Interested in learning more about the scientists at Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center? Register here to attend a webinar to meet the VMAC team, sponsored by the International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART). 

On September 29, 2020, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) held its annual StrategyShare event to highlight innovation in translational research and clinical care. The virtual format of StrategyShare2020 enabled VUMC leaders to engage the largest, most diverse audience ever. Several members of the Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center faculty presented at the event. Check out their talks below: Artificial Intelligence

Vanderbilt and Meharry faculty, staff, postdoctoral fellows, and students of all levels are invited to submit poster abstracts for Alzheimer's Disease Research Day. The deadline to submit an abstract is Thursday, October 22 at 5:00pm. The best postdoc and best student poster will receive prizes. Select posters will be invited to present in data blitz sessions during the November 13 event. Please note that event registration is required for participation. Link to submit your abstract: https://bit.ly/2020PosterAbstracts

Dr. Angela Jefferson, Director of the Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center, has won 2020 Neuroscience Graduate Program Mentor of the Year from the Vanderbilt Brain Institute. Congratulations, Dr. Jefferson!

A new $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health is enabling Vanderbilt University chemist Renã A.S. Robinson to expand her research on racial disparities in Alzheimer’s and other diseases. Robinson, an associate professor of chemistry and Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chancellor Faculty Fellow, is the co-principal investigator on the R01 grant, which is designed to develop and test recruiting materials aimed at encouraging older African Americans to participate in Alzheimer’s research.

Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center is one of four newly-minted exploratory Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers (ADRC) funded by an NIA P20 grant. The P20 grant awards are designed to allow programs to build capacity as they work towards becoming a full P30-funded ADRC. Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center fills an important service gap in the southeastern U.S. and makes key research contributions to the ADRC network.