Dr. Chinenye Odo’s manuscript “Cardiovascular rate pressure product is associated with NfL in older adults at risk for AD“ has been accepted for publication in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring. Congratulations, Chinenye!
Okonkwo Lab News
Ikenna Odoh Passes First Stage of US Medical License Examination
Ikenna Odoh passed the first stage of the US Medical License Examination this month! Congratulations on this accomplishment – we are so proud!
Sara Fernandes-Taylor Awarded Professional Development Grant
Dr. Sara Fernandes-Taylor was awarded a UW-Madison Academic Staff Professional Development Grant totaling $1,200 to enable her attendance to AD/PD 2025! Congratulations, Sara!
Ozioma Okonkwo Quoted In Recent News Articles About CLARiTI
Dr. Ozioma Okonkwo was recently quoted in news articles about the first participant enrolled in the Clarity in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Research Through Imaging (CLARiTI) study. Dr. Okonkwo serves as the co-lead for …
Abstracts Accepted for Oral Presentation at AD/PD 2025
The Okonkwo Lab has 2 lab members whose abstracts were accepted for oral presentation at AD/PD 2025 in Vienna, Austria: Sara Fernandes-Taylor (virtual): Region-specific measures of metabolism differentiate cognitively unimpaired individuals with elevated levels of …
Okonkwo Lab at CTAD 2024
The Okonkwo Lab traveled to Madrid, Spain to attend the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease conference (CTAD)! Adam Paulsen gave a poster presentation: The longitudinal relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness, amyloid-β, and cognitive decline in adults …
Hannatu Amaza, Amber Niay, and Mai Seng Thao’s Manuscript Accepted for Publication
Hannatu Amaza, Amber Niay, and Mai Seng Thao’s manuscript titled “The Health Equity Scholars Program: Fostering Culturally Competent and Successful Independent Investigators in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia Research” was accepted for publication in Alzheimer’s …
Welcome Drs. Ikenna Odoh, Jacqueline Pontes Monteiro, and Kyle Edmunds
We are thrilled to welcome our newest lab members to the team! Ikenna Odoh, MD is a graduate research assistant from the Master of Public Health Program with an interest in improving health outcomes for people …
Welcome New Students!
We are excited to share that we have 3 new students who joined the Okonkwo Lab in the Fall 2024 semester: Charisma Waters: I’m a sophomore studying biology with certificate in BioCore. I’m super excited …
Noah Cook’s Manuscript Accepted for Publication
Noah Cook’s manuscript “β-Amyloid positivity is less prevalent in cognitively unimpaired KLOTHO KL-VS heterozygotes” was accepted for publication in the Journal of Alzheimer’s disease (JAD). Congratulations, Noah!