Alyssa Arentoft, PhD

So great to see you, and can’t believe we forgot to take a picture! Next time!!

Our Health ROI Explore how your tax dollars fund life‑saving medical research.

Ever wonder how many lives have been saved by NIH-funded research - including your own? Enter any medical condition and instantly see how your tax dollars transformed science into survival.

www.ourhealthroi.com

Plasma MTBR-tau243 biomarker identifies tau tangle pathology in Alzheimer’s disease - Nature Medicine Plasma eMTBR-tau243 is a specific biomarker of tau tangles in Alzheimer’s disease and enables the detecting and tracking of Alzheimer’s clinical impairment.

We now have a blood biomarker that is even more strongly associated with tau PET and cognitive symptoms than even p-tau217! Plasma eMTBR-tau243 will help us to understand whether cognitive impairment is likely to be related to Alzheimer's pathology. #ENDALZ

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Best Investment You Didn’t Know You Made: How NIH Funding Fuels Innovation and Economic Growth Continued investment in the NIH is essential to fighting current and emerging health threats and to ensuring the U.S. remains a global leader in medical innovation.

THIS: The Best Investment You Didn’t Know You Made: How NIH Funding Fuels Innovation and Economic Growth
www.amfar.org/news/how-nih...

Progress has been the direct product of investments in research funding, as well as increased participation in research by patients and their families."

Includes this important reminder for our times: "The last decades of research progress in Alzheimer disease and
related disorders have been exciting, important, and hard-earned.

The Bad Medicine of Doctored This Viewpoint discusses a recent book that alleges scientific misconduct in Alzheimer disease (AD) research; summarizes actual progress made in the field; suggests that the book contributes to a narr...

Excellent rebuttal to "Doctored" now out in JAMA by Grill & Rabinovici

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips.

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canada.ca/en/public-he...

Tens of thousands of psychological measures have been created, but 79% are not reused more than twice.

In a new article in NHB lead by @faridanvari.bsky.social and @ruben.the100.ci we quantify this fragmentation in psychology's measures and propose solutions.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Key recommendations for sharing information with memory clinic patients:
- Ask about needs and preferences, and re-assess over time
- Tailor information to the patient (e.g., test results, diagnosis, prognosis)
- Provide jargon-free communication in verbal and visual form

See full article below 👇🏻

Cognitive function, health literacy, and subsequent incidence of dementia among Japanese older adults INTRODUCTION Low cognitive function and poor health literacy are risk factors for dementia and have a bidirectional relationship. Here, we examined their individual and combined effects on the incid...

A recent longitudinal article in Alzheimer's & Dementia: Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging reports dementia risk factors include low cognitive function and poor health literacy among community-dwelling Japanese older adults

alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

#AlzResearch #BSEA

📣 Calling all future Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) investigators!! Don't forget to submit your application to the Health Enhancement Scientific Program (HESP) due by March 9th!

🌐 For more details and how to apply: hesp.medicine.wisc.edu/applications/

#ADRDresearch #Scholarship

A major milestone for @alzdemjournals.bsky.social #BSEA! We now have our Inaugural Issue. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 I could not be more honored and proud of our work together. Shout out to all Authors, Reviewers, Editorial Board members, and Supporters!!! 💛💜💚 Lundi Gras, indeed!

Our inaugural issue is here and open access!
#ENDALZ

Alzheimer's & Dementia: Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging – Purpose, Vision, and Guidance Click on the article title to read more.

⭐Introducing Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging, the latest addition to the @alzassociation.bsky.social’s A&D journal family ⭐️

#BSEA Blitz week starts now! Follow for content highlights and meet the editors!

Learn more: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Have you heard the latest ISTAART Voices episode? 🎙️

Hear Dr. @jaceflatt.bsky.social talk about the unique risks & disparities LGBTQIA+ older adults face with dementia & innovative ways to engage this community in research. 🏳️‍🌈

Listen at alz.org/ISTAARTpodcasts or your favorite podcast platforms! 🎧

NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.

Please drop a heart 💙 and "share" if you stand with the National Institutes of Health and the vital research it supports to address Alzheimer’s, cancer, autism, mental health, infectious disease, substance misuse, diabetes, heart disease, vision and hearing impairment, pain, and so much more.

Hey y’all! Please see below for an awesome event for researchers who aim to work and collaborate with diverse Black communities focused on aging. #BHM

<em>Immunology & Cell Biology</em> | ASI Journal | Wiley Online Library <em>Immunology & Cell Biology</em>  is the flagship journal of the ASI, focusing on the general functioning of the immune system, with particular emphasis on its cell biology.

There is so much to learn about lab work or team management that is not scientific. We tend to kludge together our own method by trial and error, which is why it is special that @immunolcellbiol.bsky.social collects hints and tips from others to share:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

The POWER OF US Course: A syllabus for teaching about social identity Issue 123: Calling all educators: we have new free educational materials for teaching about the Power of Shared Identity

Interested in teaching people about social identity, group dynamics, intergroup conflict, & social psychology?

We made a syllabus with free content:
-Course schedule
-Videos
-Readings
-Chapter summaries
-Slides
-Tests
-Activities
-Interactive class Q&A
www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/the-power-...

Sexism Is a Risk Factor for Memory Decline Among Women Columbia researchers have found that women born in the most sexist U.S. states experience faster memory decline in later life compared to women born in the least sexist states.

New study finds that women born in the most sexist U.S. states experienced faster memory decline in later years compared to women born in the least sexist states. The difference was equivalent to nine years of cognitive aging.

A interesting body of commentary from key people on this critically important topic. Definitely worth a read. Is removing substantial amyloid plus meeting safety targets enough to approve a treatment for #Alzheimer's? #ENDALZ

www.alzforum.org/news/researc...

Assistant Professor- Tenure Track, Clinical Neuropsychology University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

🚨🔔Calling all Neuropsychologists and those who know and support them!!!

Check out a new position posting here.

Come join me and other awesome colleagues @ucimind.bsky.social @ucirvine.bsky.social 🚨🔔

recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09362

The Portable Mentor Cambridge Core - Psychiatry - The Portable Mentor

So excited! A donor has made The Portable Mentor totally and completely FREE for anyone!!!!!! No royalties, no sign up, just download any/all of the 30 chapters of professional development advice!!! HOORAY!!!!! Equal access for everyone!!!!

Check out the ToC!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...

Congratulations!! Sounds like exciting work!

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You get a profile page. Here is mine as an example: policyprofiles.sagepub.com/profile/5920...

Very useful for those of us who are fresh from the other place

Straight from “The Source”, a health equity starter pack from Dr. Lisa Barnes (@beyoung40.bsky.social) herself! #brain #health #equity go.bsky.app/B19wWRe

I missed the MELODEM (Methods in Longitudinal Research on Dementia group) talk today by Yingyan Wu (PhD student working with @ermayeda.bsky.social at UCLA) but it was recorded! In fact, all recent melodem talks are posted: sites.bu.edu/melodem/reso...
If you're an #EndAlz geek, this site's for you.

I hope so! 🤞🏻