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Conferences & Events

The Okonkwo Lab at the ADNI Steering Committee Meeting in San Francisco, CA.

The Engagement Core at the ADNI Steering Committee Meeting in San Francisco, CA.

Ikenna Odoh delivers his presentation "The Association of Cardiorespiratory Fitness with Rates of Cognitive Decline in a Multiethnic Cohort at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease" at ADRD Research Day 2025.

ADRD Research Day 2025.

Monica Bruce attends the 2025 Breaking the Silence in Milwaukee.

Vinauv Uday and Alyssa Pandos attend the 2025 Solomon Carter Fuller Brunch.

Ira Frahamnd delivers her oral presentation "KLOTHO KL-VS genotype-related differences in fronto-temporal structural brain integrity in an unimpaired older cohort at risk for Alzheimer's disease" at AD/PD 2025 in Vienna, Austria.

Noah Cook presents two of his posters at AD/PD 2025 in Vienna, Austria.

Kana Kimura presents her poster "Associations between air pollution and markers of neuroinflammation, synaptic dysfunction, and AD pathology vary by APOE genotype" at AD/PD 2025 in Vienna, Austria.

The Okonkwo Lab at AD/PD 2025 in Vienna, Austria.

Monica Bruce engages the crowd at the St. John's on the Lake Symposium on Aging.

The UW SuperAging Team at the St. John's on the Lake Symposium on Aging.

The UW and UChicago SuperAging Teams at the St. John's on the Lake Symposium on Aging.

Dr. Ozioma Okonkwo connected with former lab member Sammy Bradley at INS 2025.

Dr. Sara Fernandes-Taylor delivers her presentation "Biomarkers of neurodegeneration and synaptic dysfunction differentiate cognitively unimpaired individuals with high levels of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) neuropathology from individuals with AD dementia" at CTAD 2024.

Alyssa Pandos and Talia Brach attend the 34th Institute on Aging Annual Colloquium.

The Okonkwo Lab at AAIC 2024 in Philadelphia, PA.

Dr. Ozioma Okonkwo served as the Session Chair for the session titled “Neurodegenerative Diseases: Clinical Diagnosis & Staging” at AAIC 2024.

Kenzie Jarchow presents her poster "KLOTHO KL-VS genotype modifies the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and CSF biomarkers of neurodegeneration, synaptic dysfunction, and inflammation" at AAIC 2024.

Monica Bruce and Vinauv Uday attend the 2024 Participant Appreciation Brunch at Monona Terrace.

Dr. Ozioma Okonkwo presents "Cardiorespiratory Fitness Modifies the Association Between Cerebral Pulsatility and Biomarkers of Amyloid Burden, Neurodegeneration, Synaptic Dysfunction, and Neuroinflammation" at the 2024 AAIC Satellite Symposium in Cape Town, South Africa. Photo credit: Mik Motala Photography

Ozioma Okonkwo, PhD presents with Monica Rivera Mindt, PhD, co-lead of the ADNI4 Engagement Core, at the ADNI4 Steering Committee Meeting in Austin, Texas.

Ozioma Okonkwo, PhD presents keynote address "The ADNI3 Diversity Taskforce: A novel culturally-informed and community-engaged protocol for the inclusion of minoritized persons in Alzheimer’s disease research" at the 2024 annual meeting of the CCNA.

Eli Blum presents his poster, “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" at the 2024 Undergraduate Research Symposium.

ADRD Research Day 2024

Talia Brach presents her poster, "Cardiorespiratory Fitness Modifies the Association Between Cerebral Pulsatility on CSF Biomarkers Related to Neurodegeneration, Synaptic Dysfunction, and Neuroinflammation" at the 2024 ADRD Research Day.

Noah Cook presents his poster "KLOTHO gene does not improve models relating polygenic risk score to Alzheimer’s disease outcomes" at the 2024 ADRD Research Day.

Kenzie Jarchow presents her poster "Individuals who are heterozygous for KLOTHO KL-VS gene and more cardiovascularly fit have a more normal CSF biomarker profile of core AD pathology, neurodegeneration, neuroinflammation, and synaptic dysfunction" at the 2024 ADRD Research Day.

Monica Bruce attends the Solomon Carter Fuller Brunch

Dr. Ira Frahmand delivers her presentation "Age-related alterations in plasma biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease are attenuated in KLOTHO KL-VS Heterozygotes" at AD/PD 2024.

Dr. Bri Breidenbach presents her poster "Fitness level modifies the relationship between aortic stiffness and cerebral hemodynamics" at AD/PD 2024.

Noah Cook presents his poster "KLOTHO KL-VS genotype modifies the relationship between VO2max and tau in at-risk cohort" at AD/PD 2024.

The Okonkwo Lab at AD/PD 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal.

Chinenye Odo presents her poster “Investigating the relationship between rate pressure product and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease in cognitively unimpaired late-middle-aged adults at risk for Alzheimer’s disease” at Neuroscience 2023.

The Okonkwo Lab at AAIC 2023 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Chinenye Odo presents her poster "Investigating the relationship between rate pressure product and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease in African American vs. non-Hispanic White adults" at the 2023 Newark Risk and Resilience to Alzheimer’s Disease among African Americans Conference.

Chinenye Odo at the 2023 Newark Risk and Resilience to Alzheimer’s Disease among African Americans Conference.

Eli Blum presents 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 the Bio152 Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium.

ADRD Research Day 2023

Noah Cook presents his poster "Relationships between KLOTHO and APOE4-associated β-amyloid and tau alterations across AD continuum" at the 2023 ADRD Research Day.

The Wisconsin SuperAging Study team held a Healthy Aging luncheon for Black older adults in the community.

Ozioma, Lexi, and Sammy present at Wednesday Nite @ The Lab public science seminar 2022.

Noah Cook presents his poster "Alzheimer's disease biomarker status associates with KLOTHO genotype but not klotho protein levels in an at-risk cohort" at the 2022 Department of Medicine Research Day.

Ozioma Okonkwo chaired the Department of Medicine Research Day 2022.

The Okonkwo Lab at AAIC 2022 in San Diego, CA.

Dr. Kyle Edmunds delivered a Ted Talk at a community outreach Meet and Greet event put on by the Alzheimer's Association (2022).

Ozioma Okonkwo was presented a plaque in Recognition of Outstanding Leadership for his role as Program Chair of the INS 2020 Conference.

Clayton Vesperman delivering his presentation on "Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Age-Related Cognitive Decline in a Cohort Enriched with Risk Factors for Alzheimer’s Disease" at INS 2020 in Denver, CO.

Clayton Vesperman and Ozioma Okonkwo at INS 2020 in Denver, CO.

Colleen Mellert presenting her poster on how "Aerobic Fitness Attenuates Age-related Risk of Cardiovascular Disease" at AAIC 2019 in Los Angeles, CA.

Sarah Lose presenting her poster on “Cardiac Workload Is Associated with CSF Biomarkers in Cognitively Normal Late-Middle-Aged Adults at Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease" at AAIC 2019 in Los Angeles, CA.

Sarah Lose, Ozioma Okonkwo, and Colleen Mellert at AAIC 2019 in Los Angeles, CA.

Max Gaitan delivers his thematic poster presentation on "Fitness trumps fatness: An examination of cognition and brain atrophy" at ACSM 2019 in Orlando, FL.