Jeffrey Cumming (Brain Health) was the senior author of an article recently published in Lancet Neurology. It is a summary report from a stakeholder meeting to develop a road map for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease. Participants included scientists, clinicians, regulators, and economists. The plan builds on recently approved treatments for…

Brenna Renn and Katie Singsank (Psychology), Ishrat Zaman (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Kimberly Cobos and Samantha John (Brain Health) recently published an article titled, "Differential item functioning of the Geriatric Depression Scale-short form in the NACC dataset," in Alzheimer's & Dementia, the journal of the Alzheimer's…

Once again, ScholarGPS has named Dr. Jeffrey L. Cummings (Medicine) the world’s top scholar in the specialties of neuroscience and Alzheimer's disease. Each year, the organization analyzes published works from more than 30 million scientific researchers and ranks them by the value of their publications, citations and h-indexes. Cummings is also…

Cynthia Sopko (Brain Health) has been elected to the Statistics and Data Science and Aging Group of the American Statistical Association (ASA), where she will serve as the Membership & Engagement Officer. This achievement reflects Sopko's dedication to advancing statistical practice, fostering community engagement, and supporting innovative…

Graduate student Grace Goodwin (Psychology), undergraduate Sebastian Mehrzad (Princeton University), and faculty Jorge Fonseca (Computer Science), Jeffrey Cummings (Brain Health), and Samantha John (Brain Health) recently published their research article, "Classification of AD and bvFTD using neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric variables: a…

Amanda Leisgang Osse (Brain Health; Medicine) has been awarded a prestigious Alzheimer's Association Fellowship to continue her research on the role and considerations of women's health in Alzheimer's clinical trials. The 3-year fellowship carries $200K award amount.

Samantha E. John (Brain Health), along with Jalal Uddin, Drew Blasco, Timothy J. Grigsby, Chad L. Cross, and Jason D. Flatt (all Public Health), recently published a study titled, "Exploring Discharge to Hospice for Dementia-Related Healthcare Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups in Southern Nevada," in the Journal of Palliative Medicine.…

ScholarGPS has named Dr. Jeffrey L. Cummings (Brain Health) the “World’s #1 Ranked Scholar” in the fields of dementia and drug development. Cummings, a highly respected research professor at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, who previously served as founding director of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las…

Dr. Jeffrey Cummings (Brain Health) will be recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals.  A tradition dating back to 1874, election as a AAAS Fellow is a lifetime honor, and all Fellows are expected to…

Hui Zhan (Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine) has published a research article titled “Biomarker Identification for Alzheimer’s Disease Through Integration of Comprehensive Mendelian Randomization and Proteomics Data” in the Journal of Translational Medicine on March 6. The study is co-authored by Dr. Jeffrey L. Cummings (Brain Health…

Rakshitha Mohankumar, Katie T. Singsank, Brenna N. Renn (all Psychology) and Samantha E. John (Brain Health) recently published a chapter entitled "Mental Status Examination" in the text "Diagnostic Interviewing (6th Edition)." This guide for emerging and seasoned clinicians centers on clinical description and the pragmatics of “how to” conduct…

Dr. Jeffrey Cummings (Brain Health) co-authored a recently published article titled, "Human herpesvirus-associated transposable element activation in human aging brains with Alzheimer's disease." Previous evidence has indicated a role for the herpes virus in Alzheimer's, and this article reveals new evidence for this relationship using advanced…