Okonkwo Lab News

Noah Cook successfully defended his thesis “KLOTHO gene does not improve models relating polygenic risk score to Alzheimer’s disease outcomes” on May 30, 2024! Congratulations Noah on this wonderful achievement! We are proud of you …

Dr. Ozioma Okonkwo has been invited to 4 different speaking and session chairing opportunities in the coming months: On May 31, Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, NIH director, Dr. Joni Rutter, Director of the National Center for …

Dr. Ozioma Okonkwo was invited to speak at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) Satellite Symposium in Cape Town, South Africa in May 2024. His presentation was titled Cardiorespiratory Fitness Modifies the Association Between Cerebral …

Dr. Ozioma Okonkwo has been invited to be a speaker at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) Advancements: Modernizing Diagnosis in Tokyo, Japan in September 2024. He will present an overview of the revised criteria …

Monica Bruce wrote a column for the Capital City Hues in honor of National Minority Health Month! It was published in the April 15 edition of the Capital City Hues: https://www.capitalcityhues.com/04152024monicabruce/ Congratulations Monica on an …

Marissa Torres-Raby is presenting her poster “Modification of the CAIDE score to predict amyloid positivity” at UW-Madison’s Bio152 Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium. Congratulations on all the hard work put into this project, Marissa!

Dr. Ira Driscoll’s manuscript, titled, “KLOTHO KL-VS heterozygosity is associated with diminished age-related neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration and synaptic dysfunction in older cognitively unimpaired adults” has been accepted for publication in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of …

Eli Blum’s abstract “Examining the Association of Age, Physical Activity, and APOE Haplotype On [11C] PiB-PET Brain Amyloid in a Cohort Enriched with Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease.” was accepted for oral presentation at the 2024 …

Alicia Le Bars has been accepted into the Masters of Physiotherapy program at Edinburgh Napier University in the UK!! We are so proud – Congratulations, Alicia!