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The Amazing Grace Chorus featured on Spectrum News 1
Members of The Amazing Grace Chorus® have a busy holiday season, with rehearsals and live streamed sing-alongs scheduled several times a month in November and December.
UW-Madison study investigating treatment to prevent Alzheimer’s disease
A research study at UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health is investigating a drug that could one day prevent Alzheimer’s disease. The AHEAD study is a global research study investigating lecanemab, a treatment aimed …
Dr. Nathaniel Chin co-authors editorial about new Alzheimer’s treatments in JAMA
Nathaniel Chin, MD, discusses the impact of new Alzheimer’s treatments in memory care in a commentary published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Written alongside Drs. Eric Widera, Sharon Brangman and Jason Karlawish, the …
Dr. Maria Mora Pinzon career and research highlighted in La Comunidad News
On September 13, 2023, La Comunidad News published a in-depth profile of Maria Mora Pinzon, MD, MS, FACPM. Dr. Mora Pinzon is assistant professor in the division of geriatrics and gerontology at the University of …
Dr. Sterling Johnson receives Outstanding Senior Faculty Researcher award
The award recognizes the significant research contributions by faculty, researchers/scientists and trainees toward advancing the field of medicine
Dr. Art Walaszek interviewed on WORT-FM
Art Walaszek, MD, joined WORT-FM to discuss new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease in advance of the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) Fall Community Conversation, held September 21, 2023. Walaszek chatted with host Jan Miyasaki …
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