ASSIST Program pairs future health workers with homebound to address needs and loneliness. Once she starts talking, Geraldine Buchanan admits, she can keep right on going. About to turn 91…
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Contributed by Christian Salazar, PhD, UCI MIND Project Scientist Racism is once again thrust into our national spotlight by the death of yet another unarmed Black American at the hands…
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The recent murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and too many other people in the Black community are atrocities that both warrant and demand the current national and…
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Why are animal models used to study Alzheimer’s? Tune in tomorrow to find out! Join UCI MIND for a live Q&A on Facebook with Dr. Frank LaFerla this Friday, June…
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The journal Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy, in celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the journal included a list of their 10 most accessed papers of the last year. A manuscript by…
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IN THE NEWS: Dr. Nasim Afsar, chief operating officer for ambulatory care for UCI Health, is recognized as one of Orange County's leading women in healthcare by Coast Magazine and…
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IN THE NEWS: Orange County companies, residents, students, alumni and philanthropists rally around UCI Health to help shore up supplies for the COVID-19 outbreak. When national health authorities sent out…
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In March, the UCI Medical Center became the first hospital in Orange County to provide COVID-19 testing. In this episode of the UCI Podcast Video Series, UCI MIND faculty member Dr.…
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Dear Friends of UCI MIND, Since writing my last message for our Winter 2020 issue, we have all had our worlds turned upside down by COVID-19. At UCI MIND,…
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Dr. Karen Edwards is Professor and Chair of the UCI Department of Epidemiology. Her primary research focus is in genetic epidemiology and the use of multivariate approaches to define phenotypes…
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Q&A with UCI MIND Faculty Member, Daniel L. Gillen, PhD, Professor and Chair of Statistics, Professor of Public Health and Epidemiology at UCI. Dr. Gillen serves on national and international…
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COVID-19 has impacted every facet of life, including fundraising for the fight against Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). The UCI MIND donor community includes caregivers dealing with even more…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all of us on personal and professional levels. Here, we compiled sentiments from blogs posted by UCI MIND researchers and advocates during quarantine: The post…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has made life challenging for many, none more than families facing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. News media reports provide a daily reminder of the disproportionate impact…
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The post Advocate for respite care during COVID-19 appeared first on UCI MIND.
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Jamie Kamel (left) is an 8th Grader at Corona del Mar Middle School who is interested in genetics research and CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) technology. As part of…
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UCI MIND faculty member Masashi Kitazawa, PhD comments for Scientific American: “In a field where scientists have spent decades focused on genetics and the buildup of damaged protein fragments called beta-amyloid…
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Hear UCI MIND faculty member and Chair of the UCI Department of Epidemiology, Dr. Karen Edwards, lecture on “Disease Detectives: COVID-19 and Contact Tracing” this Thursday, May 21, 2020 at…
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Unique Considerations for Public Health Communities in Various Settings COVID-19 and dementia present unique considerations for public health professionals in a variety of different settings. The livecast series focuses on…
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