SEPT 20: The 1st Annual Geroscience Symposium of the UW Basic Biology of Aging
August 21, 2019 — Junior faculty, post docs, and graduate students are encouraged to attend this event in South Lake Union. Sessions include: Stem cells and Regenerative Capacity in Aging; Genetic and Epigenetics Alterations of Aging; Physiological Heterogeneity and Aging. Find flyer here.
Public Event: Demystifying Research Participation on August 14th
July 25, 2019 — Curious about research on brain health and memory loss? Come to this presentation and Q&A by the ADRC clinical research team and study participants. Learn more here.
UPCOMING ADRC Indigenous Aging Event: WISDOM FROM OUR ELDERS - STORYTELLING
July 18, 2019 — The UW ADRC and Partnerships for Native Health are proud to host S'Klallam elder Elaine Grinnell for our "Wisdom from our Elders - Storytelling" outreach event coming up on August 8.
New ADRD Research Education Resource: Mini-Course: Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
July 11, 2019 — Watch the presentations of 4 experts from the UW Alzheimer's Disease Research Center/Memory and Brain Wellness Center on brain aging, clinical essentials, vascular dementia, and a new research framework for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. These talks were presented at the Native Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Meeting, hosted by the Initiative for Research and Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH) of Washington State University on April 29–30, 2019. Slide shows are visible in the video and available for download.
Upcoming: Kalispel Elder Health Day July 24th (Cusick, WA)
July 05, 2019 — Understanding Brain Health: Learn about how Alzheimer's disease affects to brain, interact with 3D brain model, and understand the science of searching for a cure. Elders are welcome to attend with their family members or partners. Lunch provided. Hosted by the UW ADRC and Partnerships for Native Health.
A History of Huntington’s Disease and Beyond: An Interview with Dr. Tom Bird
June 12, 2019 — History News Network interviews UW ADRC's Dr. Tom Bird, a medical pioneer in Huntington's disease, an inherited neurodegenerative condition. Dr. Bird talks about his new book Can You Help Me?, medical ethics, clinical compassion, and many intriguing patient stories.
Read: New ADRC publication helps explain why some brains are resilient, or can function normally despite Alzheimer’s disease.
June 10, 2019 — Latimer et al. Resistance and resilience to Alzheimer's disease pathology are associated with reduced cortical pTau and absence of limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy in a community-based cohort. Acta Neuropathologica Communications 2019 7:9
6/3: ADRC welcomes Dr. Pierre Mourad, PhD, as the next Towards Precision Medicine seminar speaker
June 03, 2019 — Towards use of transcranial, near-diagnostic ultrasound to treat dementia
NCRAD-NIAGADS May Newsletter
May 23, 2019 — New resources, findings, and funding opportunities from the National Centralized Repository for ADRD.
Extended deadline for ACT Symposium abstracts - May 20
May 16, 2019 — August 12-13th, we will hold our 7th annual ACT Symposium, highlighting aging and dementia research from the long-standing Adult Changes in Thought cohort and affiliated studies (PIs Eric Larson and Paul Crane). The theme of this year’s symposium is “Celebrating 25 years of collaborative research on aging and dementia”. The call for abstracts and proposals is now open!