The second DSA travel award recipient is Jeremy Rouanet, Jeremy Rouanet, a graduate student researching brain pathology in aging with Down syndrome, focused on amyloid imaging compound Pittsburgh compound B. Thank you DSA! #DownSyndrome #research #thankyoudsa

Earlier this month, UCI CNLM hosted the 6th annual Brain Bee welcoming high school students from southern CA. CFAR-DS Co-Director Dr. Head Dr. Elizabeth Head served as one of the faculty judges and was very impressed with the young neuroscientists competing! #DownSyndrome #neuroscience

Episode 2 of the CFAR-DS DiscoverieS Video Series is now Live on YouTube: youtu.be/VBhAoHwpouI. Episode 2 features Project Scientist Michael Vu, PhD who works in the Mapstone Lab. Thank you Michael for sharing more about your work and inspiration with us.

Happy World Down Syndrome Day! Today, researchers, medical professionals, families, friends, and self-advocates come together to advocate for the rights, inclusion, and well being of people with Down syndrome. youtu.be/meUL9CWAcvo?si… #WDSD2024 World Down Syndrome Day Alzheimer Biomarkers Consortium — Down Syndrome

Congratulations to UCI CFAR-DS Co-Director Dr. Liz Head Dr. Elizabeth Head who was awarded an R13 grant from the NIH! This award will support 20 trainees attending the Trisomy 21 Research Society conference in Rome, Italy this summer. Alzheimer Biomarkers Consortium — Down Syndrome #DownSyndrome #research

CFAR-DS Co-Directors Dr. Elizabeth Head Liz Head, PhD and Mark Mapstone, PhD were recently awarded the 2024 UCI CNLM award for Team Science for their leadership of the Alzheimer Biomarkers Consortium — Down Syndrome consortium and efforts building an interdisciplinary community for training, scholarship, and advocacy at UCI!

Episode 3 of the CFAR-DS DiscoverieS Series is now Live: youtu.be/ZlgUMJlB_yU?si…. This month we welcome Research Specialist Jillian Berry who works in the Mapstone and Head Labs and has unique experience with brain donation coordination. Thank you, Jillian! #braindonation #uci

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

Today @ 12.30pm we welcome Prof Mark Mapstone UCI MIND to look beyond the brain 🧠 and examine physical characteristics of #AlzheimersDisease (AD) like #inflammation. 🔎 Join later to review evidence for lifestyle interventions improving diet and exercise to reduce risk of AD.

Excited to be a sponsor of the 2024 NDSS Adult Summit! Together, we’re committed to supporting and empowering adults with disabilities. To learn more about the conference, visit ndss.org/adult-summit.

CFAR-DS' Liz Head honored to speak National Down Syndrome Society Adult Summit!

CFAR-DS' Christy Hom, Diana Valencia and Sierra Wright fielding questions National Down Syndrome Society Adult Summit

Happy Holidays & Happy New Year to the research volunteers, their families, our generous supporters, and our research community! See you in 2025! #downsyndromeawareness #research #ucirvine

DSAOC’s Buddy Walk is a terrific event, and the attendees are a wonderful community! We’re proud to sponsor this fun annual event. Here our team prepares for the event, using sandbags to anchor the booth during Santa Ana wind gusts. Dr. Elizabeth Head DSAOC

Recent UPitt article highlights the important work of Co-Director Professor Head Dr. Elizabeth Head , Jr-Jiun Liou, postdoctoral scholar at UPitt, and colleagues focused on AD in DS and a unique case report of a woman with Down syndrome showing resiliency. news.engineering.pitt.edu/an-unexpected-…

Please join us in wearing crazy socks to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day (3.21) and support our mission. You can tag us in your crazy sock photos using this profile or #ucicfards youtu.be/tEsWH8HRtIw

Happy World Down Syndrome Day from all of us at the UCI Center for Aging Research in Down Syndrome! Please join us this World Down Syndrome Day today by wearing your crazy socks, advocating for individuals with Down syndrome, and celebrating their victories. #WDSD2025

The interplay between Down syndrome🧡🧬 and Alzheimer’s is one of the more fascinating and underrepresented topics in the #AD community🔬 This morning, we had the pleasure to speak with Dr. Elizabeth Head of Alzheimer Biomarkers Consortium — Down Syndrome UCI Center for Aging Research in Down Syndrome, who discussed latest updates in people living with these

Today is the 14th annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). Today is for discussing, thinking about, and learning about digital accessibility and inclusion. There are over 1 billion people w disabilities worldwide. Learn more at: accessibility.day #Accessibility

Please join us in congratulating UCI CFAR-DS faculty member Dr. Angela Lukowski Dr. Angela Lukowski on receiving the Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Fostering of Undergraduate Research in the School of Social Ecology! shorturl.at/3LBFa