Leah Symanski was accepted into the Central Michigan University College of Medicine and will start in August 2026. Congratulations on this achievement, Leah! We are so proud of you and know you will be an …
Okonkwo Lab News
Gabriella Mamlouk Invited to Co-Chair Developing Topics Session at AAIC 2026
Gabriella Mamlouk has been invited to co-chair a Developing Topics session at AAIC this year! She will be moderating alongside another session chair, which is a fantastic recognition of her expertise and contributions to AAIC the …
Asha Coy Accepted Into Medical School
Asha Coy was accepted into the Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Indianapolis. She will start this August, and we couldn’t be more excited for her. Congratulations, Asha – we are beyond proud of …
Sara Fernandes-Taylor’s Manuscript Accepted for Publication
Sara Fernandes-Taylor’s manuscript “Neurodegeneration, neuroinflammation, and synaptic dysfunction biomarkers in cognitively unimpaired people with advanced Alzheimer pathology” has been accepted for publication in Neurology Open Access. Congratulations, SFT!
Gabriella Mamlouk Awarded The Graduate School’s Student Research Grants Competition Fellowship
Gabriella Mamlouk was awarded The Graduate School’s Student Research Grants Competition Fellowship! This fellowship provides funding support for graduate students to present their research at conferences. Congratulations, Gabby! We are so excited to have you …
Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentations at AAIC 2026
The Okonkwo Lab has four lab members whose abstracts were accepted for poster presentations at AAIC 2026 in London, England: Gabriella Mamlouk: Racial Identity Moderates the Association Between Depression And AD-Relevant Plasma Biomarkers in a …
Ozioma Okonkwo Invited to Speak at 2026 PsychoNeuroImmunology Research Society (PNIRS) Presidential Symposium
Dr. Ozioma Okonkwo has been invited to speak in the Presidential Symposium at the 2026 PsychoNeuroImmunology Research Society (PNIRS) annual meeting in New Orleans from June 22-25! He will be presenting on “Resilience to AD: …
Mackenzie Jarchow Accepted into Medical School
Mackenzie Jarchow was accepted into the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (starting in June 2026)! Congratulations, Kenzie – we are so incredibly proud of you and can’t wait to see all …
Gabriella Mamlouk Receives Fan Favorite Lightning Presentation Award at ADRD Research Day 2026
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!
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 …