Dr. Sajjadi appears as a speaker on NBC4 to comment on aphasia and dementia in light of Wendy Williams’s diagnosis.
Dr. Sajjadi appears as a speaker on NBC4 to comment on aphasia and dementia in light of Wendy Williams’s diagnosis.
Our lab published a paper titled “Characterization of hippocampal sclerosis of aging and its association with other neuropathologic changes and cognitive deficits in the oldest-old ” in the journal Acta Neuropathologica on June 29th.
Dr. Sajjadi was named inaugural recipient of the Joan and Don Beall Scholar Award. The grant will provide $50,000 per year for five years and will be used to support research into biomarkers for limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE).
Our lab published a paper titled “Association of vascular and degenerative brain pathologies and past medical history from the National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center Database“ in the Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology on March 22nd.
Our lab published a paper in Neurology titled “Impact and Risk Factors of Limbic Predominant Age-Related TDP-43 Encephalopathy Neuropathologic Change in an Oldest-Old Cohort“ on January 10th.
On November 4th, Dr. Sajjadi participated in a Houston NPR broadcast: Town Square with Ernie Manhouse. Topics discussed included Alzheimer’s disease and the 90+ Study.
The lab attended the Alzheimer Association’s 2022 Walk to End Alzheimer’s Irvine Walk on October 1st.
Dr. Sajjadi gave the talk “Introducing LATE: An important underpinning of dementia in later life” at the 33rd Annual Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease Research Conference on September 9th.
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August 2022: The lab was awarded an R21 grant to study the use of post-mortem MRI in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s mimics such as hippocampal sclerosis and small vessel lesions in the oldest-old.