Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

November 29, 2020

Celebrating the Stories of ADRC Research Participants

Community members share about their lives, passions, and unique reasons for participating in ADRC research studies.

Categories: Science Updates, Care & Treatment , Team Spotlights

Taking the Long Road: A Focus on American Indians and Alaska Natives

ADRC Efforts to Recognize Health Disparities and Better Represent American Indians and Alaska Natives in Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Education

Categories: ADRC Indigenous Aging Brain Health Series

Towards an Ecology of the Aging Human Brain: The Shared Project of the ACT Study and UW ADRC

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Today, the ACT study maintains extensive data resources in collaboration with the ADRC, including an unrivaled population of people over 90 years old and a collection of over 850 brains—one of the largest in the world. The ACT team attributes the size and the richness of the data to the comprehensiveness of care provided in Group Health, now Kaiser Permanente Washington, and years of detailed medical records that are now stored electronically. The ACT study has learned many lessons to date, which has contributed data to 98 funded grants, with results published in over 350 scientific articles on brain health and dementia risk.

Categories: Science Updates

The Early ADRC’s Search for an Alzheimer’s Gene (Part 2)

The UW ADRC builds the Molecular Genetics Team and embarks on the Center's first research project to probe the genetic origins of Alzheimer's disease. Part 2 of 3.

Categories: Science Updates, Care & Treatment

The Early ADRC’s Search for an Alzheimer’s Gene (Part 3)

As the decade-long story of the ADRC Molecular Genetics team reflects, the quest led to a better understanding of the heterogeneity in genes, pathological proteins, and clinical phenotypes inherent in age-related neurodegeneration. Past progress has fundamentally shifted how the Center defines the disease that it studies. Learn about the new tools for a new framework of biological heterogeneity at the present day ADRC, as well as recent creative partnerships.

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ADRC History Timeline

Explore the major milestones and significant events throughout ADRC history on this timeline spanning 1978 to 2020.

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High Standards: A Profile of Ellen Wijsman

Ellen Wijsman will admit that she doesn’t have all the answers, but she might just have all the right questions. As Professor of Biostatistics in the UW School of Public Health and UW Division of Medical Genetics/Department of Medicine in the School of Medicine, she uses mathematical models to find meaningful patterns and insights into Alzheimer's disease risk hidden within massive amounts of medical data. Her career has also focused on mentoring and training the next generation of statistical geneticists.

Categories: Science Updates, Team Spotlights

Are Females at a Higher Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease?

Over our 35 year history, the ADRC has tackled questions about whether biological sex affects one's risk of Alzheimer's disease. The answer is complex.

Categories: Science Updates

October 23, 2020

Exploring the COVID-19 Experience of Older Adults

The report has a particular focus on the intersection between technology and the needs of older adults with chronic, age-related conditions including dementia.

Categories: Science Updates, Care & Treatment

October 19, 2020

Genetic Discovery in the UW Valdmanis Lab Illuminates Ancient Origins and Mechanisms of Novel ALS Risk Factor

A new study at the intersection of genetic sequencing technology and human brain evolution reveals the workings of a repeat expansion linked to ALS risk, for the first time.

Categories: Science Updates

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