by championing cognitive aging research
The McKnight Brain Research Foundation strives to better understand and alleviate age-related cognitive decline and memory loss to help people age successfully and maintain their brain health.
Cognitive health by the numbers
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Interview with CNN Chief Medical Correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Keep Your Brain Healthy
McKnight Brain Research Foundation Trustee, Dr. Richard Isaacson, recently sat down with neurosurgeon and CNN Chief Medical Correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, to talk about his latest book, Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age and his key takeaways for maintaining cognitive health.
Learn More About Cognitive Aging
From the Blog
Expert Interview Series
Interview with Dr. Ronald Lazar
Dr. Ronald Lazar served as the Senior and Corresponding Author on the American Heart Association Scientific Statement published today, A Primary Care Agenda for Brain Health. In this interview, Dr. Lazar outlines his key take-aways from writing the scientific statement and his goals for establishing brain health as a whole-life endeavor and shifting cognitive decline from a treatment-based model to a prevention-based model.
Our 20+ Year Commitment to Brain Research
Learn More About the Foundation
Read our new organizational brochure to learn more about our investment in and commitment to better understanding and alleviating age-related cognitive decline and memory loss.
Read our new organizational brochure to learn more about our investment in and commitment to better understanding and alleviating age-related cognitive decline and memory loss.
The McKnight Brain Institutes
An important goal of the Foundation is to foster cross-discipline, productive collaboration among top brain health scientists from across the country. In commitment to that goal, the Foundation has established three Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institutes at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the University of Arizona and the University of Miami and the Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Florida.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Arizona
