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Drs. @klharrisonPhD, Alex Smith, MD, Kanan Patel, MBBS, MPH, Lauren Hunt, John Boscardin, PhD, Kristine Yaffe, and Christine Seel Ritchie published a study in JAGS entitled "Life expectancy for community-dwelling persons with dementia and severe disability". geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/krista-ha…

Exciting new work by Erica Kornblith in JAMA indicates significant differences in #dementia incidence based on #race and #ethnicity among adults who received care at VHA medical centers. tinyurl.com/yc675ju9

Study of 1.87m American #veterans shows Hispanic vets have twice the rate of #dementia as white vets. Surprisingly, given their risk factors, dementia in Native Americans is roughly the same as in whites. ucsf.edu/news/2022/04/4…

Learn how #sport and #exercise impact your #brainhealth in an innovative (and free!) new online course featuring practical advice on what you can do to keep your brain healthy at any age #BrainHealthSportsMOOC gbhi.org/news-publicati…

Join us May 23 for a special online event focusing on how #AlzheimersDisease disease clinical trials can improve recruitment, enrollment & retention of diverse populations to ensure potential treatments are safe, effective, accessible & equitable 👇 gbhi.org/events/increas…

🚨🚨Some other Special Issues to submit to via Alzheimer's Association (Alzheimer's & Dementia DADM)! Modifiable Risk Factors (guest edited by the fabulous Drs. @kristineyaffe and [email protected]) #ENDALZ ISTAART alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/23…

Join the Global Council on Brain Health for a special briefing on their latest recommendations on brain health behavior change for individuals, communities, and policymakers. Tuesday, May 10th, 12:00-1:30pm Eastern Time Register at: aarp-org.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Call for submissions for a special edition of Alzheimer's Association Alzheimer's & Dementia on the impact of modifiable lifestyle and risk factors in the prevention and treatment of dementia. Guest edited by @kristineyaffe @gbhi_fellows and [email protected] UNSW alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/23…

One Month Away! Clin-STAR Webinar: “ABC Guide to #ADRD Research” Tuesday, June 7 from 4-5pm ET. Register here: bit.ly/3NDslsV.

Healthy weight, staying active, and graduating high school may reduce #Alzheimers and #dementia risk. JAMA Neurology upi.com/7156586t via @upi UCSF Center for Population Brain Health (K. Yaffe) UCSF Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

Dr. Kristine Yaffe will give the UCSF Fishman Professorship Lecture on Wednesday 5/11: "My adventure in psychiatry and neurology: It's the same brain!" 🧠 tinyurl.com/ycyx75jt

The upcoming Clin-STAR webinar will highlight the pros & cons of using primary data collection for research on cognitive measures and outcomes. Register here: bit.ly/3NDslsV.

The recording of the Clin-STAR Webinar "ABC Guide to #ADRD Research" is now available! Watch the webinar here: vimeo.com/718331171.

Patterns in disenrollment from #hospice among people with #dementia, now in JAGS! tinyurl.com/yc6hcn6s

Our 2022 Virtual Clinical Research Symposium is June 28th at 6pm. Dr. Kristine Yaffe, Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Epidemiology, UCSF, will discuss modifiable risk factors, and the need to study underrepresented population. Register here: bit.ly/3acwNQ7

📰New from JAGS: Rest-activity rhythms and cognitive impairment and #dementia in older #women: Results from the Women's Health Initiative. tinyurl.com/24ttu7nt

Thank you @calaging for producing this excellent resource guide and sharing print and online editions. We are honored to be included in it as a resource for those facing Alzheimer's & other dementias. @alzimpact #ENDALZ

🎉We are so excited to welcome Shea J Andrews to our faculty! Dr. Andrews investigates the genetic epidemiology of #Alzheimers, and most recently served as an instructor Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. We are looking forward to seeing his continued contributions UC San Francisco and the field!

Attitudes toward deprescribing among older adults with dementia in the United States. A majority of PWD are willing to deprescribe—an opportunity to improve their quality of life. bit.ly/3nlxie0 @matthew_growdon Andrew Zullo, PharmD Kristine Yaffe @MikeSteinman

🧠❤️Elevated #bloodpressure is associated with advanced #brain aging in mid-life: A 30-year follow-up of The CARDIA Study. Now in Alzheimer's & Dementia Journals. Brava @CDintica! tinyurl.com/4w8rn85b