical health psychology from the University of Miami. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship researching biological psychiatry and neuroscience at UC San Diego and another postdoctoral fellowship studying cognitive rehabilitation in traumatic brain injury at the VA San Diego Healthcare System. Dr. Nation’s research examines the role of vascular factors in cognitive aging with an aim to improve early detection and identify targets for potential new therapies.
To read daily updates about Alzheimer’s research, as well as local COVID-19 resources for older adults, please visit our blog at mind.uci.edu/blog – though our in-person education events are on hold, we will continue to be in touch via our blog and social media accounts.
Lastly, if you’d like to help our researchers by participating in important studies in the near future, you can sign up for the UCI C2C Registry to be contacted about studies that might be right for you at c2c.uci.edu.
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