The McKnight Brain Research Foundation is seeking a visionary and strategic leader with fluency in basic and/or clinical neuroscience and related health sciences to lead and advance the Foundation’s mission and purpose of preserving memory and supporting healthy cognitive aging through research and education.
Learning a New Language is Hard, but Your Brain Will Thank You
Learning a new language as an adult can be a powerful way to boost your cognitive skills and maintain your brain’s health. It can build your cognitive reserve, stave off the effects of brain aging, and have helpful social and emotional benefits. Learning a new language as an adult is certainly more challenging, but your brain will thank you.
The McKnight Brain Research Foundation Inter-Institutional Meeting Convenes Top Cognitive Aging Scientists from the Four McKnight Brain Institutes
More than 100 investigators seeking to unlock the mysteries of memory and the normal cognitive aging process met May 15-17 at the University of Florida McKnight Brain Institute in Gainesville for the McKnight Brain Research Foundation’s 15th Inter-Institutional Meeting.
New Gerontological Society of America Momentum Podcast Features McKnight Brain Research Foundation Executive Director and Trustee
With the growing hope and expectation that it’s possible to maintain cognitive health later in life, allowing people to age independently and enjoy the benefits of a fuller life, Angelika Schlanger, PhD, Executive Director of the McKnight Brain Research Foundation and Allison Brashear, MD, MBA, a McKnight Brain Research Foundation Trustee and Vice President for Health Sciences and Dean of the Jacobs School at the University at Buffalo were recently featured on the Gerontological Society of America’s (GSA) Momentum Discussions podcast.
Roy H. Hamilton, MD, MS, Elected to the McKnight Brain Research Foundation Board of Trustees
The McKnight Brain Research Foundation recently elected Dr. Roy H. Hamilton, a Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, to its Board of Trustees. Dr. Hamilton serves as Director of the Penn Laboratory for Cognition and Neural Stimulation and Director of the Penn Brain Science, Translation, Innovation and Modulation Center.
Sharon A. Brangman, MD, Elected to the McKnight Brain Research Foundation Board of Trustees
The McKnight Brain Research Foundation recently elected Dr. Sharon A. Brangman, a leader in the field of geriatrics, to its Board of Trustees. Dr. Brangman serves as Chair of the Department of Geriatrics and Director of the Center for Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease, and is a Distinguished Service Professor at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse.
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.
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).
Announcing the 2022 Recipients of the McKnight Brain Research Foundation Innovator Awards in Cognitive Aging and Memory Loss
Announcing the 2022 recipients of The McKnight Brain Research Foundation Innovator Awards in Cognitive Aging and Memory Loss: Emily T. Reas, PhD, of the University of California San Diego (UCSD), and Tara Tracy, PhD, of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging.
Inside Philanthropy Article Profiles Efforts of the McKnight Brain Research Foundation and the American Federation for Aging Research
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).
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