Steven Belle, Ph.D., MSc.Hyg., co-director of the Epidemiology Data Center at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, has been named a Fellow… Read more
Category: Alzheimer’s disease
Pitt Alzheimer’s Researcher Receives Zaven Khachaturian Award
The Alzheimer’s Association recently recognized Dr. William E. Klunk with the 2017 Zaven Khachaturian Award. The award was presented during this year’s Alzheimer’s Association International… Read more
Detecting Alzheimer’s Disease in its Earliest Stages
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in collaboration with the University of Chile and the International Center for Biomedicine have developed a… Read more
Is There a Hidden Connection Between Down Syndrome, Alzheimer’s?
By age 60, 50 percent of people with Down syndrome will develop Alzheimer’s disease. To wrap up National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month, we ask Ben Handen,… Read more
In the News: A Peanut Butter Smell Test for Alzheimer’s?
Although we take it for granted, our sense of smell relies on an impressive level of complexity that not only allows us to experience the… Read more