{"id":10034,"date":"2018-07-20T13:19:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T17:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=10034"},"modified":"2023-04-11T14:04:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T18:04:36","slug":"nancy-emerson-lombardo","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/profile\/nancy-emerson-lombardo\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Emerson Lombardo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Emerson Lombardo completed her undergraduate students at Cornell University in New York. She earned her doctoral degree from Yale University. She joined the Boston University\u00a0<span>Chobanian &amp; Avedisian\u00a0<\/span>School of Medicine\u2019s Department of Neurology in 2001 as an Adjunct Research Assistant Professor of Neurology. Dr. Emerson Lombardo is an investigator with the\u00a0Boston University Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Center.<\/p>\n<h4>Research Interests<\/h4>\n<p>Dr. Emerson Lombardo is dedicated to researching how nutrition, exercise, and other healthy lifestyles can positively affect a person\u2019s cognition and mood.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h4><span>ADC Role<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Dr. Emerson Lombardo is an investigator at the Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Center.\u00a0 Dr. Emerson Lombardo developed and leads the Memory Preservation Nutrition program, an evidence-based nutritional intervention designed to reduce risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer\u2019s disease for all ages, and to slow progression in people with Mild Cognitive Impairment or early Alzheimer\u2019s Disease. This program has been adopted by several healthcare facilities an adult day health program for people with Alzheimer\u2019s, stroke and other brain conditions, and a religious community.<\/p>\n<p>At <span>Chobanian &amp; Avedisian SOM<\/span> the Memory Preservation Nutrition program inspired the creation of the Nutritional Supplement Combination Therapy, a combination of encapsulated plant-based supplements (dehydrated fruits, vegetables, and anti-inflammatory herbs and spices) together with fish oils and vitamin D.\u00a0 A Phase I open label clinical trial with cognitively normal older adults was recently conducted at\u00a0<span>Chobanian &amp; Avedisian SOM<\/span> with funding from the national Alzheimer\u2019s Association.\u00a0 Interim findings to date show feasibility and safety, with fewer adverse events at post test than at baseline.\u00a0 Effectiveness results are not yet available.\u00a0 This approach also inspired colleagues led by Jon Valla, Ph.D. at Midwestern University in Arizona to conduct a successful clinical trial with triple transgenic Alzheimer\u2019s mice which reported significant improvements in mitochondrial function in important brain regions.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Emerson Lombardo served as the primary investigator for BEST (Brain Enhancement Strengthening Treatment Study) a pilot clinical trial which tested a cognitive rehabilitation intervention for people with early Alzheimer\u2019s disease.\u00a0 At Wellesley Centers for Women she conducted the first clinical trial of acupuncture to treat persons with dementia; an open label Phase I trial reported that acupuncture was feasible, safe and significantly reduced anxiety.\u00a0 She also conducted at HRCA the first randomized clinical trial of dance movement therapy for people with dementia and showed that DMT significantly reduced anxiety.\u00a0 Dr. Emerson Lombardo also conducted a national policy study of dementia caregiver interventions. \u00a0And at HRCA developed a pilot intervention serving African American caregivers of people with Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<b><\/b><\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0Awards\/Memberships<\/h4>\n<p>Dr. Emerson Lombardo is the recipient several awards including the Alzheimer\u2019s Association Board of Directors\u2019 Distinguished Service Award. Nancy is a co-founder of both the Alzheimer\u2019s Association and Alzheimer\u2019s Disease International and serves on the Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee of the Massachusetts\/New Hampshire Chapter. She served on the national Alzheimer\u2019s Association Board of Directors as Vice-President for many years, chaired both the Chapter Development Committee and the Public Policy Committee, and currently serves as Board Member Emeritus. Dr. Emerson Lombardo is a graduate of Cornell University and completed her doctorate degree from Yale University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8292,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/10034"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8292"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/10034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12119,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/10034\/revisions\/12119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}