Dr. Ann McKee is Announced Bostonian of the Year 2017
Football may never be the same after the VA Boston scientist’s research on head injuries. Click Here for Full Article
Author: Christina DiTerlizzi
Study identifies 2 new genes responsible for Alzheimer’s disease among African-Americans
(Boston)–Researchers have identified two new genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) among African Americans.
BU ADC Investigator, Dr. Michael Alosco was Awarded an Alzheimer’s Association Grant on October 24th, 2017
Dr. Michael Alosco, PhD, a BU ADC Investigator, along with Dr. Lin Alexander, PhD, who is the head investigator at the primary study site at Brigham and Woman Hospital, received a new Alzheimer’s Association Grant.
BU ADC staff, faculty, and their families came together and supported the 2017 Alzheimer’s Association Walk
The BU ADC helped raise awareness and funds towards Alzheimer’s research and supportive/educational services. The BU ADC staff and faculty raised $5,992.25 dollars.
BU Alzheimer’s Disease Center Wins $5.4 Million NIH Grant
Will fund research on early diagnostics, genetic risk factors, interventions
Dr. Andrew Budson, Appointed to the Board of Directors of the Alzheimer’s Association MA/NH Chapter
Dr. Andrew Budson is currently the Associate Chief of Staff for Education at VA Boston Healthcare System and Associate Director of the Education Core and Associate Director for the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center. He is also the principal investigator of the Center for Translational Cognitive Neuroscience at VA Boston, where his research seeks to […]
Dr. Katherine Turk is Awarded an Alzheimer’s Association Clinical Fellowship Award
Dr. Turk, recieves funding of $150,000 over three years allows extension of the project to include Amyloid PET scans for participants as well as quantitative MRI techniques. Ultimately the project will compare diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease using event related potential techniques to Amyloid PET techniques as a gold standard.
B.U. Seeks Cape Residents For Alzheimer’s Research
B.U. Seeks Cape Residents For Alzheimer’s Research
Drug Shows Promise for Treating, Detecting Alzheimer’s
“A single injection of pramlintide into our patients was well tolerated and reduced the amyloid burden as well as lowered the concentrations of amyloid-β peptides, a major component of AD in the brain,” Dr. Wendy Qiu
Dr. Tsuney Ikezu Receives an Award from the Alzheimer’s Association for his Research
Dr. Tsuneya Ikezu, recieves the Alzheimer’s Association’s Inge Grundke-Iqbal Award for Alzheimer’s Research.