Gabriella received Fan Favorite Lightning Presentation Awardee for delivering her presentation “Racial identity moderates the association between depression and AD-relevant plasma biomarkers in a multi-ethnic cohort” at the 2026 ADRD Research Day. Congratulations, Gabby!
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Emma Nicolaysen Receives Best Graduate Student Poster Award at ADRD Research Day 2026.
Emma received Best Graduate Student Poster Awardee for presenting her poster “KLOTHO KL-VS heterozygosity attenuates the association between age-related neurodegeneration and subsequent decline in executive function in a cohort of cognitively unimpaired middle-aged and older …
Marissa Torres-Raby Accepted into Medical School
Marissa Torres-Raby was accepted into the University of Wisconsin – Madison Medical School (starting in August 2026)! Congratulations, Marissa – we are so very proud of you and are excited for you to continue your …
Ozioma Okonkwo to Serve as an Associate Editor for Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions
Dr. Ozioma Okonkwo has been invited to serve as an Associate Editor for Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions. Congratulations, Ozioma!
Isabella Hoang Awarded Team Science Fellowship at Stanford University
Isabella Hoang has been awarded the Team Science Fellowship at Stanford University! The Stanford Team Science Fellowship is a one-year fellowship where Isabella will receive mentorship training and lead a small team of scholars in …
Okonkwo Lab at AD/PD 2026
Members from the Okonkwo Lab traveled to Copenhagen, Denmark to orally present their work at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s Diseases (AD/PD): Bri Breidenbach: Multiplexed plasma proteomics reveal divergent protein networks associated with …
Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentation at DOM Research Day 2026
The Okonkwo Lab has 2 lab members whose abstracts were accepted for poster presentation at the Department of Medicine (DOM) Research Day 2026 in Madison, WI: Adam Paulsen: Cardiorespiratory fitness and brain atrophy: Sex differences …
Multiple Abstracts Accepted for Presentation at ADRD Research Day 2026
The Okonkwo Lab has 3 lab members whose abstracts were accepted for oral or poster presentation at the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders (ADRD) Research Day 2026 in Madison, WI: Gabby Mamlouk: Racial identity moderates …
Gabriella Mamlouk Receives Community Champion Award
Gabriella Mamlouk received the Community Champion Award from the UW Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)! The University of Wisconsin MSTP Community Champion Award is an annual award given to three outstanding individuals within the UW …
Bri Breidenbach and Sarah Lose are Featured Guests on Dementia Matters Podcast Episode
Dr. Bri Breidenbach and Sarah Lose were featured guests on a recent episode of the podcast Dementia Matters: Taking Steps to Slow Decline: New Study Examines the Role of Physical Activity on Alzheimer’s Progression They …