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New Vision Research Progress – Miranda Orr 2020 New Vision Awardee, Miranda Orr presents research progress at this year’s conference   I am a translational neurobiologist investigating how and why advanced age increases the risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease. My research program spans discovery science to early stage clinical trials. In 2018, my team identified […]

April 2023 CCAD Connections We are excited to announce another successful Charleston Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease! This year we awarded one grant of $100,000. Since the first CCAD conference in 2013, we have awarded over one-million dollars in funding through the New Vision Awards. The goal of CCAD is to provide a forum for multi-disciplinary

New Vision Research Focus – Cristian Lasagna-Reeves March 1st, 2017, was one of the most important days of my scientific career: I officially opened my laboratory at Indiana University School of Medicine. On March 2nd, I flew to Charleston, South Carolina, to participate in the 5th annual CCAD, my first meeting as an independent investigator.

2023 New Vision Awardee – Christina B. Young I am a clinician-scientist with expertise in neuropsychology, neuroimaging, and statistics. I am dedicated to identifying real-world declines in cognition that track with the pathological changes due to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. I am especially interested in identifying novel approaches of objectively tracking cognitive change in