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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.

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

New Vision Research Focus – Swati Rane I am an imaging research scientist and I develop novel imaging methods, as well as analyses to better understand AD pathogenesis. My New Vision Award in 2015 jump started my research career and allowed me to build upon my research ideas and pursue them to eventually become an

CCAD Connections January 2023 We are excited to bring you the CCAD Connections for a fourth year in a row! In this issue you will find the 2023 Faces of CCAD, a New Vision Research Focus, alumni spotlight, and job opportunities.