Dr. Ozioma Okonkwo served as the Opponent, and also gave an opening lecture, at Anders Rydström’s PhD dissertation defense titled, “Mental stimulation and multimodal trials to prevent cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease” at Karolinska Instituet …
Alyssa Pandos and Hannatu Amaza Take on New Roles
We are thrilled to have two lab members stepping into new roles in our lab: Alyssa Pandos accepted the Okonkwo Lab Assistant Program Manager position! She will be transitioning from her role as a Clinical …
Chinenye Odo’s Abstract Accepted for Poster Presentation at APDIM
Chinenye Odo’s abstract “Towards Gender Equity: Evaluating Word Choices of Internal Medicine Residents in Near-Peer Evaluations.” was accepted for poster presentation at the 2023 Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM) Fall Conference happening …
Chinenye Odo’s Abstract Accepted for Presentation at Neuroscience 2023
Chinenye Odo’s abstract “Investigating the relationship between rate pressure product and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease in cognitively unimpaired late-middle-aged adults at risk for Alzheimer’s disease” has been accepted for presentation at Neuroscience 2023 …
Okonkwo Lab at AAIC 2023
The Okonkwo Lab is at AAIC 2023 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands! Ozioma Okonkwo is giving an oral presentation in a Featured Research Session: Culturally-informed Community-engaged Efforts to Improve Inclusion and Engagement of Underrepresented Ethnocultural Populations …
Kyle Edmunds’s Manuscript Accepted for Publication
Kyle Edmund’s manuscript titled “Cardiorespiratory fitness attenuates the deleterious effects of sleep apnea on cerebral structure and perfusion in the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort study” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease …
SuperAging Study Spotlighted in Wisconsin State Journal Article
The UW-Madison site of the SuperAging study was the focus of an article recently published in the Wisconsin State Journal. Congratulations to our SuperAging team on making this article happen and a big thank you …
Ozioma Okonkwo Quoted in Wall Street Journal Article
Ozioma Okonkwo was quoted in a recently published Wall Street Journal article about physical activity and longevity. Read the article here: What if the Most Powerful Way to Live Longer Is Just Exercise?
Monica Bruce Receives VCFA Scholarship
Monica Bruce has received a VCFA Scholarship from UW-Madison to attend one of the Division of Continuing Studies’ Leadership & Management classes! She will participate in a 2-day course on the Fundamentals of Project Management. …
Gloria Morel’s Proposal Accepted for Oral Presentation
Gloria Morel’s proposal “Culturally sensitive strategies for recruitment and retention of research participants from underrepresented groups” was accepted for an oral presentation at the 2023 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Conference this Fall! Congratulations on this …