Mind Matters: A Podcast Produced by the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging

Mind Matters: A Podcast Produced by the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging

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Mind Matters: A Podcast Produced by the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging episodes

  • Derrick Hord Shares about the Upcoming Markesbery Symposium Community Session

    Derrick Hord is the Community Outreach and Engagement Director at the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging. He joins the podcast to share about the Markesbery Symposium Community Session, named in honor and memory of the late William R. Markesbery, MD, founding director of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at the

    University of Kentucky.   Dr. Markesbery’s legacy of groundbreaking research at the Center on Aging has formed the bedrock for our quest to understand and treat Alzheimer’s disease and to improve the quality of life of the elderly. Derrick shares about the importance
    of research and how to attend the 2024 Markesbery Symposium Community Session!

    In-person registration has reached capacity, but virtual

    attendance is still an option. To register to attend the Markesbery Symposium Community Session, please visit https:// tinyurl.com/2024- register-Markesbery
    or call 859-323-5550.  For more details about the Symposium, and those from years past, visit https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/sbcoa/markesbery-symposium.

    For more information about the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, visit us as https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/sbcoa.

     

    To participate in research at the Sanders-Brown Center on

    Aging, visit https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/sbcoa/clinical-trials.

     

    If you are a caregiver and need support, please visit https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/sbcoa/how-can-we-help.


    Follow us on Facebook, X, or our Sanders-Brown YouTube channel.

    11 min
  • Alzheimer's Association International Conference: Highlights with Sanders-Brown Alum Dr. Courtney Kloske

    Courtney Kloske, PhD, a graduate of the UK Department

    of Physiology in the College of Medicine and T32 recipient at Sanders-Brown joins Mind Matters to highlight research shared at the Alzheimer’s Association
    International Conference.  Currently, Courtney serves as the Director of Scientific Engagement with the Alzheimer’s
    Association.


    For more information about the UK

    Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, visit https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/sbcoa.

     

    For more information about the T32 training program, visit https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/sbcoa/triad.

     

    To participate in research at the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, visit https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/sbcoa/clinical-trials.

     

    To join the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Walk to End Alzheimer’s team, visit http://act.alz.org/goto/UKSBCoA.

     

    For more details about the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, visit https://aaic.alz.org/.

     

    20 min
  • Introducing Dr. Lauren Bojarski, New Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Fellow!

    Meet Dr. Lauren Bojarski, the newest fellow at the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging! She brings her enthusiasm and love for people to this role and is going to be a great asset to the team!

    For more information about the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, visit us as https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/sbcoa or call 859-323-5550.

    Follow Dr. Bojarski on X at @BojarskiLauren


    18 min
  • Old Dogs and New Tricks? What We're Learning About Brain Health: An Interview with Dr. Christopher Norris & Dr. Elizabeth Head

    Recent findings are showing that old dogs may actually be teaching us new things! Dr. Christopher Norris and Dr. Elizabeth Head join the podcast to share their new findings from their NIH funded study that was recently published in the Journal of Neuroscience!

    Dr. Christopher Norris is a professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Nutritional Sciences and also serves as the Associate Director at the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and is a Co-Director of the Sanders-Brown
    Intravital Imaging Facility.

    Dr. Elizabeth Head is a professor, and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of California-Irvine.  She is the Director of the Experimental Pathology Program and has

    over 266 publications since 1996.

    For more information about Dr. Norris

    and his lab, visit https://norris.createuky.net/.

    For more information about Dr. Head and

    her lab at UC Irvine, visit https://sites.mind.uci.edu/headlab/.

    To read more about their study, visit https://www.jneurosci.org/content/44/20/e2366232024. To see their imaging on the cover of the Journal of

    Neuroscience, visit https://www.jneurosci.org/content/44/20.cover-expansion.

    For more information about the UK

    Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, visit us as https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/sbcoa.

    27 min
  • New Genomic Discoveries at the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging: An Interview with the Ebbert Lab

    Dr. Mark Ebbert, Dr. Ja Brandon, & Bernardo Aguzzoli Heberle join the podcast to discuss their latest work published in Nature Biotechnology.

    For more information about the Ebbert

    Lab, visit https://ebbertlab.com/.  To read about their latest study in Nature Biotechnology, visit

    For more information about the UK

    Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, visit ⁠https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/sbcoa⁠. To financially support the work of Sanders-Brown, call Beth Wells at  859-319-6886.

    To discover more about research studies and clinical trials,

    call 859-323-5550 or visit the clinical trials page at https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/sbcoa/clinical-trials.

    28 min
  • Spring into Healthy Brain Aging

    Kim Dacey & Barbara Martin join the Mind Matters podcast to share details of the Mind Matters Health Fair, an annual community event in Lexington, Kentucky, where healthy brain aging information is shared in fun, interactive ways.

    To register for the health fair visit

    http://bit.ly/SBCoA2024HealthFair

    or call 859-323-5550.

    For more information

    about the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, visit us at https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/sbcoa.

    14 min
  • Happy Occupational Therapy Month! An Interview with Dr. Elizabeth Rhodus

    The month of April is Occupational Therapy Month! Dr. Elizabeth Rhodus joins the Mind Matters podcast to talk about occupational therapy, how to access OT services, and about the Engaged Aging Lab.

    Dr. Elizabeth Rhodus is a professor in the Department of

    Behavioral Sciences at UK. She is primary faculty for the Center for Health Equity Transformation. She also leads the Engaged Aging Lab and serves on the Outreach, Recruitment, and Engagement Core at the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging. 

    For more information about the Engaged Aging Lab, visit https://engagedaging.createuky.net/

    To learn more about the Harmony at H.O.M.E. (Help Online Modifying the Environment) telehealth program, visit bit.ly/3NDMUrd.

    For more information about the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, visit us at https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/sbcoa.

    20 min
  • Public Health Connects Us All-An Interview with Dr. Erin Abner

    Dr. Erin Abner, a professor in the Department of Epidemiology with joint appointments in the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and the Department of Biostatistics, joins the Mind Matters podcast to share about National Public Health Week, April 1-7. 

     

    For more information about Dr. Erin Abner, visit https://cph.uky.edu/directory/erin-abner.

    For details about the UK College of Public Health’s weeklong celebratory activities, visit https://cph.uky.edu/events/national-public-health-week-2024. 

    For more information about the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, visit https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/sbcoa.

    20 min
  • 3-21: Raising Down Syndrome Awareness with the Sanders-Brown Down Syndrome Study Team

    March 21st is World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD), a global awareness day for Down Syndrome. Sanders-Brown researchers share about WDSD, the talents of some of the research participants, and ways you can celebrate WDSD.

    For more information about Down Syndrome research, visit https://www.alzheimers.gov/clinical-trials/alzheimers-biomarkers-consortium-down-syndrome and https://dsctn.org/life-dsr/.

    To find out more about how to participate in a study, e-mail Roberta Davis at [email protected]. 

    For more information about the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, visit us at ⁠https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/sbcoa⁠.

    To celebrate WDSD, proudly share pictures of your mismatched or brightly colored socks on social media by tagging #LotsOfSocks or #WorldDownSyndromeDay.

    17 min
  • Will a Traumatic Brain Injury Cause Alzheimer’s? An Interview with Dr. Adam Bachstetter

    In honor of Traumatic Brain Injury Month, Dr. Adam Bachstetter, PhD joins the podcast to discuss his expertise.  Will a traumatic brain injury lead to Alzheimer’s disease? How does the brain protect itself from further

    damage? Dr. Bachstetter  is an Associate Professor
    of Neuroscience at the University of Kentucky. His primary affiliation is with the Spinal Cord & Brain Injury Research Center (SCoBIRC). He is also affiliated with the UK SBCoA.  His work focuses on  therapeutic approaches to
    target neuroinflammation following traumatic brain injury and in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. He also focuses on the cellular processes involved in microglia and astrocyte degeneration in neurodegenerative disease.

    For more information about Dr. Bachstetter and his work, visit http://bachstetterlab.org.

    For more information about the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, visit us at https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/sbcoa.

    20 min

About Mind Matters: A Podcast Produced by the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging

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At the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA), basic & clinical scientists work together to improve the health of older adults in Kentucky & beyond through research dedicated to understanding the aging process & age-related brain diseases.