Institute News
UAB Department of Community and Family Medicine Article on BHAM Project
Considering Brain Health: A Perspective on Learning More About Personal Wellness
"The Department of Family and Community Medicine’s UAB Hospital-Highlands and Hoover clinics are starting a partnership with the UAB Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute to help patients better understand how lifestyle decisions affect brain health. The Brain Health Initiative will work with participants to prevent cognitive decline and work toward healthier habits." Explained by Erin Slay-Wilson, M.A. at UAB's Department of Community and Family Medicine
"The Department of Family and Community Medicine’s UAB Hospital-Highlands and Hoover clinics are starting a partnership with the UAB Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute to help patients better understand how lifestyle decisions affect brain health. The Brain Health Initiative will work with participants to prevent cognitive decline and work toward healthier habits." Explained by Erin Slay-Wilson, M.A. at UAB's Department of Community and Family Medicine
Dr. Olajide Williams - "Racism and Stroke Disparities.."
"Racism and Stroke Disparities: Centering the Margins"
Dr. Olajide A. Williams, MD, MS
Professor and Chief of Staff
Department of Neurology
Columbia University
Presentation
Dr. Olajide A. Williams, MD, MS
Professor and Chief of Staff
Department of Neurology
Columbia University
Presentation
CNN article mentions McKnight Brain Foundation in Mediterranean Diet, Memory Loss and Dementia article
Mediterranean diet may prevent memory loss and dementia, study finds
"The mountain of evidence continues to build that you are what you eat when it comes to brain health," said Dr. Richard Isaacson, who directs the Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
"The mountain of evidence continues to build that you are what you eat when it comes to brain health," said Dr. Richard Isaacson, who directs the Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
UAB study aims to learn more about silent strokes
Dr. Ronald Lazar, Director and Chair of the UAB McKnight Institute, interviewed with News-Medical about his current study envestigating silents strokes and cognition in a population being treated for stroke prevention.
Link to UAB's overview of Arcadia-CSI
Dr. Lazar's Interview with News-Medical
Link to UAB's overview of Arcadia-CSI
Dr. Lazar's Interview with News-Medical
Brain Health Initiative
A Primary Care Agenda for Brain Health
Primary care clinics can play an important role in preserving patients’ brain health using the American Heart Association’s Life’s Simple 7 as a guide, as well as addressing six other factors associated with cognitive decline, according to a new American Stroke Association/American Heart Association Scientific Statement, “A Primary Care Agenda for Brain Health. “
The statement was published today in the Association’s journal Stroke. Led by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, it has been endorsed by the American Academy of Neurology as an educational tool for neurologists.
Bilingualisn and Cognitive Reserve and Resilience workshop
The NIA is hosting a Bilingualism and Cognitive Reserve and Resilience workshop on 3/1-3/2, 2021.
Click the link for more information.
Click the link for more information.
2021 McKnight Inter-institutional Meeting
It is approaching time for the 2021 Evelyn F. McKnight Inter-institutional Meeting. This year will be slightly different than years past, as it will be a virtual meeting.
Please save the date for the 12th Annual McKnight Inter-institutional Meeting on April 28-29, 2021.
Please save the date for the 12th Annual McKnight Inter-institutional Meeting on April 28-29, 2021.
Annual McKnight Seminar-Dr. Gottesman Talk
Click Here to See Dr. Gottesman's Talk
"Modifiable midlife risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia" Rebecca Gottesman, MD, PhD Professor of Neurology and Epidemiology Director of Research, Hopkins Bayview Neurology February 4, 2021
"Modifiable midlife risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia" Rebecca Gottesman, MD, PhD Professor of Neurology and Epidemiology Director of Research, Hopkins Bayview Neurology February 4, 2021
UAB Neuropsychologist wins National Early Impact Award
Dr. Adam Gerstenecker, Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology-Division of Neuropsychology at UAB, was recently recognized as the Early Career Impact Award winner for both NAN (National Academy of Neuropsychology) and the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Please read the article below, and a big Congratulational to Dr. Gerstenecker.
Early career awards recognize neuropsychologist’s research on cognitive decline
Early career awards recognize neuropsychologist’s research on cognitive decline
2021 Annual McKnight Lecture
To join the 2021 Annual McKnight Lecture, please follow the link below:
https://uab.zoom.us/j/92132971022?pwd=N0hRU1QyOHp6dUxKNGFBQXQxSEp2Zz09
NIH Grant Opportunity
The MBRF has had a longstanding Research Partnership with the NIA through the Foundation for NIH beginning in 2009. The MBRF recently renewed its commitment to the partnership for a third five-year cycle. The new grant opportunity is now posted on the NIH site and is titled "Network for Identification, Evaluation, and Tracking of Older Persons with Superior Cognitive Performance for their Chronological Age." You can see more by going to this link: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-21-015.html.
Genetic Risk Factors in Dementia
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Huntsville have learned new information about genetic risk factors that may contribute to dementia, potentially pushing the medical field closer to early detection.
Study yields new information about dementia’s genetic risk factors
Study yields new information about dementia’s genetic risk factors
2020 Annual McKnight Lecture
Each year the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at UAB hosts a lecture with an invited guest speaker. The 2020 annual lecture will feature Dr. Jeff Williamson from Wake Forest School of Medicine who will be talking about blood control in relation to MCI and dementia.pressure and
2020 Annual McKnight Lecture
2020 Annual McKnight Lecture
Blood Pressure and Brain Health
Intensive blood pressure control may slow age-related brain damage
They found that intensively controlling a person’s blood pressure was more effective at slowing the accumulation of white matter lesions than standard treatment of high blood pressure. The results complement a previous study published by the same research group which showed that intensive treatment significantly lowered the chances that participants developed mild cognitive impairment.
They found that intensively controlling a person’s blood pressure was more effective at slowing the accumulation of white matter lesions than standard treatment of high blood pressure. The results complement a previous study published by the same research group which showed that intensive treatment significantly lowered the chances that participants developed mild cognitive impairment.