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Eli Blum presented his poster “Investigating the association of cardiorespiratory fitness and amyloid-β deposition in the precuneus in a cohort enriched with risk for Alzheimer’s disease” at UW-Madison’s Bio152 Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium. Congratulations on …

Talia Brach has been accepted into the Master of Public Health Program here at UW-Madison! We are thrilled to have Talia remain in the lab during her graduate studies. Congratulations, Talia!

Gabriella Mamlouk has officially been accepted into the Cellular & Molecular Pathology Graduate Program (CMP) here at UW-Madison! We are excited to “welcome back” Gabriella to the lab. Congratulations, Gabriella!

Chinenye Odo has been offered a travel fellowship for the June 22nd, international conference on Risk and Resilience to Alzheimer’s Disease in African Americans, by the Aging & Brain Health Alliance at Rutgers University-Newark! Congratulations Chinenye on …

Chinenye Odo’s abstract submission titled “Towards 3.0: A 10-year update on the Health Professional Shortage Areas in Rural Wisconsin” was accepted for a poster presentation at the Wisconsin Annual Public Health Conference in May! Congratulations, Chinenye!

Two lab members’ abstracts were accepted for poster presentation at the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Research Day 2023 in Madison, WI: Chinenye Odo: Investigating the relationship between rate pressure product and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers …

The Wisconsin SuperAging Study team (Lexi Nelson, Sammy Bradley, Monica Bruce, and Ozioma Okonkwo) in conjunction with Ms. Deana Wright and Ms. Jeannette Arthur from NewBridge, held a Healthy Aging luncheon for Black older adults …

Ozioma Okonkwo has been promoted to Full Professor with tenure in the UW School of Medicine and Public Health!! The new rank takes effect June 18, 2023. Congratulations Ozioma on this well deserved recognition! The lab …

Ira Frahmand and Ozioma Okonkwo have received NIH funding for their R01 grant titled, “KLOTHO and Resilience to Synaptic Dysfunction in Preclinical AD.” This award will position the lab to uncover novel insights into the …