Shaping a future free from Alzheimer's disease
Dr. Green-Harris’ current work is advising NIH efforts to incorporate community advisory board input into national study guidelines. In addition to her work at WAI, Dr. Green-Harris is also co-director of the Center for Health Partnerships and director of the Just Research program at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
The event spotlighted advances in Alzheimer’s disease research at UW–Madison, with speakers Sanjay Asthana, MD; Cynthia Carlsson, MD, MS; and Sterling Johnson, PhD describing recent advancements in the field and the importance of continued support of the program.
Carlsson said with the holidays here, it's reassuring to know a little indulgence might not be so bad. However, she said, the study participants' dietary patterns were not tracked throughout the study period, and it's unclear if their other lifestyle practices may also play a role.
Wisconsin radio broadcasters Paul Braun, Mike Heller, Matt Lepay, Jim Paschke and Brian Posick are teaming up to raise money and awareness for Alzheimer’s disease research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Globally, Alzheimer’s disease impacts women at a much higher rate than men. In the United States, two-thirds of the 6.2 million people living with Alzheimer’s disease are women. Understanding these gender and sex differences - and ultimately preventing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia - is at the root of the pioneering work of Jessica Caldwell, PhD, a new faculty member in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Alzheimer’s disease programs.
In an interview on Telemundo Wisconsin, Maria Mora Pinzon, MD, MS, a physician and the implementation science leader at the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute, shed light on the alarming disparities in dementia diagnosis and care affecting Latino communities. She described research which has found that although Latinos are disproportionately impacted by Alzheimer’s disease, they are the least likely to be informed of their diagnosis.
That's a wrap on our 2025 WRAP Info Sessions events. Thank you to the hundreds of participants who joined us in person for a Info Session event held in September and October in five locations in Wisconsin.
A team of researchers from the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute joined nearly 19,000 global experts at the 2025 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), held July 27-July 31 in Toronto, Canada.
UW–Madison’s School of Medicine and Public Health is adding Henrik Zetterberg, a Swedish scientist who studies biomarkers, and Hartmuth Kolb, a German-born chemist and expert in imaging technology, to its faculty.
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.