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2024 REC Scholar at the Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center (BIAC), Jenna Merenstein discusses her interests in ADRD research and her future plans.

Guidance from the National Institute of Aging on cognitive health for older adults.

Pilot Project Awards (up to $50,000 each) will support collaborative projects conducting innovative research that focuses on the intersection of AD/ADRD-related psychosocial risk factors, detection, and health outcomes involving older Asian Americans (research comparing Asian and non-Asian older adults also qualifies).

In their article, “Changing Story of the Dementia Epidemic,” published in the March 12, 2025 issue of JAMA, Duke University researchers, P.J. Eric Stallard, ASA, MAAA, FCA, Svetlana V. Ukraintseva, PhD, and Murali Doraiswamy, MBBS, FRCP, point out a crucial error in prior estimates.

Duke-UNC ADRC News Update – March 11, 2025 – for the scientific community.

This article details how two healthcare systems implemented lecanemab treatment for early Alzheimer’s. It outlines patient selection, monitoring, and the crucial role of geriatric psychiatrists in administering this new therapy.