Vanderbilt Reporter feature of Dr. Timothy Hohman's research exploring African ancestry and it's association with increased risk of Alzheimer's disease

Higher genomic levels of African ancestry are associated with an increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease, a consortium of investigators reported recently in Alzheimer’s & Dementia.  It was known that African-Americans are at a higher risk for Alzheimer’s disease, said the study’s first author, Timothy Hohman, Ph.D., assistant professor of Neurology.