Congratulations to Dr. Ryan Dougherty who successfully defended his doctoral dissertation! He will be moving to Johns Hopkins to begin his postdoctoral training on Marilyn Albert’s Aging and Age-Related Cognitive Disorders T32 Fellowship.
Okonkwo Lab News
Bailey & Kristen Graduate!
Congratulations to Bailey Smith and Kristen Younan who both graduated this past weekend! Since we couldn’t do it in person, the Okonkwo Lab worked together to create a proper (virtual) Madison farewell. We are so …
Bailey Received Award
Bailey Smith received an AKA Undergraduate Scholar award from the American Kinesiology Association. Congratulations, Bailey!
Max Gaitán’s Manuscript Accepted
Congratulations to Max on the acceptance of his manuscript, Protocol of Aerobic Exercise and Cognitive Health (REACH): A Pilot Study, to the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease Reports!!
Ryan Selected for the American College of Sports Medicine Tipton Student Research Award
Ryan was selected for the American College of Sports Medicine Tipton Student Research Award which is given annually to the “student with the most outstanding research project of the year”. Congratulations on your success!
EXERT Completes Recruitment
Congratulations to everyone involved in this study! We have met our recruitment goal of 45 participants. Great work everyone!
Kristen Accepted to Medical School
Kristen has been accepted to the Medical School at the Indiana University-School of Medicine. Congratulations Kristen, we are all very excited for your future! Update: Kristen has also been accepted to Northwestern University (Feinberg School …
Ozioma Okonkwo Founds the Dementia Special Interest Group
Ozioma Okonkwo founded the Dementia Special Interest Group (SIG) within the International Neuropsychological Society. He will also serve as the inaugural chair of the SIG, which promotes scholarly conversations around research, practice, and education as …
Max Gaitán Publishes
Max Gaitan published a paper in a special issue of Brain Plasticity devoted to Exercise and Cognition. There was also a press release about his paper. “Brain Glucose Metabolism, Cognition, and Cardiorespiratory Fitness Following Exercise …
Clayton Presented at INS 2020 Conference
Clayton Vesperman gave an oral presentation on February 8th for his abstract titled “Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Age-Related Cognitive Decline in a Cohort Enriched with Risk Factors for Alzheimer’s Disease” at the INS 2020 Annual Meeting in Denver, …