Alzheimer’s Disease

The University of Florida has awarded Adam Woods, Ph.D., one of two UF Foundation Term Professorships for 2022-23. The three-year professorship, which comes with a $25,000 award, is presented in support of the university’s preeminence goals to further advance faculty research efforts. Woods is an associate professor and associate chair…

Steven T. DeKosky, M.D., deputy director of UF’s Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute, honored with the Henry Wisniewski Lifetime Achievement Award during the 2020 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference. The award recognizes significant contributions to Alzheimer’s disease and dementia research, either through a single scientific discovery or a body of work.

In The Conversation, Drs. Golde and DeKosky explain the new test, which shows high accuracy in detecting chemicals specific to Alzheimer’s.

The program trains doctoral students to explore treatments to prevent or slow cognitive aging, mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease.

Study demonstrates that additional proteins misfold in the presence of neurodegenerative disease pathologies.

Learn how philanthropy has played a key role in UF Health’s neuroscience research and clinical programs in the latest edition of Florida Physician.

Brain network imaging study could help guide drug development to improve cognitive function.

Dr. Malú Tansey shared research findings on gut-brain communication via the immune system.

Dr. Wissam Deeb and researcher partners reveal new findings that could advance our understanding of human memory.