UD researchers awarded $3.9M to explore links between aging arteries, brain and cognitive decline
UDaily
November 13, 2024
Center Director Chris Martens and Executive Committee Member Curtis Johnson partner in a new research study.
BrainStorm Fall Speaker Series
Delaware Center for Cognitive Aging Research
September 30 – December 2, 2024
University of Delaware faculty and staff are invited to join us to discuss the latest ideas and challenges in brain aging research at UD.
Delaware Center for Cognitive Aging Research to be at UD by the Sea
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute event held at Rehoboth Beach, DE
May 23-24, 2024
Discover brain health tips and insights at this upcoming event. Come by and say hi!
BrainStorm 2024 Spring Speaker Series
Delaware Center for Cognitive Aging Research
2024
BrainStorm meetings are open to UD faculty. The purpose is to discuss the latest ideas and challenges in brain aging research at UD.
DCF Boerger Fund Awards More Than $6 Million for Alzheimer’s Research
Delaware Community Foundation
November 16, 2023
“$575,000 grant to the University of Delaware will support a one-year research project focused on linking modifiable lifestyle choices with accelerated dementia risk and identifying new interventions aimed at slowing, stopping or reversing Alzheimer’s disease.”
Promoting Brain Health; Delaware Center for Cognitive Aging Research brings brain wellness workshop to the community
UDaily
September 25, 2023
“Everyone knows they’re supposed to eat right and exercise, but this in-depth education series focuses on what specifically is needed to promote good brain health and reduce dementia risk. It also includes personalized feedback and counseling about risk and protective factors.”
Supporting Independence Against Alzheimer's Disease
UD, CHS News
April 13, 2023
By Colin Heffinger
Alyssa Lanzi, Research Assistant Professor for the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, received $870,225 as part of a Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award from the National Institute on Aging
Podcast Interview: (Chris Martens): Could this supplement help prevent Alzheimer’s?
Making Sense of Science Podcast, Season 1, Episode 51
By Matt Fuchs
March 10, 2023
“NR has been the focus of some promising research in recent years, and a new study from some researchers at the University of Delaware and the National Institute on Aging, suggests that NR, when taken as a pill by healthy older adults, makes it from the blood into the brain and improves certain markers that have been linked to dementia”
Advancing Alzheimer’s Research
University of Delaware Magazine, Volume 30, Number 3
By Amy Cherry
December 2022
“the Delaware Center for Cognitive Aging Research seeks to educate the community on modifiable risk factors and address mild cognitive impairment before it progresses to dementia”
Radio Interview (Matthew Cohen): Delaware Center for Cognitive Aging Research
WDEL, Del-Aware with Peter MacArthur
October 19, 2022
“Cohen talks with Peter MacArthur about the work being done at the center to treat and learn more about Alzheimers and related disorders.”
Radio Interview (Chris Martens): UDel advancing Alzheimer’s research
WDEL, Del-Aware with Peter MacArthur
August 19, 2022
“Everyone knows they’re supposed to eat right and exercise, but this in-depth education series focuses on what specifically is needed to promote good brain health and reduce dementia risk. It also includes personalized feedback and counseling about risk and protective factors.”
Podcast Interview (Chris Martens): Research center for Alzheimer’s and dementia launches at the University of Delaware
Delaware Public Media
By Joe Irizarry
August 19, 2022
Advancing Alzheimer’s Research: Delaware Center for Cognitive Aging Research opens at UD with focus on Prevention
UDaily
By Amy Cherry
August 3, 2022
“There is a clear need for more research to understand aging-related cognitive decline, and this interdisciplinary center will facilitate innovative, patient-centered research”
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