Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
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Massachusetts ADRC's mission is to support new research & to enhance ongoing research by providing core support to bring together behavioral, biomedical, and clinical science investigators in a manner that will enrich the effectiveness of Alzheimer disease.
Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
3y ago
Congratulations to Dr. Brad Dickerson who was recently promoted to Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School! Dr. Dickerson is the MGH Tommy Rickles Endowed Chair in Primary Progressive Aphasia Research, Director of the Frontotemporal Disorders Unit, and Leader of the Alzheimer Center Imaging Core. He has been an NIH-funded investigator continuously for more than 17 years and has over 195 peer-reviewed publications.
To learn more about Dr. Dickerson’s work: http://www.dickersonlab.org ..read more
Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
3y ago
Beginning today, Thursday, February 11th, anyone accompanying Massachusetts residents over the age of 75 who ..read more
Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
3y ago
Winter Holiday/Vaccine Letter to Patients – 16 December 2020
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Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
3y ago
We are proud to announce that @GAP_Foundation has recognized Dennis Chan with the 2020 National Citizen Scientist Catalyst Award! Dennis is a volunteer in the A4 #Alzheimers prevention trial and was inspired to join by his children ..read more
Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
3y ago
The Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (MADRC) is pleased to announce an opening for a two-year Clinical Fellowship in Dementia at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and related institutions beginning  ..read more
Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
3y ago
Are you having problems with your memory and thinking abilities or concerned about recent changes? Do you have a family history of Alzheimer’s disease (AD)? Have you recently received a diagnosis of AD? Consider participating in the Clarity AD clinical trial ..read more
Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
3y ago
The Massachusetts Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (MADRC) is pleased to announce a Call for development research project proposals on Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related dementias. For more information, see the attached document ..read more
Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
3y ago
If you are new to Zoom and having trouble figuring it out, check out this great "Zoom How To" lesson put together by our friends at Michigan ADRC! See attached document ..read more
Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
3y ago
Neuronal damage in acute CNS injuries and chronic neurodegenerative diseases is invariably accompanied by an astrocyte reaction in both mice and humans. However, whether and how the nature of the CNS insult—acute versus chronic—influences the astrocyte response, and whether astrocyte transcriptomic changes in these mouse models faithfully recapitulate the astrocyte reaction in human diseases remains to be elucidated ..read more
Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
3y ago
The virtual Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) last week brought together thousands of researchers from across the globe to share their findings. We are proud of the many MADRC-affiliated staff who presented study results and theories that will help advance Alzheimer’s and related dementia research!
Attached is a list of presentations made by MADRC team members* at AAIC (*in red ..read more