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January 26, 2024

How Activities Affect ALS Risk

A team led by Dr. Stephen Goutman investigated if particular hobbies and exercise affect ALS risk, survival, location of initial ALS symptoms and onset age. Their findings were published in the Journal of Neurological Sciences .

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January 18, 2024

New Findings in Stem Cell Therapy and Alzheimer's

Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg Emerging Scholar Kevin Chen, M.D., recently published findings that transplanted stem cells improve spatial memory in pre-clinical models, and much more.

January 2, 2024

Bariatric Surgery May Slow Cognitive Decline

Michigan Medicine's Health Lab covered new research by Drs. Brian Callaghan and Evan Reynolds, published in the Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, found that in obese individuals, bariatric surgery may slow some cognitive decline.

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December 20, 2023

A New Theory on Alzheimer's Disease

Research led by Dr. Bhumsoo Kim offers a new theory on what drives Alzheimer’s disease progression in metabolic syndrome.

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November 27, 2023

Distinguished Professor Lecture Series

Festivities for Dr. Eva Feldman's Distinguished Professorship, U-M's highest faculty honor, reached its high note with a talk at the Distinguished Professor Lecture Series.

November 21, 2023

Mini Symposium Series: Environment, Health & Policy

In our latest installment, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell sat down to talk to Dr. Eva Feldman about the environment, health, and public policy. Afterward, Dr. Feldman was joined by two esteemed panelists, Drs. Bhramar Mukherjee and Barry Rabe for a live Q&A.

October 31, 2023

WDIV Local 4 Features Dr. Brian Callaghan

On Detroit's NBC Local News, Brian Callaghan, MD, was interviewed about his recent study that looked at the burden of travel to neurology appointments.

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October 24, 2023

Brain Research Africa Initiative Visits U-M

On Monday, the NeuroNetwork for Emerging Therapies hosted Alfred K. Njamnshi, M.D., M.A., DMS, FMH, founder of the Brain Research Africa Initiative (BRAIN). After a tour of the campus, Dr. Feldman sat down with him to learn more about the intiative.

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October 3, 2023

Environmental Risk Score Established for ALS

New research by a team led by Drs. Eva Feldman and Stephan Goutman was just published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry which establishes an environmental risk score.

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September 28, 2023

IHPI Honors Dr. Melissa Elafros

Dr. Elafros received the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation's (IHPI) Sandy-Hassmiller Early Career Health Services Research Award for her work "Identifying Provider-Level Barriers and Facilitators to the Diagnosis and Management of Peripheral Neuropathy."

September 18, 2023

Dr. Noureldein Wins "Best Poster" at International Symposium

At the inaugural Steno Diabetes Neuro Unit (SDNU) Symposium in Copenhagen, Denmark, Mohamed Noureldein, Ph.D., won "Best Poster," for his research about the role of oligodendrocytes in metabolic syndrome-related dementia.

September 1, 2023

Save the Date: Dr. Eva Feldman Award Lecture

Join Dr. Feldman for her celebratory lecture, who will be accompanied by President Santa Ono, Provost Laurie McCauley, Executive Vice President of Medical Affairs (EVPMA) Marschall Runge, and two other awardees.

August 30, 2023

New Faces: Brett McCray, MD, PhD

Meet the physician-scientist who will divide his time between the neurology clinic and his own lab specializing in hereditary neuropathy.

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