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Elizabeth Head, Ph.D.

@elizabethhead.bsky.social

Professor, Dept Path at the University of California Irvine. Focused on Aging and Alzheimer disease in people with Down syndrome, πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦, http://sites.mind.uci.edu/headlab/ and https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/abc-ds

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Interested in non-modifiable risk factor research in the dementia field? Check out this 🧡featuring papers in the A&D journal family #AlzResearch

10.10.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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4 Ways to Get Someone with Dementia to Change Clothes – DailyCaring A common challenge for caregivers is how to get seniors with dementia to change clothes. Get 6 reasons they refuse & 4 ways to encourage changing more often

4 Ways to Get Someone with Dementia to Change Clothes dailycaring.com/4-ways-to-ge...

#Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving

06.10.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mr Savage on empathy Discover topics like awesome, empathy, mr savage, and the magic of the internet at Imgur, a community powered entertainment destination. Lift your spirits with funny jokes, trending memes, entertainin...

Found this - and I love it. @asavage.bsky.social is an amazing person. "Everything good I have in my life is because of empathy and kindness. Me too my friend. Me too. imgur.com/gallery/mr-s...

05.10.2025 08:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful study from a stellar team!!

03.10.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love it!!!

02.10.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for saying this.

02.10.2025 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Will miss her.

02.10.2025 04:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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βœ… Our "Emerging Insights into #LewyBodyDisease" review series is now complete!

Dive into the full collection covering diagnosis, management & mechanisms of LBD

Explore all articles here ➑️ biomedcentral.com/collections/...

#synucleinopathies #Parkinsons #microbiome #neuroimaging #sleep

30.09.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for including me on your list!!! This made me smile!

29.09.2025 05:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But also will add - did not mean to sound negative - fantastic overview!

24.09.2025 05:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One day - would hope to see Down syndrome included in Figure 1.

24.09.2025 04:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Largest ever TauPET study of Alzheimer’s deepens understanding of the disease Lund University. β€œSuch an extensive study of Alzheimer’s disease has never been done before – in terms of both the number of participants or the wide geographical spread,” says Rik Ossenkoppele, resea...

Large PET scan study links genetics, gender and age to Alzheimer's tau buildup www.medicine.lu.se/article/larg... by @lunduniversity.bsky.social

#Alzheimers #dementia #genetics #gender

22.09.2025 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Childhood Loneliness and Cognitive Decline and Dementia Risk in Adulthood This cohort study examines whether childhood loneliness is associated with cognitive decline and dementia risk in midlife and older age and whether adult loneliness mediates or modifies these associat...

Childhood Loneliness and Cognitive Decline and Dementia Risk in Adulthood jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

#Alzheimers #dementia #loneliness #mentalhealth #neuroscience #NeuroSkyence

13.09.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Globalizing ancestral diversity in AD genetics is essential to identify interventions across populations. Learn about critical efforts to address this need in this #TRCI article🧡

alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

08.09.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

A cool (and potentially paradigm shifting) study from the Liddelow lab

03.09.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Negroni!

02.09.2025 06:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Super excited to be one of the speakers for this course! I’ll be speaking about our experience with the @3wishesprogram.bsky.social at @uclahealth.org and how to start such a program! @harvardmed.bsky.social

31.08.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautifully written @talnuriel.bsky.social.

23.08.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Iron mishandling in the brain and periphery in Parkinson’s disease - npj Parkinson's Disease npj Parkinson's Disease - Iron mishandling in the brain and periphery in Parkinson’s disease

Excited to share this review from Mackenzie Bolen Kelly Menees, PhD and University of Florida UG Aidan Dupreez in #TanseyLab3ptO on #irondysregulation in the #brain and #periphery in #Parkinsons. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

19.08.2025 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for sharing !

15.08.2025 04:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love the work you are doing - so important!!! Also looking at this topic in women with Down syndrome with @ejdrews.bsky.social ! Amplifying so more people can hear about your study #bhammstudy

10.08.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you Jennifer Yoon @CBC The National for highlighting our work the importance of studying menopause in our quest to understand why more women are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease!

www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Learn more about the #BHAMMstudy findings here:

bheamlab.ca/publications

09.08.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have a pizza too!

07.08.2025 05:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Taco blanket??

06.08.2025 05:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic study!

05.08.2025 06:03 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Assistant Professor - Madison, Wisconsin, United States Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

We're hiring! Please share with your networks!

The Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in the field of demography of health and aging beginning in August 2026
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

29.07.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 95    πŸ” 101    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
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A recent study from the Rudolf Virchow Center maps the binding sites of 20 key antibodies, including biosimilars to recently approved therapeutics for #Alzheimer's disease, revealing how structural variants of #AΞ² impact detection.

Read the blog πŸ”Ž https://bit.ly/416lxMM

28.07.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Come check out #AAIC2025 Poster 807! Work from my R01 with Melinda Power, led by Yi Chen on the association of different neuropathologies with a timely diagnosis of dementia in healthcare settings. Medicare claims linked to @rushalzheimers.bsky.social cohort data

28.07.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Sharing!

28.07.2025 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Don't miss out on poster presentations by #NIAfundedADRC REC scholars today at #AAIC2025!

Learn more about the Research, Education, Component (REC) and REC scholars: naccdata.org/adrc-resourc...

27.07.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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