Advancing Dementia Care National Alzheimer’s Buddies’ Fourth Virtual Symposium
Are you curious about how experts in the field are working to advance dementia care?
‘We’re still learning’: Diving deeper into Pitt’s National Sports Brain Bank
A team of researchers is quietly working on a new project that could shed more light on the correlation between contact sports and brain injuries.
One Barrier to Alzheimer’s Diagnoses Could Crumble with Pitt’s Discovery of a Blood Biomarker
Blood-based tests are relatively cheaper and less burdensome to undergo than the alternative imaging tests
National Sports Brain Bank to launch at the University of Pittsburgh
NFL Hall of Famer Jerome Bettis pledges donation to Pitt’s new National Sports Brain Bank
Lilly’s Donanemab Significantly Slowed Cognitive and Functional Decline in Phase 3 Study of Early Alzheimer’s Disease
Nearly half (47%) of the participants on donanemab (compared to 29% on placebo) had no clinical progression at 1 year (defined as no decline in CDR-SB)
FDA Grants Accelerated Approval for Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Leqembi (lecanemab-irmb) via the Accelerated Approval pathway for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
Inaugural Ascending Stars Award Winners
Anantha Shekhar,MD, PHD, Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh announced the winners of the inaugural Ascending Stars Award
Dr. Victor Villemagne, MD, Selected for Prestigious 2022 Aging Mind Foundation Award
Dr. Victor Villemagne, MD, a Professor of Psychiatry and Co-Leader of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center’s Neuroimaging Core has been awarded the prestigious 2022 Aging Mind Foundation Award.
Can Melatonin Help Prevent Neuron Damage Associated With Dementia?
The Clear Thoughts Foundation (CTF), a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit dedicated to fighting dementia, has awarded $200,000 to co-investigators as part of the CTF Consortium to begin preclinical research on how melatonin might affect dementia-related processes in the brain.
Department of Aging Convenes Alzheimer’s Researchers from Pitt, Penn to Share Prevention and Caregiving Models
The Department of Aging convened a gathering of Alzheimer’s Disease researchers from the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh in a daylong forum to share and discuss their latest work in the areas of prevention, treatment and caregiving.
Live Streaming of Garrett Davis’ play, Forget Me Not
Gdavis Productions & Films in association with the University of Pittsburgh Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center presents the free live streaming of Garrett Davis’ award winning stage play, Forget Me Not.
Effect of COVID-19 on Alzheimer’s Clinical Research & the Needs of Patients & Their Caregivers
In this video Dr. Oscar Lopez provides an update on how patient care is being approached at UPMC during COVID-19 as well as the current state of clinical research at the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC).
Researchers identify common type of dementia similar to Alzheimer’s
The disease, called LATE, seems to develop more slowly than Alzheimer’s and to appear later, when people are in their 80s and 90s.
