Bennett Landman, PhD, Chair of the Department and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received a $2.6 million NIH grant to improve the understanding of structural changes in the brains of people who have Alzheimer’s Disease. The goal is to identify opportunities for early intervention by developing more effective interventional strategies. Dr. Landman leads the four-year project.
“Changes in brain’s white matter are increasingly being understood as a source of early markers of Alzheimer’s disease, and diffusion weighted MRI offers unparalleled opportunities to probe these brain connections,” said Dr. Landman, also a Chancellor Faculty Fellow.