Shellie-Anne Levy receives Alzheimer’s Association fellowship to expand dementia research
She will investigate how cardiovascular and metabolic diseases contribute to Lewy body disease.
She will investigate how cardiovascular and metabolic diseases contribute to Lewy body disease.
The team is the first in the U.S. to test a new non-invasive device that may improve brain structure and function.
Her illustration was selected as one of the winning images in the annual Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation image contest.
The research center is focused on discovering interventions to prevent or remediate age-related cognitive decline.
The study will use a combination of brain imaging and artificial intelligence tools to establish the effectiveness of a cognitive training program.
The team significantly improved processing speed for an AI study during a hackathon held last month.
AI, combined with MRI scans of the brain, may be able to predict whether people with early memory loss will go on to develop dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.
Using AI technology, UF researchers will determine precision dosing for a new treatment designed to prevent dementia in older adults.
A new study of non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic white adults links chronic knee pain and key demographic factors to differences in areas of the brain tied to memory.
The study will follow caregivers of a person with dementia or mild cognitive impairment who is having surgery.