Another NIH grant rescinded -
The Epidemiology of Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias in Sexual and Gender Minority Older Adults: Identifying Risk and Protective Factors - 1K01AG056669
The Epidemiology of Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias in Sexual and Gender Minority Older Adults: Identifying Risk and Protective Factors - 1K01AG056669
March 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Another NIH grant rescinded -
The Epidemiology of Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias in Sexual and Gender Minority Older Adults: Identifying Risk and Protective Factors - 1K01AG056669
The Epidemiology of Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias in Sexual and Gender Minority Older Adults: Identifying Risk and Protective Factors - 1K01AG056669
These firings just hit NIH's Roy Blunt Center for Alzheimer's and Related Dementias. Yes, you read that right. It's named after a GOP Senator.
Yesterday afternoon employees were informed of layoffs, including its highly-regarded incoming director. Details:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
Yesterday afternoon employees were informed of layoffs, including its highly-regarded incoming director. Details:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
February 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
These firings just hit NIH's Roy Blunt Center for Alzheimer's and Related Dementias. Yes, you read that right. It's named after a GOP Senator.
Yesterday afternoon employees were informed of layoffs, including its highly-regarded incoming director. Details:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
Yesterday afternoon employees were informed of layoffs, including its highly-regarded incoming director. Details:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
In people with diabetes, GLP-1 and SGLT2i drugs were associated with less Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
April 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
In people with diabetes, GLP-1 and SGLT2i drugs were associated with less Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
I think that is exactly what it is. Disinhibition can indicate cognitive decline. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Cognitive and behavioural inhibition deficits in neurodegenerative dementias
Disinhibition, mainly caused by damage in frontotemporal brain regions, is one of the major causes of caregiver distress in neurodegenerative dementias. Behavioural inhibition deficits are usually des...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
June 17, 2026 at 7:39 PM
I think that is exactly what it is. Disinhibition can indicate cognitive decline. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Important article. This center was taking new approaches to studying Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
Everyone who knows someone with dementia is being hurt by Trump’s cuts to medical research. 🧪
Everyone who knows someone with dementia is being hurt by Trump’s cuts to medical research. 🧪
Scoop --> Trump-Musk cuts just resulted in the firing of numerous top researchers at NIH's center for combating Alzheimer's, sources tell me. They predict big setbacks to fighting dementias.
This cause was once championed by *Republicans.*
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
This cause was once championed by *Republicans.*
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
Oops: Trump-Musk Cuts Just Wrecked an NIH Org Championed by GOPers
Republicans once lavished praise on an NIH center that deals with Alzheimer’s. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are hobbling it. What will they say now?
newrepublic.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Important article. This center was taking new approaches to studying Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
Everyone who knows someone with dementia is being hurt by Trump’s cuts to medical research. 🧪
Everyone who knows someone with dementia is being hurt by Trump’s cuts to medical research. 🧪
A 20-year study found brain games that boost speed and split attention helped prevent Alzheimer’s and other dementias. https://cnn.it/4ttBjhp
February 10, 2026 at 10:30 PM
A 20-year study found brain games that boost speed and split attention helped prevent Alzheimer’s and other dementias. https://cnn.it/4ttBjhp
The Trump-Musk rationales for deep cuts to spending on medical research are an insultingly ridiculous farce. The firings at the NIH's Roy Blunt Center for Alzheimer's and Related Dementias really lay this all bare:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
February 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The Trump-Musk rationales for deep cuts to spending on medical research are an insultingly ridiculous farce. The firings at the NIH's Roy Blunt Center for Alzheimer's and Related Dementias really lay this all bare:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
People are given REPEATED cognitive assessments when they are diagnosed with—or being evaluated for—progressive neurological conditions like dementias or the cognitive impact of other illnesses.
The repetition is meant to create a baseline and then assess ongoing performance against that baseline.
The repetition is meant to create a baseline and then assess ongoing performance against that baseline.
January 2, 2026 at 3:08 PM
People are given REPEATED cognitive assessments when they are diagnosed with—or being evaluated for—progressive neurological conditions like dementias or the cognitive impact of other illnesses.
The repetition is meant to create a baseline and then assess ongoing performance against that baseline.
The repetition is meant to create a baseline and then assess ongoing performance against that baseline.
For Missouri folks fruitlessly calling their senators and reps, you can ask why Trump fired workers at Roy Blunt Center for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Research. #stl #kc #missouri
Awful: Numerous scientists and researchers were just fired at NIH's center for treating Alzheimer's, sources tell me. They fear Trump-Musk cuts could dramatically set back our ability to treat dementias.
New reporting from me here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
New reporting from me here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
Oops: Trump-Musk Cuts Just Wrecked an NIH Org Championed by GOPers
Republicans once lavished praise on an NIH center that deals with Alzheimer’s. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are hobbling it. What will those Republicans say now?
newrepublic.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Scoop --> Trump-Musk cuts just resulted in the firing of numerous top researchers at NIH's center for combating Alzheimer's, sources tell me. They predict big setbacks to fighting dementias.
This cause was once championed by *Republicans.*
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
This cause was once championed by *Republicans.*
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
Oops: Trump-Musk Cuts Just Wrecked an NIH Org Championed by GOPers
Republicans once lavished praise on an NIH center that deals with Alzheimer’s. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are hobbling it. What will they say now?
newrepublic.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Scoop --> Trump-Musk cuts just resulted in the firing of numerous top researchers at NIH's center for combating Alzheimer's, sources tell me. They predict big setbacks to fighting dementias.
This cause was once championed by *Republicans.*
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
This cause was once championed by *Republicans.*
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
strongly implicated in alzheimer’s and some other dementias too iirc
September 30, 2026 at 1:10 AM
strongly implicated in alzheimer’s and some other dementias too iirc
🧪Not only does this shed light on the possible causes of some dementias, but it underlines the positive effects of vaccines.
The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia - Nature
Using a natural experiment that avoids common bias concerns, this study finds that the live-attenuated shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis within a follow-up period of...
nature.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🧪Not only does this shed light on the possible causes of some dementias, but it underlines the positive effects of vaccines.
The dramatic reduction in Dementia from the Shingrex vaccine is simply startling, @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
The finding sheds new light upon the likely aetiology of some dementias. So much for those Pox Parties of yesteryear 😳
The finding sheds new light upon the likely aetiology of some dementias. So much for those Pox Parties of yesteryear 😳
Vaccines really are amazing scientific accomplishments.
The shingles vaccines reduces risk of heart disease.
The HPV vaccine has made cervical cancer virtually obsolete.
We’re close to an mRNA vaccine for pancreatic cancer.
Science for the win!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The shingles vaccines reduces risk of heart disease.
The HPV vaccine has made cervical cancer virtually obsolete.
We’re close to an mRNA vaccine for pancreatic cancer.
Science for the win!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Does the shingles vaccine cut heart-disease risk? Mounting evidence suggests a link
Large study finds that people who received the ‘recombinant’ vaccine for the viral condition had a lower risk of cardiovascular problems.
www.nature.com
September 1, 2026 at 9:00 AM
The dramatic reduction in Dementia from the Shingrex vaccine is simply startling, @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
The finding sheds new light upon the likely aetiology of some dementias. So much for those Pox Parties of yesteryear 😳
The finding sheds new light upon the likely aetiology of some dementias. So much for those Pox Parties of yesteryear 😳
Lots of different types of dementias sadly.
January 22, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Lots of different types of dementias sadly.
I am hearing that there are efforts at NIH to un-fire maybe 150 people, potentially including the incoming director of the Center for Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias. No idea if that will work.
February 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I am hearing that there are efforts at NIH to un-fire maybe 150 people, potentially including the incoming director of the Center for Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias. No idea if that will work.
Very honored to receive this year's Byers Award in Basic Science!
Huge thanks to my lab and our funders for enabling our research on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/07...
Huge thanks to my lab and our funders for enabling our research on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/07...
July 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Very honored to receive this year's Byers Award in Basic Science!
Huge thanks to my lab and our funders for enabling our research on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/07...
Huge thanks to my lab and our funders for enabling our research on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/07...
Remarkable collection of papers out today from PsychAD, a consortium studying biological mechanisms in dementias & serious mental illnesses. They created a single-cell brain atlas of 6.3 million nuclei from ~1,500 donors. Datasets, analysis tools & resources freely available to research community.🧪👇
PsychAD Consortium
The PsychAD Consortium investigates the biological mechanisms behind neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease, related dementias, and serious mental ...
www.nature.com
September 23, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Remarkable collection of papers out today from PsychAD, a consortium studying biological mechanisms in dementias & serious mental illnesses. They created a single-cell brain atlas of 6.3 million nuclei from ~1,500 donors. Datasets, analysis tools & resources freely available to research community.🧪👇
Neurons are for sure the fireworks in the brain! But these are lighting up because they are dying...by accumulating pathological tau, one of the neurodegenerative hallmarks in Alzheimer's and other dementias.
Markers: pS 422 tau🔴AT8🟡NeuN🔵
#4thofJuly #FluorescenceFriday 🌠🔬
Markers: pS 422 tau🔴AT8🟡NeuN🔵
#4thofJuly #FluorescenceFriday 🌠🔬
July 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Neurons are for sure the fireworks in the brain! But these are lighting up because they are dying...by accumulating pathological tau, one of the neurodegenerative hallmarks in Alzheimer's and other dementias.
Markers: pS 422 tau🔴AT8🟡NeuN🔵
#4thofJuly #FluorescenceFriday 🌠🔬
Markers: pS 422 tau🔴AT8🟡NeuN🔵
#4thofJuly #FluorescenceFriday 🌠🔬
Got a family member who has/had some form of dementia? Well.
"NIA is the primary Federal agency supporting and conducting Alzheimer's disease and related dementias research."
"NIA is the primary Federal agency supporting and conducting Alzheimer's disease and related dementias research."
April 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Got a family member who has/had some form of dementia? Well.
"NIA is the primary Federal agency supporting and conducting Alzheimer's disease and related dementias research."
"NIA is the primary Federal agency supporting and conducting Alzheimer's disease and related dementias research."
Hey everyone!
I’m a psychiatrist and academic in dementias
Please come find me #MedTwitter #AcademicTwitter
I’m a psychiatrist and academic in dementias
Please come find me #MedTwitter #AcademicTwitter
August 27, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Hey everyone!
I’m a psychiatrist and academic in dementias
Please come find me #MedTwitter #AcademicTwitter
I’m a psychiatrist and academic in dementias
Please come find me #MedTwitter #AcademicTwitter
But he still is suffering from moderate to severe aphasia. A latent symptom of organic brain syndrome (dementias et al) bsky.app/profile/left...
January 14, 2026 at 6:36 AM
But he still is suffering from moderate to severe aphasia. A latent symptom of organic brain syndrome (dementias et al) bsky.app/profile/left...
I will soon be interviewing candidates for this ~2-year role (22-23 months, actually, for reasons of grant arithmetic)
if you are interested in studying auditory perception and music in adults with mild cognitive impairment or mild-to-moderate dementias, all over new zealand, please apply!
if you are interested in studying auditory perception and music in adults with mild cognitive impairment or mild-to-moderate dementias, all over new zealand, please apply!
I am currently recruiting for a 2-year postdoc/research fellow role at the University of Auckland here in New Zealand, focusing on auditory perception, hearing, and music in older adults, including people with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias
~NZ$100k/yr, flexible start date, please apply!
~NZ$100k/yr, flexible start date, please apply!
Postdoc in The Music Lab // Expression of interest
Note. The below text is a general overview of the sorts of postdocs we often recruit. We are currently recruiting candidates for a 2-year position focusing on auditory perception in aging populations,...
forms.gle
September 29, 2026 at 1:13 AM
I will soon be interviewing candidates for this ~2-year role (22-23 months, actually, for reasons of grant arithmetic)
if you are interested in studying auditory perception and music in adults with mild cognitive impairment or mild-to-moderate dementias, all over new zealand, please apply!
if you are interested in studying auditory perception and music in adults with mild cognitive impairment or mild-to-moderate dementias, all over new zealand, please apply!
Awful: Numerous scientists and researchers were just fired at NIH's center for treating Alzheimer's, sources tell me. They fear Trump-Musk cuts could dramatically set back our ability to treat dementias.
New reporting from me here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
New reporting from me here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
Oops: Trump-Musk Cuts Just Wrecked an NIH Org Championed by GOPers
Republicans once lavished praise on an NIH center that deals with Alzheimer’s. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are hobbling it. What will those Republicans say now?
newrepublic.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Awful: Numerous scientists and researchers were just fired at NIH's center for treating Alzheimer's, sources tell me. They fear Trump-Musk cuts could dramatically set back our ability to treat dementias.
New reporting from me here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
New reporting from me here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
#vss365
Cozy, #displaced
Depressed or just spaced
Phase into extra dementias ...
Gash on my head,
#face is too dead to
tell
Hell to smell
Stitch unlaced
#HorrorCommunity
Cozy, #displaced
Depressed or just spaced
Phase into extra dementias ...
Gash on my head,
#face is too dead to
tell
Hell to smell
Stitch unlaced
#HorrorCommunity
February 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM
#vss365
Cozy, #displaced
Depressed or just spaced
Phase into extra dementias ...
Gash on my head,
#face is too dead to
tell
Hell to smell
Stitch unlaced
#HorrorCommunity
Cozy, #displaced
Depressed or just spaced
Phase into extra dementias ...
Gash on my head,
#face is too dead to
tell
Hell to smell
Stitch unlaced
#HorrorCommunity