#neuropsychologist @rushalzheimers studying #brainhealth to increase #healthequity #diversitymatters
Chicago, IL
Joined December 2015
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Very fortunate to work with colleagues who care about this high risk group.
In a large diverse population of Hispanics and Latinos, Lp(a) was independently and significantly associated with prevalent #stroke, TIA, and white matter hyperintensities. @DrMLamar @freddie_marq @DrPJoshi #AHAJournals ahajrnls.org/3XFFTLe
ALT Graphic abstract in Chandra and Duran Luciano et al.
#STROKE: In an analysis of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos–Magnetic Resonance Imaging longitudinal study, modifiable risk factors synergistically influenced future white matter injury. @DrMLamar #AHAJournals ahajrnls.org/3FGdLl8
ALT Graphic abstract in Sapkota et al.
Federal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze | The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and Perspectives thetransmitter.org/funding/f…
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🚨 Deadline Alert! Apply by Dec 16 for the Charles Matthews Fund. 💰 Grants available for neuropsychology initiatives focusing on research, education, and clinical advancements in low-income and middle-income countries. Apply now: buff.ly/3AH4hUn
Looking forward to today’s @rushalzheimers @NACCData ADRC EAC meeting today!
@rushalzheimers @NACCData ADRC dinner before our EAC meeting tomorrow! Thanks to @JeffreyKaye5 @ASaykin Pete Nelson & @NIHAging Cerise Elliott for joining us @JASchneiderMD @beyoung40 @MRIatIIT @DrDavidMarquez @DrAnaCapuano @CGster @DrMLamar @Alifkapasi1 @BLangeMaia
So honored to be part of this amazing Center!
The RADC team had a busy and fun week!
Photo 1: #AAIC24 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photo 2: Solutions for Care Annual Healthy Living Resource Fair
Photos 3 and 4: 5th National Gathering of Black Catholic Women in Louisville, Kentucky, and the Monks at Gethsemane House
On the last day of #AAIC2024 @alzassociation @Alifkapasi1 draws a crowd for her talk! Great science from a great scientist @rushalzheimers
Thank you to all who employ data from @rushalzheimers to help #EndAlzeimers and an invitation to those interested but not using this data yet (including data from #Latinos) to visit our Resource Sharing hub radc.rush.edu and join us next year!
And so Day 2 of ROSMAP comes to an end. On behalf of Dr. David Bennett and the RADC faculty and staff, we thank all of our friends and colleagues for making this conference a success. We hope that you all leave inspired. Until next time, safe travels! #EndAlzheimers #ROSMAP24
@CGster speaking passionately & persuasively about her incredibly important work @rushalzheimers during @alzassociation #Latinosymposium 2024
TWO #postdoc positions available to work on #imaging and #cognitive #aging in #diverse cohorts @rushalzheimers RT & DM me if interested in learning more! @SfNtweets @ins_slc @GBHI_Fellows @MRIatIIT @HNSneuropsych @raneuron @SoBlackNeuro
New findings using in-vivo classifier of ARTerioloSclerosis (ARTS) in older African Americans @rushalzheimers & @MRIatIIT w/ @beyoung40 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Latest #literacy and #MRI work @rushalzheimers suggesting changes in literacy may be an early marker of AD Thank you @MRIatIIT @Alifkapasi1 Patricia Boyle & Duke Han for collaborating on this study. #read #RT
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@beyoung40 from @rushalzheimers presenting the long awaited MIND diet results @ISTAART #AAIC2023
Great work from @LizBoots clarifying the role of peripheral #inflammation on #cognition in older African Americans with @beyoung40 and I @rushalzheimers
Chronic, but not acute, inflammation may be a risk factor for changes in cognition in older Black adults.
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Fab collab w/ @CGster @DrAnaCapuano @DrDavidMarquez et al @rushalzheimers charting #acculturation longitudinally in #Latinos & implications for #culturallycompatible #ADRD #research Please RT alz-journals.onlinelibrary.w…
Great opportunity for #education #research or #clinical #funding Please RT @HNSneuropsych @AsianNeuropsych @GBHI_Fellows @BNS_Neuropsych
The INS Charles Matthews Fund 🌍 is accepting applications to support educational and training activities in less resourced countries! Funds can be used to pay travel expenses for speakers, meeting expenses, webinar costs, and more. Apply by May 31st! the-ins.org/global-engagemen…
So fortunate to work with this powerhouse researcher! Thank you @beyoung40 @rushalzheimers
Since 2004, Lisa Barnes has run the Minority Aging Research Study at @rushalzheimers, one of the nation’s largest studies of #Alzheimers focused exclusively on Black people.
Read: trib.al/a1FiVJE @beyoung40
ALT Lisa Barnes, dressed in a red jacket and black pants, sits on a bench inside the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center. Photo by Olivia Obineme.
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Call for papers in special issue of JINS: Cross-Cultural Neuropsychology. Co-organizers include @SanneFranzen, Mathew Staios, and @johnlwoodard. Deadline for submission has been extended to May 15, 2023. Learn more here cup.org/40uQCHR
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Call for the INS Awards Nominations! Would you like to see your mentor or colleague recognized for their contributions to the field of neuropsychology, teaching or research activities? Submit letter of nomination, CV and letter of support via email to [email protected] by April 9th
