BRAIN Center Members Join Gainesville Walk to End Alzheimer’s
As part of Team UFHealth, the BRAIN Center joined forces with the other neuroscience and neuromedicine centers on campus in the local Walk to End Alzheimer’s on October 22, 2022.
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Alzheimer's Disease
Lakiesha Williams Receives Alzheimer’s Association Grant
BRAIN Steering Committee member and associate professor of Biomedical Engineering, Dr. Lakiesha Williams, recently received an Alzheimer’s Association grant for her work studying the disease. Under a $150,000 grant, her project will provide insights into the role of a genotype called apolipoprotein E, or APOE, in tau pathology related to…
Promoting Brain Health to Reduce Rates of Alzheimer’s
As a partner in the new Florida Brain Health Consortium, the University of Florida is strategically working to reduce rates of Alzheimer’s disease by focusing on lowering known risk factors such as hypertension, physical inactivity and depression.
