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Ozioma Okonkwo, PhD, an international leader in studying how physical activity changes the brain, recently met with Wisconsin First Lady Kathy Evers to discuss lifestyle factors that can protect against Alzheimer’s disease. Watch here

Congratulations to our former lab member Alice Motovylyak! Her manuscript “Age-related differences in white matter microstructure measured by advanced diffusion MRI in healthy older adults at risk for Alzheimer’s disease” accepted for publication in the …

Natascha Merten’s proposal “Mental Health Among Sensory Impaired Individuals During COVID-19 Lockdown Measures” was accepted for an oral presentation at the 2022 Scientific and Technology Meeting of the American Auditory Society.

Congratulations to Natascha Merten! Her manuscript, “The Associations of Hearing Sensitivity and Different Cognitive Functions with Perception of Speech-in-Noise” was accepted in one of the biggest hearing journals: Ear and Hearing. https://journals.lww.com/ear-hearing/Abstract/9000/The_Associations_of_Hearing_Sensitivity_and.98375.aspx

Congratulations to Alec Czaplicki who has been accepted into the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine – Midwestern University!! He is still waiting on news from other Med Schools before making a final decision on where …

A warm welcome to the newest members of the Okonkwo Lab: Alyssa and Ben! Alyssa Pandos is our new LIFE study coordinator. Ben Rackovan is our new EXERT study coordinator.

Congratulations to Clayton McIntyre on receiving a Hilldale Fellowship for 2021-2022! The title of the project is “Aerobic fitness, insulin sensitivity, and cognition in an aging cohort at risk for Alzheimer’s disease”, and the main …

Ozioma Okonkwo, PhD, was selected to join the External Advisory Committee of the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging, which aims to develop tools to predict and prevent cognitive decline and dementia, develop risk-prediction models for cognitive …