@profrwhitmer
Professor| Vice Chair Research Public Health Sciences |Neurology @UC Davis *Seeking a Lifetime of Brain Health for All* https://rachelwhitmer.ucdavis.edu/ https://health.ucdavis.edu/alzheimers-research/our-team #EpiSky #ADRD #PublicHealth #BrainHealth
The findings, shared for the first time today at #AAIC25, tested lifestyle programs that simultaneously targeted risk factors. The programs focused on:
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Two lifestyle interventions -- one structured, the other self-guided -- improved cognition in older adults at risk of cognitive decline, the 2-year U.S. POINTER trial showed. #AAIC2025
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Wonderful news yesterday with the publication of our top line results for U. S. POINTER ! Lifestyle interventions can improve brain๐ง health !
Thanks so much to @jeremymberg.bsky.social for helping us bring attention to the impact of funding delays within our ADRC networks. Wish my first NYT quote could have been something related to cool science but these are times we live in!
I was SO honored tonight to be recognized amongst others during AANHPI Heritage Month by Assembly Member Stephanie Nguyแป n. Appreciate being able to share the moment with my family and friends โค๏ธ
Terrific paper coming from the #Vietnamese Insights into Aging Program, led by Dr. Brandon Gavett, showing that global cognition can be estimated in #VIP participants w/ minimal bias and psychometrically matched to NACC UDS data. alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Here, our researchers describe the impact of their work, and the consequences if federal support for this cutting-edge research were reduced or eliminated.
Visit ucdavis.edu/labs-to-lives to hear from our researchers.
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Some encouraging news on the NIH front. The NIA council meeting that was cancelled in January convened virtually in the last day or so and voted on pending grants. This should free up some Alzheimerโs funding.
New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
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๐ฃThis #InternationalWomensDay I'm spotlighting a womenโs brain health initiative led by our lab, with postdocs Chloe Lopez Lee & Eirini Polychronaki @sinaibrain.bsky.social
We're working to understand how hormonal shifts in menopause influence blood vessels, brain aging, & dementia ๐ง #IWD2025
Great resources here for those of us interested in Ecological Momentary Assessment #EMA #ENDALZ
Dr. Ambar Kulshreshtha is the lead author of a JAMA Network Open study examining undiagnosed cognitive impairment at federally qualified health centers. The study found that 75% of participants had undiagnosed cognitive issues. #dementia #FamilyMedicine #PrimaryCare #SDoH #ADRD #MedSky #PublicHealth
There's still time to apply to the #NIA Butler-Williams Scholar program. "The intensive learning experience is intended for postdoctoral and early-stage investigators pursuing a training award, career development award, or their first R01 or R01 equivalent." The due date is March 31. #geronsky #adrd
Someone had to do it! I created a starter pack for #Alzheimerโs #dementia #ADRD researchers on Bluesky. Please let me know who I left out! Hoping more and more of us will join Bluesky
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Furious and heartbroken ๐ for our Columbia colleagues. This is an attack on science and higher ed and the victims are scientists who have devoted their careers to reducing human suffering
I received one of the 232 NIH grant "terminations" sent to scientists at Columbia last night. My research focuses on improving maternal and child health in the US. Also affected: ongoing clinical trials, research training programs, and research centers that aim to improve the health of Americans.
I have confirmation from several sources now that all T32s, many F30s and F31s, and most or all Center awards (P30, P50) have been terminated at Columbia.
This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.
This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...
Add R25s to that list.
Our NIH funding got straight up cancelled today for the two R25s that my team runs at Columbia for post-bacs and high-school students.
I fear for our young scholars, who love learning about the brain and now are losing opportunities to be tomorrow's neuroscientists. ๐งช
