University of Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Gift of Knowledge Ben Batey Appreciation Event for research participants and their family members Date and Time: Saturday, August 19, 2017, 9 to 11 am Refreshments, tea and coffee will be served Location: Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC Health Science Campus of […]

Clusters of a sticky protein — amyloid plaque — found in the brain signal mental decline years before symptoms appear, a new study finds READ MORE IN AN ARTICLE BY Zen Vuong IN THE usc NEWS,  JUNE 13, 2017   USC researchers say toxic, sticky proteins called amyloid plaques are part of Alzheimer’s disease, the earliest precursor […]

USC Professor William Vega writes about how minority communities will be hit hardest by soaring rates of Alzheimer’s disease in a recent article in Statnews. Minority communities will be hit hardest by soaring rates of Alzheimer’s disease By DAVID SATCHER and WILLIAM A. VEGA JUNE 14, 2017 It’s time to stop side-stepping the obvious: In […]

Dr. Schneider talks about USC researchers developing Alzheimer’s disease vaccine on ABC7 Eyewitness News See the News segment with Dr. Schneider. By ABC7.com staff LOS ANGELES (KABC) – Researchers at the University of Southern California are working on a vaccine to help treat Alzheimer’s disease. Every 66 seconds, someone in the U.S. develops Alzheimer’s disease […]

There are 4 articles in the paper that were written with help from the USC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. The first one quotes Dr. Chui directly. Check out the LA Times online. “When memory flickers out,” Los Angeles Times, May 18, 2017, U3. (This is the one that quotes Dr. Chui directly) http://www.latimes.com/science/la-he-hl-what-is-dementia-20170518-story.html “Is this […]

The KJLH Women’s Health Expo 2017 focuses on the health needs of the African-American Community. Dr. Segal-Gidan will be answering questions Saturday morning live on the radio, such as: Why is Alzheimer’s affecting the African American Community the way it is? Is there a difference between Alzheimer’s and Dementia? What can people due to decrease […]

Dr. Sonia Pawluczyk will be speaking on Brain Health & Alzheimer’s disease on Tuesday, April 25 from 10-12 at Alzheimer’s in the LGBT Community, hosted by Alzheimer’s Greater Los Angeles at 133 North Sunol Drive #237 Los Angeles, CA 90063. Light Breakfast & Registration: 9:30AM-10:00AM. RSVP by April 20 at 323.859.8809 and for more information, […]

On Saturday, March 4 from 11:00 to 12:30 at the Inglewood Public Library. The community event is free and sponsored by several organizations working together including: the NAACP Inglewood-South Bay Branch, USC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Inglewood Chamber of Commerce, and Inglewood Public Library. There will be speakers from 4 local organizations serving the Los […]

Dr. John Ringman studies a rare type of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease at the USC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. This type is sometimes called the ‘Jalisco Mutation’ and he works with families to understand the genetic mutation. National Public Radio (NPR) wrote a piece about how families experience the disease and the work Dr. Ringman does […]

Over 20 years ago researchers discovered a connection between diabetes, particularly type II diabetes, and dementia in older adults. Prior to this discovery, scientists had already noticed a positive association between vascular circulation and cognitive function as the inability of the vascular system to circulate oxygen throughout the body, including the brain, correlated with cognitive […]

These are important awareness campaigns that overlap during this month. Funded by the NIH, the USC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center focuses on mild cognitive changes related to aging, Alzheimer’s disease and cerebrovascular disease (CVD) in multi-ethnic communities. The Center aims to elucidate vascular contributions to Alzheimer’s disease. We have new research study called that examines […]

See the following poster or http://adrc.usc.edu/5ktraining, our main 5K Training page, for more details!

Research has shown that physical activity has a positive impact on brain health, but more work is needed to better understand the mechanisms in play to encourage people to reap the full benefits, said a panel of experts at a 7 Sept. Capitol Hill briefing on physical activity and brain health. “Moving Toward a Healthy […]

USC Alzheimer Disease Research Center collaborated with Alzheimer’s Society of the UK. Oscar-nominated British actress Carey Mulligan, an Ambassador to the Alzheimer’s Society delivered a Dementia Friends Information Session. Carey spoke to USC undergraduates and high school students at Pacific Hills High School in West Hollywood.

We are excited to have Dr. Sonia Pawluczyk, ADRC physician, present a Spanish-language talk for the community on Alzheimer’s disease and current research. She will be speaking with Anthony Rendon, Speaker of the California Assembly at Plaza Mexico in Lynwood on July 14th from 9 to 11 in the morning. “We are doing a Spanish-language […]