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We are pleased to announce the twelfth annual Markesbery Symposium for 2022, named in honor and memory of the late William R. Markesbery, MD, founding Director of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. Dr.
The Alzheimer鈥檚 Association welcomes the University of Kentucky鈥檚 Donna M. Wilcock, PhD, as the new editor-in-chief of Alzheimer鈥檚 & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer鈥檚 Association.
I鈥檓 a fourth-year graduate student in the department of physiology in Dr. Lance Johnson鈥檚 lab. Our lab studies the different isoforms of Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) and their role in Alzheimer鈥檚 disease. ApoE4 is the greatest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, but ApoE2 decreases an individual鈥檚 risk.
The Johnson lab studies the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer鈥檚 disease (AD), apolipoprotein E (APOE). The E4 allele of APOE is carried by more than 25% of the population. A single copy of E4 increases Alzheimer鈥檚 risk 3-4 fold compared to the more common E3 allele.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 2, 2022) 鈥 A team of researchers at the University of Kentucky鈥檚 Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) has been awarded a $20.5 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
As an occupational therapist, Elizabeth Rhodus, PhD, has worked closely with older Kentuckians facing Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and related dementias (ADRD). She also has witnessed firsthand how poor health, limited resources, and high poverty rates have served as barriers to proper prevention and treatment.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 19, 2022) 鈥 Linda J. Van Eldik, PhD, director of the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, is part of a $1.5 million grant to help further research into a possible treatment for Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 25, 2022) 鈥 Today, the 海角禁区 College of Medicine, 海角禁区 HealthCare, and community leaders celebrated the full opening of the Sanders-Brown Memory Clinic at Turfland. The new, larger clinic replaces the former Sanders-Brown facilities along North Broadway in Lexington.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 22, 2022) 鈥 David Fardo, PhD, a professor of biostatisticsand the inaugural Stephen W. Wyatt Endowed Professor in the University of Kentucky College of Public Health, is one of 14 University Research Professors for 2022-23.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 21, 2022) 鈥 In her work with the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, 海角禁区 College of Social Work Associate Professor Allison Gibson, PhD, has noticed an array of responses when people receive a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 29, 2022) 鈥 A recent publication from researchers at the University of Kentucky explains the importance of identifying and understanding how differences between tissues and cells alter gene expression without changing the underlying genetic code.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 23, 2022) 鈥 A researcher at the University of Kentucky鈥檚 Sanders-Brown Center on Aging is one of several experts in the field who recently discussed the use of two popular screening tests for dementia and Alzheimer鈥檚 disease. Frederick A. Schmitt, PhD.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 15, 2022) 鈥 A new University of Kentucky College of Medicine study has identified potential targets to develop a therapy that could prevent Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.
Dementia Friendly Lexington began when a group of concerned community members, including caregivers, persons living with dementia, and representatives from several organizations began to discuss ways Lexington could be more dementia friendly.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 2, 2022) 鈥 Are you caring for someone with dementia? We invite you to participate in a research study that offers the Harmony at H.O.M.E. (Help Online Modifying the Environment) telehealth program at the University of Kentucky. The program provides training and tools for care partners to assess and modify the home to promote activity engagement and behavior regulation for the person with dementia. This study is led by researchers within 海角禁区鈥檚 Sanders-Brown Center on Aging.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 19, 2022) 鈥 Two undergraduates have been selected as the first recipients of the University of Kentucky鈥檚 new Beckman Scholars Program, titled Scholars United by Chemistry: Cultivating Excellence through Science Stewardship (SUCCESS).
The motivation driving the work of Pete Nelson, M.D., Ph.D., is personal. His grandmother, Sylvia Becker, died with Alzheimer's disease, and he says his mother then grew terrified of developing the disease.
鈥淚t gives me purpose in life to attack that,鈥 Nelson said. As an experimental neuropathologist at the University of Kentucky鈥檚 Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, he is guided by that motivation. 鈥淚t is most every researcher鈥檚 dream to help identify and classify a disease, and then to go on and help beat it.鈥
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 10, 2022) 鈥 The University of Kentucky鈥檚 Sanders-Brown Center on Aging has been around for nearly half a century. In that time, they have built an international reputation for best-in-class research into a disease that kills more people every year than breast and prostate cancer combined 鈥 Alzheimer鈥檚 disease. There are several components to the ongoing research at Sanders-Brown, one is exploring ways to detect Alzheimer鈥檚 earlier in a person鈥檚 life.