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USU Center Helping to Develop Early Dementia Screening Test
Funded by an appropriation from the State Legislature in 2022, the Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Research Center (ADRC) at Utah State University is increasing research across the state to find ways to better understand Alzheimer’s and dementia, as well...
ADRC Director Partners with Small Business to Develop Early Dementia Screening Test
Elizabeth Fauth, director of the Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Research Center at Utah State University, has partnered with Sydney Schaefer, associate professor in the School of Biological Health Systems at Arizona State University.
ADRC Begins Funding Dementia Research Across Utah
With the Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Research Center (ADRC) entering its second year, the state-funded center at Utah State University is now funding Alzheimer’s and dementia research across the state. In its first year, the ADRC financially supporte...
Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Research Center at USU Celebrates First Anniversary, Seeks Research Participants
As the ADRC celebrates its first anniversary, director Beth Fauth reflects on the center's growth and early accomplishments. The center is now recruiting study participants as it moves into its second year of research, service, and education.
USU Center Helping to Develop Early Dementia Screening Test
Funded by an appropriation from the State Legislature in 2022, the Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Research Center (ADRC) at Utah State University is increasing research across the state to find ways to better understand Alzheimer’s and dementia, as well...
USU researchers are receiving $350,000 for Alzheimer’s research
Several Utah State University researchers studying Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia are receiving a total of $350,000 from USU’s Alzheimers Disease and Dementia Research Center (ADRC).
Identifying Stress in Dementia Caregivers
In China, it’s common for multiple generations of a family to share a household.
ADRC Funds Alzheimer’s Research Across Multiple Disciplines
The Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Research Center at Utah State has extended support totaling over $350,000 to multiple USU researchers studying Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia.
Mona Buhusi Fights Cognitive Decline with the Help of Swimming Mice
Dr. Mona Buhusi has spent much of her research career studying how cognitive decline happens and how it can be reduced, and she does this with the help of some unlikely research partners: swimming mice.
ADRC Photo Exhibit Invites Viewers into Life with Dementia
"Faces of Dementia," the latest exhibit in the SCCE Lyndsley Wilkerson Gallery, documents the lives of individuals with dementia and their caregivers in conjunction with the Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Research Center at USU.
Mona Buhusi Receives First ADRC Faculty Fellowship
Dr. Mona Buhusi, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and an active researcher in neuroscience at USU, is the inaugural recipient of the Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Researcher Center faculty fellowship.