USF Health team gets $3.48M National Institute on Aging grant to study link between hospital-acquired delirium and the risk or progression of dementia
Researchers will focus on tau pathology in a mouse model to elucidate underlying causes. Delirium is a serious form of mental impairment affecting 11 to 42 percent of […]
Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute ready to take clinical trials on the road
The USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute unveiled its mobile Memory Research Suite on June 28 – a groundbreaking traveling “clinic” designed to bring the latest clinical drug trials […]
USF Health research on neuroprotective protein shifts to drug discovery with £875,000 Dementia Consortium project
New dementia drug discovery efforts get underway this month at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla., thanks to £875,000 funding (approximately $1.2 million) from the Dementia Consortium. […]
Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute CEO champions funding for dementia research
David Morgan plays a leading role in an ambitious national research movement to help stop Alzheimer’s disease by 2025 In a year’s time Alzheimer’s disease affects more Americans […]
USF Health Byrd Institute brings award-winning play about Alzheimer’s in African American community to Tampa
Production part of sustained, nationwide effort to increase minority enrollment in clinical trials Tampa, FL (June 1, 2015) – The USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute has teamed up […]
Byrd Institute CEO testifies before U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging
Aging affects the risk of developing Alzheimer’s, heart disease, diabetes, cancer and other degenerative diseases as much as genetics and the environment, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute CEO […]
David Morgan appointed to state Alzheimer’s Disease Advisory Committee
David Morgan, PhD, CEO of the the USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, was one of seven Floridians recently appointed to the state’s Alzheimer’s Disease Advisory Committee by Governor […]
Age-related research highlighted during NIA director’s visit to USF
The director of the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging yesterday visited the USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, the state’s only freestanding Alzheimer’s center offering clinical […]
Combining Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease expertise under one roof benefits research, patient care [VIDEO]
(IPX066), that alleviates motor symptoms quickly and appears to last longer than other levodopa medications currently available. The drug is expected to be approved by the FDA next […]
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