Researchers in the public health team at Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute are working to understand how to bring research advances and tools from memory clinics into the primary care environment.
On behalf of the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute Regional Milwaukee Office, thank you to everyone who attended the 11th Annual Breaking the Silence event!
The research team of Maria Mora Pinzon, MD, MS, FACPM, is collaborating with a research team from the Milwaukee-based United Community Center (UCC) and dementia experts from UCC Latino Geriatric Center to develop a new educational curriculum for University of Wisconsin-Madison medical students.
The Initiative to End Alzheimer’s (IEA) Innovation fund’s goal is to advance promising new ideas in UW–Madison Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) research and programming, enhance resources available to researchers, program leads and staff and respond to innovative and emerging needs of this area of medicine. The IEA Innovation Fund aims to be a key driver of novel ideas and entrepreneurial energy for both the Wisconsin ADRC and WAI.
In an interview with a Wausau television news station, Sterling Johnson, Phd, described how a recent renewal grant from National Institutes of Health (NIH) supports avenues for more strides in research. The funding provides $35 million dollars for the next five years of the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention (WRAP) study. This is a hopeful …
Dr. Mora Pinzon spoke to Telemundo Wisconsin about the of Alzheimer’s disease treatment ‘Leqembi’ (lecanemab) on July 14, 2023. The medication was fully approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved on July 6, 2023.
The new funding will also enable expansion of the project to identify other causes of cognitive decline and enhance the diversity of the cohort through recruitment of people from communities historically under-represented in research.
On June 8, 2023, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers and First Lady Kathy Evers welcomed people living with dementia and their caregivers, to dementia friendly events at the Governor’s Executive Residence.
Photos from the 2023 Breaking the Silence community event.
On behalf of the Initiative to End Alzheimer’s, we are pleased to announce the IEA Innovation Fund, providing project support for researchers at Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute and Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. The fund was launched in March 2023, with initial support of $100,000 to be awarded on a rolling basis. The IEA Innovation Fund …