💛💙There’s no better way to kick off our Twitter account than by lab members celebrating World Down Syndrome Day. Please take a look at our video! 😊 Happy World Down syndrome Day! 🎉🎆 youtu.be/ROO_ZaAN0TE via YouTube Dr. Elizabeth Head UCI Center for Aging Research in Down Syndrome Trisomy 21 Research Society

For #NPAW2023 we’re honoring the Head Lab postdoc stars! Dr. Lisi Flores Aguilar is a biochemist & molecular biologist with a PhD from McGill University! Lisi Flores-Aguilar investigates cerebrovascular pathology in people with DS and AD. She's received awards from Alzheimer's Association and Fondation Jérôme Lejeune !

For #NPAW2023 we’re honoring the Head Lab postdoc stars! Dr. Lorena Sordo is a veterinary scientist with an MSc & PhD from The University of Edinburgh. Her research includes neuropathology, biomarkers, and natural animal models to study AD. Lorena Sordo has also received BrightFocus Foundation awards!

Head Lab Graduate Student Researcher Cherie Anne Stringer Cherie Stringer was just awarded a Rose Hills Foundation scholarship! She is pursuing a PhD in experimental pathology at UCI, mentored by Dr. Elizabeth Head. Cherie looks forward to teaching the next generation of scientists.

Head Lab members joined the UCI Alz Stars team at the WalktoEndAlz in OC this weekend! The Alz Assoc of OC Alzheimer's Association Orange County continues to fund important work at UCI. #AlzheimersDisease #DownSyndrome

To close #downsyndromeawarenessmonth we move into the present, featuring current researcher Jeremy Rouanet, an MD PhD student at UCI studying brain path in aging with DS focusing on Pittsburgh compound B and the effects of amyloid and other path in the striatum in people with DS.

So proud of Cherie Stringer! She has advanced!!! Next step dissertation! Cherie Stringer UCI Center for Aging Research in Down Syndrome Head Lab

Another award for CFAR-DS leadership! Dr. Head Dr. Elizabeth Head is the 2024 UCI School of Medicine UC Irvine School of Medicine Basic Science Faculty Mentor of the Year! Dr. Head and other mentors will be honored next month. Congrats to Dr. Head on this well-deserved honor. #downsyndrome #research