Marissa Torres-Raby is presenting her poster “Modification of the CAIDE score to predict amyloid positivity” at UW-Madison’s Bio152 Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium. Congratulations on all the hard work put into this project, Marissa!
Month: April 2024
Ira Driscoll’s Manuscript Accepted for Publication
Dr. Ira Driscoll’s manuscript, titled, “KLOTHO KL-VS heterozygosity is associated with diminished age-related neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration and synaptic dysfunction in older cognitively unimpaired adults” has been accepted for publication in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of …
Eli Blum’s Abstract Accepted for Presentation at Undergraduate Research Symposium
Eli Blum’s abstract “Examining the Association of Age, Physical Activity, and APOE Haplotype On [11C] PiB-PET Brain Amyloid in a Cohort Enriched with Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease.” was accepted for oral presentation at the 2024 …
Alicia Le Bars Accepted into Graduate School
Alicia Le Bars has been accepted into the Masters of Physiotherapy program at Edinburgh Napier University in the UK!! We are so proud – Congratulations, Alicia!
Abstracts Accepted for AAIC 2024
The Okonkwo Lab has 5 lab members whose abstracts were accepted for poster presentation at AAIC 2024 in Philadelphia, PA: Kenzie Jarchow: KLOTHO KL-VS genotype modifies the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and CSF biomarkers of neurodegeneration, …
Abstracts Accepted for ADRD Research Day 2024
Three lab member’s abstracts were accepted for poster presentation at the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Research Day 2024 in Madison, WI: Kenzie Jarchow: Individuals who are heterozygous for KLOTHO KL-VS gene and more cardiovascularly fit have …
Gabriella Mamlouk Chaired MSTP Symposium
Gabby Mamlouk chaired the MSTP Symposium that took place at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery on April 4, 2024. She hosted the symposium, introduced the speakers, and coordinated all the logistics. The poster session and …