Congratulations to Ira Driscoll, PhD on the acceptance of her manuscript Age-related tau burden and cognitive deficits are attenuated in KLOTHO KL-VS heterozygotes in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease!
Year: 2020
Kaitlin Maxa’s Manuscript Accepted
Congratulations to Kaitlin Maxa for having her manuscript Cardiorespiratory Fitness Associates with Cerebral Vessel Pulsatility in a Cohort Enriched with Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease accepted for publication in an upcoming issue of Brain Plasticity!
Alice Motovylyak giving Blitz Talk at UW-Madison Postdoctoral Research Symposium
Alice Motovylyak, PhD was selected to give a 5-minute Blitz Talk presentation at the UW-Madison Postdoctoral Research Symposium on September 23rd and 24th about her work looking at NODDI (neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging) indices …
Ozioma Okonwko quoted in Neurology Today
Ozioma Okonkwo provided expert commentary for a feature article in Neurology Today on a seminal paper published in Science last month. https://journals.lww.com/neurotodayonline/Fulltext/2020/08200/Through_Plasma_Transfer_from_Active_Aged_Mice,.8.aspx
Ozioma Okonkwo to lead ADNI Diversity Taskforce
Ozioma Okonkwo, PhD has been invited to lead the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) Study’s new Diversity Taskforce. This taskforce will work to develop strategies to increase the rate of recruitment of under-represented minorities into …
Congratulations Ryan Dougherty, PhD
Congratulations to Dr. Ryan Dougherty who successfully defended his doctoral dissertation! He will be moving to Johns Hopkins to begin his postdoctoral training on Marilyn Albert’s Aging and Age-Related Cognitive Disorders T32 Fellowship.
Bailey & Kristen Graduate!
Congratulations to Bailey Smith and Kristen Younan who both graduated this past weekend! Since we couldn’t do it in person, the Okonkwo Lab worked together to create a proper (virtual) Madison farewell. We are so …
Bailey Received Award
Bailey Smith received an AKA Undergraduate Scholar award from the American Kinesiology Association. Congratulations, Bailey!
Max Gaitán’s Manuscript Accepted
Congratulations to Max on the acceptance of his manuscript, Protocol of Aerobic Exercise and Cognitive Health (REACH): A Pilot Study, to the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease Reports!!
Ryan Selected for the American College of Sports Medicine Tipton Student Research Award
Ryan was selected for the American College of Sports Medicine Tipton Student Research Award which is given annually to the “student with the most outstanding research project of the year”. Congratulations on your success!