The UW-Madison site of the SuperAging study was the focus of an article recently published in the Wisconsin State Journal. Congratulations to our SuperAging team on making this article happen and a big thank you …
Okonkwo Lab News
Ozioma Okonkwo Quoted in Wall Street Journal Article
Ozioma Okonkwo was quoted in a recently published Wall Street Journal article about physical activity and longevity. Read the article here: What if the Most Powerful Way to Live Longer Is Just Exercise?
Monica Bruce Receives VCFA Scholarship
Monica Bruce has received a VCFA Scholarship from UW-Madison to attend one of the Division of Continuing Studies’ Leadership & Management classes! She will participate in a 2-day course on the Fundamentals of Project Management. …
Gloria Morel’s Proposal Accepted for Oral Presentation
Gloria Morel’s proposal “Culturally sensitive strategies for recruitment and retention of research participants from underrepresented groups” was accepted for an oral presentation at the 2023 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Conference this Fall! Congratulations on this …
Eli Blum Presents Poster at Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium
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 Accepted into The Master of Public Health Program
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 Accepted into Cellular & Molecular Pathology Graduate Program
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 Offered Travel Fellowship for International Conference
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 Accepted for Poster Presentation
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!
Abstracts Accepted for ADRD Research Day 2023
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 …