Noah Cook’s abstract “Alzheimer’s disease biomarker status associates with KLOTHO genotype but not klotho protein levels in an at-risk cohort” was accepted for a poster presentation at the 2022 Department of Medicine Research Day. This …

Ira Frahmand’s manuscript “AD-associated CSF biomolecular changes are attenuated in KL-VS heterozygotes” was accepted for publication in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring. Congratulations, Ira!

We have a lot to celebrate here in the Okonkwo lab, as the LIFE study enrolled its 150th participant!! This is a momentous time for everyone in the lab. Congratulations, everyone! Special shoutout to our …

Our former lab member Max Gaitán’s manuscript titled, Circulating klotho is higher in cerebrospinal fluid than serum and elevated in KLOTHO heterozygotes in a cohort with risk for Alzheimer’s disease, has been accepted for publication …

Kyle’s abstract, Cardiorespiratory fitness attenuates the deleterious effects of sleep apnea on cerebral structure, perfusion, and risk of Alzheimer’s disease in the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort study was accepted for a 5-minute blitz talk at the annual …

Former lab member, Kaitlin Maxa, has been accepted into the Masters of Science in Mental Health Counseling program at Suffolk University! Not only that, but she also has a Fellowship position in the Counseling, Health, …

Natascha Merten’s first last-author manuscript, “Novel results on longitudinal associations of sensory and motor function and blood-based biomarkers for AD and neurodegeneration,” has been published! This is an amazing accomplishment and we could not be …

Ozioma has been selected for a 3-year term on the Neuroscience Training Program (NTP) Steering Committee. This Committee is the executive arm of the NTP and is responsible for making all major program decisions.

Postdoctoral fellow Kyle Edmunds was recently awarded a Loan Repayment Award from the NIH. What an amazing accomplishment; congratulations, Kyle!