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Research Advancing Kentucky: Supporting healthy aging at home

With NIH support, Elizabeth Rhodes is helping older adults with cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease to remaining safely and comfortably in their own homes.

Breaking barriers in brain health: Sanders-Brown’s 40-year legacy of Alzheimer’s research

For the past four decades, the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging has been at the forefront of Alzheimer’s disease research.

Research Advancing Kentucky: Driving dementia breakthroughs

With NIH support, David Fardo’s research focuses on statistical genetics, genomics and the application of advanced biostatistics to understand neurodegenerative diseases.

Safiyah Sadek: Neuroscience major shares her research journey and celebrates crossing the finish line

Safiyah Sadek, is graduating with a degree in neuroscience and a minor in psychology from the UK College of Arts and Sciences, who is on the path to becoming an MD/PhD.

UK researcher selected to work with Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Nigeria

Darlingtina K. Esiaka has been awarded a fellowship by the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program to work with the Research Center for Ageing Cognition and Psychological Health in Nigeria.

Fueling sleep: UK researchers show key metabolic link to restful nights

Research from UK’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging has illuminated how the brain’s energy utilization significantly influences our sleep patterns. 

UK researchers uncover hidden barrier to spinal cord injury recovery

Dr. Andrew Stewart is investigating why treatments that could help repair and regenerate the damaged spinal cord stop working shortly after the injury has occurred.

‘Behind the Blue’: Celebrating 40 years of Sanders-Brown’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center

The UK Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging is celebrating 40 years of research and community impact.

UK College of Medicine student earns top award in national brain video contest

Blending a passion for research with creativity, University of Kentucky College of Medicine student Joshua Moses recently won a national video award highlighting the blood-brain barrier.

New diagnostic criteria for LATE dementia offers hope for improved dementia care

Researchers at the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging are at the forefront of advancing dementia research with groundbreaking work on a condition known as LATE.

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