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Welcome WAI Administrator Sarah Klein
Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute (WAI) is excited to welcome Sarah Klein in her new role as WAI administrator.
Breaking the Silence on dementia in communities of color
The 7th annual Breaking The Silence event welcomed more than 200 attendees on April 15, meeting for the first time virtually.
Recognizing the lifetime toll of the infant prematurity and mortality crisis on African Americans
The program was the sixth edition of the Addressing Systemic Racism education series, held Friday, November 20.
Celebrating Gina Green-Harris, a champion for health equity and people with dementia
WAI Regional Milwaukee Office director’s accomplishments are featured in new issue of Quarterly magazine
Researcher Spotlight: Dr. Gilmore-Bykovskyi
Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi, PhD, RN is an assistant professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing. She is also a co-investigator and informatics lead in the Wisconsin ADRC Care Research Core, where she directs an …
Cynthia Carlsson, MD, MS, discusses benefits of early Alzheimer’s diagnosis in podcast interview
Dr. Carlsson joined the Dementia Matters podcast for an interview November 5, 2020
Exploring the legacy of African Americans in science and research
In a discussion that covered the long legacy of discrimination against Black people in American science and its continued effects on people of color’s health and quality of life, the fifth Addressing Systemic Racism webinar drew an audience of more than 250.
“DETERMINED” documentary is complete, will premiere in November
Documentary featuring WRAP participants and researchers will premiere in November.
More than 550 attend Addressing Systemic Racism event
The event explored the untold story of how American descendants of slavery experience worse health outcomes than other groups, an important foundation of existing health disparities in the United States. Watch a recording
here.