The McKnight Brain Research Foundation announces this year’s competitive research award opportunities available through partnerships with the American Brain Foundation/American Academy of Neurology and with the American Federation for Aging Research.
Dr. Ronald Lazar, Director of the McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Receives Funding from the McCance Brain Center at Massachusetts General Hospital
Ronald Lazar, PhD, FAHA, FAAN, Director of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Pamela Bowen, PhD, CRNP, FNP-BC, BBA, Associate Professor, UAB recently received funding for a new pilot project aiming to demonstrate that exercise directly impacts cardiorespiratory fitness and has a broader effect across other risk factors, thus improving overall brain health.
Dr. Madhav Thambisetty, MBRF Trustee and Vice Chair, Recently Addressed “Targeting Pathology in Neurodegenerative Disease” at the 2023 AAN Annual Meeting
Madhav Thambisetty, MD, PhD, MBRF Trustee and Vice Chair, senior investigator at the National Institute on Aging and adjunct professor of neurology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, recently addressed the important topic of “Targeting Pathology in Neurogenerative Disease” at the Plenary Session of the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology.
Highlights from the 2023 Inter-Institutional Meeting Hosted by the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Expert scientists who study age-related memory loss across the four McKnight Brain Institutes came together at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) campus in May to share and discuss the latest scientific research and collaborative efforts to advance the prevention and mitigation of cognitive decline.
Live Better Longer Webinar: Advances in Brain Health
The McKnight Brain Research Foundation is thrilled to share that our 2022 Innovator Award recipients, Emilie T. Read, PhD, and Tara Tracy, PhD, were recently featured as experts in the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) and Prevention Magazine’s Live Better Longer webinar series.
Dr. Kristina Visscher Named Associate Director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
On January 1, 2023 the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute (MBI) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) announced Kristina Visscher, Ph.D. as its new Associate Director.
McKnight Brain Research Foundation Trustees Featured in Inside Philanthropy White Paper on Giving for Neuroscience
Inside Philanthropy recently published an article profiling the partnership and individual efforts of the McKnight Brain Research Foundation (MBRF) and the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR).
Dr. Jennifer Bizon Named Director of the University of Florida’s Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute
Jennifer Bizon, Ph.D., chair of the UF College of Medicine department of neuroscience and an expert in brain aging, has been appointed director of the Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida.
Dr. Carol A. Barnes Named One of Research.com’s Top 1,000 Female Scientists in the World for 2022
Research.com recently published its first list of the top 1,000 female scientists in the world and we’re thrilled to congratulate Dr. Carol A. Barnes, the Evelyn F. McKnight Endowed Chair for Learning and Memory in Aging, and Director of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Arizona for this well deserved recognition.
Tips for Holiday Wellness
A recent study by MBRF Trustee, Madhav Thambisetty, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues at the National Institute on Aging suggests that some cholesterol medications may impact signaling pathways in the brain, particularly in men.