Research Advancing Kentucky: Driving dementia breakthroughs
Researchers at the University of Kentucky play an important role in advancing the health, well-being, and future of our Commonwealth.
Much of that work is done with support from the National Institute of Health (NIH), which allows our researchers to find answers to many of the critical health issues facing Kentuckians.
David Fardo, Ph.D., is supported by the National Institute of Aging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.
Fardo is the inaugural Stephen W. Wyatt Endowed Professor in the UK College of Public Health and affiliate faculty in the Sanders-Brown Center of Aging. He’s also a co-investigator on the National Institute on Aging grant that funds the UK Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC), which is housed in Sanders-Brown.
Fardo’s research focuses on statistical genetics, genomics and the application of advanced biostatistical methods to understand neurodegenerative diseases, specifically Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
Fardo leads and collaborates on multiple projects investigating the genetic risk factors and neuropathology associated with aging, leveraging large-scale genomic data and gene-environment interactions to uncover these conditions’ biological mechanisms.
“Our group's audacious goal is to eradicate dementia, a syndrome that ravishes the lives and the families of those affected, said Fardo. “As a dyed-in-the-wool Kentuckian from Madison County, Kentucky, I have been humbled to learn of the international prominence of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and the UK-ADRC. I hope to continue that tradition, build on it and, ultimately, eradicate dementia.”
Fardo and other members of the research community shared the importance of NIH-funded research at UK in this video series from Research Communications.
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