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Let’s help one of our alumni and the people of Hawaii facing the devastating fire! You have all heard of the devastating Maui fire and if you participated in the CCAD 2022 reunion, you know that Hawaii is dear to our hearts. We reached out to one of our own, Dr. John Kauwe, President of […]

With $3.7M+ from NIH, Andreana Benitez leads a clinical trial on the optimal dose of TMS With more than $3.7 million in funding from the National Institute on Aging, Medical University of South Carolina neuropsychologist Andreana Benitez, Ph.D., of the Department of Neurology in the College of Medicine will lead a phase II clinical trial to determine the

Cristian Lasagna-Reeves Wins Inge-Grundke-Iqbal Award at AAIC23 Congratulations to Dr. Cristian Lasagna-Reeves, the 2023 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) recipient of the Inge Grande-Iqbal award for Alzheimer’s Research. This award is presented to the senior author of the most impactful study published in Alzheimer’s research in the two calendar years preceding AAIC. READ MORE

Twitter Selfie Contest: Win $500 Travel Award CONTEST CLOSED CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Shea Andrews on winning the $500 travel award for the most selfies taken with fellow alumni at #AAIC23! With so many CCAD alumni attending AAIC23, we thought it would be fun to do a contest giving each of you a CHANCE TO WIN

Alison Goate is the First Female to Win Prize From Prestigious German Research Institute Congratulations to Dr. Alison Goate! The Jean C. And James W. Crystal Professor and Chair of Genetics and Genomic Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has been selected as the first female recipient of the Hartwig Piepenbrock-DZNE

2022 NIH Grants to CCAD Alumni The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s medical research agency — making important discoveries that improve health and save lives. Here’s the NIH grants that were awarded to CCAD Alumni.

CCAD Connections We hope this newsletter finds you well! In this issue you will find a New Vision Research Focus by alumni Andy Shih, job opportunities, an introduction to our live webinar series coming in October, alumni spotlights and NIH grants awarded to alumni in 2022. We also want to say thank you to everyone

New Vision Research Focus – Andy Shih There are a lot of things they don’t teach you when you start a laboratory. The honeymoon period after getting a faculty position quickly transitions into a balancing act of business administration, mentoring, and family life, all while trying to conduct the most compelling science of your career

Therapeutics to protect brain function and mitigate risk for Alzheimer’s disease Did you know that the development of Alzheimer’s disease actually starts in the brain 20 to 30 years before any dementia symptoms appear? This is particularly true for people who carry the Apolipoprotein e4 (APOE4) gene, which is the most significant genetic risk factor

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