AAIC 2024 | Philadelphia | July 28 – August 1

The Duke & UNC ADRC was VERY well represented at AAIC with great presentations and posters!

Follow the link below for details on poster and presentation sessions from our team @AAIC!

Plus…

Duke & UNC ADRC investigators won 2 of the ISTAART Professional Interest Areas (PIA) awards @ AAIC!

Partnering with Research Participants PIA

Publication of the Year Award – Eric E. Griffith, PhD, Postdoc in the Duke Aging Center

Perioperative Cognition and Delirium PIA

Publication of the Year Award – Michael Devinney, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Duke Anesthesiology

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In the News

Soothing sleep with music for older adults – a peek behind the research curtain with Darina Petrovsky, PhD, RN

This conversation with Duke researcher Dr. Darina Petrovsky (Assistant Professor, Duke University School of Nursing) offers a behind-the-scenes look at active, current research on music as a non-pharmacologic sleep intervention, as well as characteristics of sleep-inducing music and how music can play a role in preventing dementia.

An interview with Mindy Peterson, NCTM

A Protocol for the Inclusion of Minoritized Persons in Alzheimer Disease Research From the ADNI3

Ozioma C. Okonkwo, PhD; Monica Rivera Mindt, PhD; Miriam T. Ashford, PhD; Catherine Conti, BA; Joe Strong, PhD; Rema Raman, PhD; Michael C. Donohue, PhD; Rachel L. Nosheny, PhD; Derek Flenniken, BS; Melanie J. Miller, PhD; Adam Diaz, MS; Annabelle M. Soto, BS; Beau M. Ances, MD, PhD; Maryam R. Beigi, MD; P. Murali Doraiswamy, MBBS, et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(8):e2427073.

Midlife Blood Biomarkers Predict Late-Life Dementia

A new study presented by Duke/UNC ADRC’s researcher Dr. Priya Palta, provides clues that we could detect who’s at risk decades in advance.

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Professional Judgement Budget & Progress Report

NIH dementia research advances and achievements: Read the FY26 professional judgment budget and annual progress report by Richard J. Hodes, Director, NIA, August 7, 2024.

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Faculty/Staff Spotlight

Sofia Royo Romero

Clinical Research Coordinator

Duke/UNC ADRC ORE Core

Sofia holds a master’s degree in Cognitive Neuroscience from Freie Universität Berlin. Her research experience spans the fields of ADHD, addiction, decision-making, and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Sofia has a natural interest in languages and cultures and is passionate about connecting diverse communities to research. In her role with the NC Registry for Brain Health and the Outreach, Recruitment and Engagement Core of the ADRC, she leverages her project management skills to support achievement of project goals and to assure the participant experience is smooth from the first point of contact.

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Funding Opportunity

Alzheimer’s Disease Strategic Fund: APOE Biology in Alzheimer’s (ABA) – Implications for Biological Underpinnings, Risk, Progression and Outcomes

The Alzheimer’s Association, in collaboration with the WoodNext Foundation, aims to support innovative, high-risk, collaborative team science opportunities that investigate and focus on outstanding questions related to the biological underpinnings of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). This funding call will focus on projects aimed to advance our understanding of the role of APOE in genetically diverse populations. Projects should address scientific questions that better understand the impact of this gene and its product on biological underpinnings, risk, progression and individual outcomes. This program aims to incentivize research focused on APOE related questions that would not happen otherwise, targeting unmet needs in the APOE space that are not being addressed through other funding mechanisms.

• Letter of Intent Now Open! Must be submitted online here.
• Letter of Intent Deadline: August 19, 2024 at 5pm EST
• Application Deadline (if invited to submit a full application): October 15, 2024 at 5pm EST