Newsletter | September 2023 Edition
Helpful Links: Do you have suggestions on how we can improve our newsletter? We would love your input! (View/vote in browser)
Newsletter | June 2023 Edition
Helpful Links: If you have suggestions for our newsletter, please let us know. We welcome your feedback!
Newsletter | March 2023 Edition
Helpful Links:
Newsletter | December 2022 Edition
Helpful Links: Five Myths About Aging Caring for Someone with AD
Vehicle Health | Prepare for Winter
With winter approaching, we want to make sure that both you and your vehicle stay safe!
Here are some vehicle health reminders, to help you prepare and winterize your automobile.
Newsletter | August 2022 Edition
We’ve implemented a quarterly newsletter to keep you “in the loop” on any updates that are happening. See our first edition below!
Summertime with students (Links to an external site)
Get to know more information about the Summer Research Program at the DRIVES Project!
Racial equity in Alzheimer’s research focus of $7 million in grants (Links to an external site)
This article discusses the grants awarded to two research teams within Washington University in St. Louis, to advance racial equity in Alzheimer’s disease research. The studies involved are focused on building a diverse registry that benefits participants and finding factors that place Black people at risk of cognitive decline.
Seeking Early Signals of Dementia in Driving and Credit Scores (Links to an external site)
How your driving might reveal early signs of Alzheimer’s (Links to an external site)
The following article by the BBC highlights our recent study using data from our longitudinal cohort and found that driving may serve as an effective and accurate digital biomarker for identifying preclinical AD among older adults.
Drs Babulal and Roe Research featured in ALZ: A magazine of the Alzheimer’s Association (Links to an external site)
DRIVES study awarded over $10 million in grants to examine changes in driving behavior (Links to an external site)
Dr. Babulal receives $3.98 million R01 from NIH/NIA
Dr. Babulal was awarded an R01 (AG067428) from the National Institute on Aging. This 5-year study will investigate how depression, preclinical Alzheimer disease, and antidepressant use affect driving behavior in cognitively normal older adults (≥ 65 years of age). Depression and symptomatic AD independently increase the risk of an automobile crash. Depression is also a factor […]
Dr. Babulal receives Best Poster award at GSA
Dr. Ganesh Babulal was awarded the Best Poster Award from the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Interest Group at the 2019 Gerontological Society of America conference in Austin, TX.
Dr. Roe receives the Janet E. Rafferty Scientist-Practitioner Award
Dr. Roe was selected for the Janet E. Rafferty Scientist-Practitioner Award from Southern Illinois University in recognition of her post-doctoral accomplishments, the quality of her dissertation, and excellence as a clinician and researcher who successfully integrates science and practice.