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Alzheimer’s disease

Students showcase work during Undergraduate Research Symposium

Around 60 undergraduates presented their original mentored investigations and creative inquiries during Friday's event. ...

Doctoral student Ken Smith searches for patterns in genetic data for Alzheimer’s detection

Smith is working on a diagnostic technique by developing software that identifies connections among the genetic material of individuals with Alzheimer’s....

Computer scientist Sharlee Climer investigating pathways of COVID-19 with support of new NIH grant

Climer and her colleagues at Washington University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory received a $650,000 grant to try to uncover why the disease produces different symptoms....

MIMH fosters innovative approaches to meet large health care challenges

Investigators work on everything from biomarker discovery to program evaluation and professional training and touch people in all 114 counties of the state....

Assistant professor uses high-powered computing to mine genetic sources of Alzheimer’s

Sharlee Climer has developed several methods to unearth patterns connected to the disease in the available case-control data she examines....

MIMH Professor David Tate honored for his research on traumatic brain injuries

The associate research professor at the Missouri Institute of Mental Health was named the Senior Faculty Investigator of the Year....

Biochemistry grad Victoria Rogers tackles Alzheimer’s, childhood beliefs, 5 grad school acceptances

Rogers' Alzheimer's research got her into grad school and helped develop an antibody that could slow the disease, which has affected Rogers' family....

Tom Meuser discusses impact Alzheimer’s can have on caregivers on ‘The Pulse of St. Louis’

The director of UMSL's gerontology program was part of a panel of experts appearing on the Saturday night show on KPLR....

Alzheimer’s in minorities focus of contemporary issues series discussion

More than five million people today are living with Alzheimer's disease, and as many as 16 million will have the disease in 2050. While symptoms are similar among all people,...