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The center received a five-year grant renewal from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), with an award total more than $6 million. 

For this "UK at the Half," University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Director Linda Van Eldik talks about the life-changing — and lifesaving — work that the center does.

On this episode of "Behind the Blue," Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Director Linda Van Eldik joins UK Public Relations and Strategic Communications' Hillary Smith to discuss the larger game plan of finding a cure for Alzheimer’s and dementia.

Attendees will have the opportunity to hear clinicians and researchers from the University of Kentucky share current findings on dementia and aging disorders.

The Kentucky River Area Development District and several centers at the University of Kentucky have collaborated on a natural disaster preparedness toolkit designed for older adults.

A recently released paper from the Department of Physiology and Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) suggests that genetics can influence response to Alzheimer’s disease pathology.

A new research study suggests that higher intake of specific nutrients can be associated with lower brain iron concentration and better cognitive performance in older adults.

Sanders-Brown Center on Aging will receive renewed funding for its Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) program from the National Institute on Aging, a division of the National Institutes of Health.

A recently published study from University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging researcher Justin Miller, Ph.D., found 11 rare genetic variants spanning 10 genes, including previously unknown variants in two known Alzheimer's disease risk genes.

The new clinic is currently under construction at UK HealthCare’s Turfland campus along Harrodsburg Road, with a target occupancy date of November 2021.