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.
July 2023 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 …
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 …
New Vision Research Progress – Kevin Beier 2020 New Vision Awardee, Kevin Beier presents research progress at this year’s conference I was fortunate to be invited to the 2020 Charleston Conference on Alzheimer’s disease, at a time when I was struggling to try to get my Alzheimer’s disease research off the ground. I am by …
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. …
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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 …
New Vision Research Highlight – Dr. Miranda Orr Photo credit: The researcher Ralph Nixon points to an abnormal blob amid the brain tissue of an Alzheimer’s patient in a microscopy image taken in the 1990s. –Karen Dias for Quanta Magazine Congratulations to 2020 CCAD Alumni, Dr. Miranda Orr! Dr. Orr’s research studying senescent cells in …
Faces of CCAD 2023 Meet the faces of CCAD 2023! Representing 12 universities from around the country and chosen from a pool of over 80 applicants, we are excited to introduce you to the CCAD 2023 attendees. How familiar are you with your fellow researchers? Can you match the researcher to the title of the project …
