Oct 14, 2021 | Researchers
Roberta Diaz Brinton, PhD Dr. Roberta Diaz Brinton was one of the 2019 WAM Research Grant recipients. She used her funding to ask: How do common breast cancer treatments affect a woman’s risk of Alzheimer’s? Her team discovered that breast cancer therapies,...
Sep 30, 2021 | Researchers
Sarah Banks, PhD Erin Sundermann, PhD Drs. Sarah Banks and Erin Sundermann were 2020 WAM Research Grant recipients. For many years, Drs. Banks and Sundermann have been dedicated to investigating why women experience AD differently than men, and their...
Sep 14, 2021 | Researchers
Rudy Tanzi, PhD Dmitry Prokopenko, PhD Drs. Rudy Tanzi and Dmitry Prokopenko were 2020 WAM Research Grant recipients. In this study they used whole genome sequencing data, i.e. data on every position in the human genome, to identify genetic mutations,...
Sep 3, 2021 | Researchers
Diana Younan, PhD Dr. Diana Younan was one of the 2018 WAM Research Grant recipients. She used her funding to ask: What is the impact of nutrition/diet and environment over the female adult life course on the onset and progression of cognitive decline and dementia?...
Jul 22, 2021 | Researchers
Elizabeth Chrastil, PhD Dr. Elizabeth Chrastil is one of the nine 2019 WAM Research Grants Recipients. The ultimate goal of her research is to develop early markers of Alzheimer’s that are sensitive to these sex differences. In this study she will determine 1) whether...
Jul 2, 2021 | Researchers
Megan Zuelsdorff, PhD Dr. Megan Zuelsdorff is one of the nine 2020 WAM Research Grants Recipients, and one of four research studies WAM is funding as part of the Alzheimer’s Association RAPID program, designed by the Alzheimer’s Association to help accelerate...
