Pilot Projects

Omar Ahmed, PhD, University of Michigan - Understanding retrosplenial dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease to identify novel therapeutic targets

Norman Cheng, PhD, Wayne State University, and Scott Counts, PhD, Michigan State University - Magnetic properties of microvascular lesions as potential biomarkers for dementia

Benjamin Combs, PhD, Michigan State University - Mechanisms of tau-mediated retrograde transport inhibition

Patrick Pruitt, PhD, Wayne State University - Linking social isolation and cognition through functional brain network correlates in non-demented older adults

Sheria Robinson-Lane, PhD, University of Michigan - Toward a Culturally Responsive Intervention for Black Caregivers of Persons with Dementia

Benjamin Singer, PhD, University of Michigan - Amyloid potentiates neuroinflammation and cognitive decline after sepsis survival

Matthias Truttman, PhD, University of Michigan - The impact of protein AMPylation on Alzheimer’s disease

Navid Seraji-Bozorgzad, MD, University of Michigan, and Rohit Marawar, MD, Wayne State University - Cortical Microstructural Changes in African-Americans with Alzheimer’s Disease

Chandra Sripada, PhD, University of Michigan - Characterization of faster onset of Alzheimer’s disease within mild cognitive impairment patients by brain functional connectivity and genetic variants

Peter Todd, MD, PhD, University of Michigan - RNA binding protein sequestration in Non-Amyloid Dementia

Laura Zahodne, PhD, University of Michigan - Inflammation, social stress, and racial disparities in cognitive aging 

Sami Barmada, MD, PhD, University of Michigan - Defining RNA-based Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration in FTLD-TDP

Jessica Damoiseaux, PhD, Wayne State University - Hippocampal Connectivity Along The Spectrum of Pre-clinical Alzheimer’s Disease

Irving Vega, PhD, Michigan State University, and Magdalena Ivanova, PhD, University of Michigan - Determine The Role of the Novel EFhd2 Protein on Tau Oligomerization

Jenna Wiens, PhD, University of Michigan - Leveraging Longitudinal Electronic Health Records for the Characterization of the Progression of Alzheimer's Disease

Benjamin Hampstead, PhD, Univeristy of Michigan - Reducing subjective memory complaints in older adults through non-invasive brain stimulation

Vikas Kotagal, MD, MS, University of Michigan - Novel approaches to measuring and facilitating the clearance of soluble amyloid from the brain

Deborah A. Levine, MD, MPH, University of Michigan - Decision Making for Cardiovascular Therapy in Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)

Peter K Todd, MD, PhD, University of Michigan - Screening for novel G4C2 hexanucleotide repeat expansions in neurodegenerative disease