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.
Dr. Babulal elected as Vice-Chair for ISTAART Diversity and Disparities Professional Interest Area
Dr. Ganesh Babulal was elected as the Vice-Chair of the Diversity and Disparities Professional Interest Area (PIA), one of 19 PIAs in the Alzheimer’s Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment. He will serve in this position for 2 years (2019-2021). Diversity and Disparities PIA
Dr. Babulal receives Neuropsychiatric Syndromes PIA best poster for the 2018 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference
ISTAART Neuropsychiatric Syndromes PIA: Poster Winners It is our great pleasure to announce that in the junior investigator category, that Ganesh Babulal from Washington University School of Medicine and Deniz Buyukgok from Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine are the co-winners of the Neuropsychiatric Syndromes PIA best poster for the 2018 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference. Their […]
Dr. Roe interviews with Reuters Health about AD biomarkers and driving (Links to an external site)
Patients in the later stage of preclinical Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are more likely to fail or perform poorly on a test of driving skills, new research suggests.
Driving habits of older adults could signal signs of Alzheimer’s (Links to an external site)
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Doug Moore) interviewed us about our new study, talked with two of our participants currently enrolled in our studies and discuss the growth of the aging population.
Roe Lab receives $5.9 million grant from NIH/NIA (Links to an external site)
A $5.9 million study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis aims to learn more about how driving habits change with age and with the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, a form of dementia that affects one in 10 people over 65, stealing the ability to think, remember and, consequently, drive. The study led […]
Dr. Monique Williams delivers 12th Annual Norman R. Seay Lecture
I am honored that my wife Monique Williams was the keynote speaker at the 12th Annual Norman R. Seay Lecture presented at Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM) in St. Louis. The Norman R. Seay Lecture is a named lectureship at WUSM that honors civil rights leader and St. Louis native Norman Seay. Mr. Seay […]
Dr. Roe received the Academic Women’s Network 2017 Mentor Award
Dr. Roe received the Mentor Award from Academic Women’s Network (AWN) for serving as an outstanding mentor to both women and men at Washington University School of Medicine. She was presented the award at the AWN’s annual banquet on May 1, 2017 at Bar Italia.
Dr. Babulal receives Kopolow Award (Links to an external site)
For his research in preclinical AD and driving, Dr. Babulal received the The Alene and Meyer Kopolow Award for Geriatrics, Psychiatry, and Neurology.
Dr. Babulal receives Poletsky Award
Dr. Babulal was selected as the 2016 Richard & Mildred Poletsky Education Award recipient.
Dr. Babulal receives Alzheimer’s Association Research Fellowship (Links to an external site)
Fellowship aims to promote diversity. Project to focus on Racial Differences in Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarkers and Driving Behavior.
Preclinical Alzheimer disease: Mood changes are linked to biomarkers (Links to an external site)
Ganesh Babulal, discusses his publication on mood changes and preclinical AD.
Problems finding your way around may be earliest sign of Alzheimer’s disease, study suggests (Links to an external site)
Denise Head, associate professor of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences, discusses how problems on spatial navigation tasks may be an early predictor of Alzheimer’s disease.