Michael Yassa group demonstrating MRI brain scan technology in FIBRE lab.

Brain shape changes could offer early warning signs of dementia

UC Irvine research shows that the brain’s shifting geometry is tied to memory loss, dementia risk

S. Ahmad Sajjadi, MD, PhD, associate professor of neurology in the UC Irvine School of Medicine.

UC Irvine awarded $18 million grant to lead landmark dementia study

UCI MIND secures National Institute on Aging funding to study an important new degenerative brain disease

Aaron Bornstein

Detecting dementia earlier

With $4 million grant, UC Irvine researcher seeks to develop inexpensive assessment of cognitive ability

Louhua Jiang professor of epidemiology and biostatistics

AI effectively predicts dementia risk in American Indian/Alaska Native elders

UC Irvine study provides framework for how machine learning models identify novel predictors

Dana Mukamel, UCI professor of medicine.

High-quality nursing home dementia care is not only a matter of adding staff

UC Irvine-led study finds that specialized training and stable labor force are also critical

Joshua Grill, co-director of UCI MIND and associate professor of psychiatry & human behavior.

UC Irvine is part of $16 million effort to increase dementia research representation

More Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders sought for studies on aging

Dana Mukamel

Nursing home dementia residents' care linked to majority presence, UC Irvine-led study finds

Heterogeneous populations found in most facilities, highlighting need for specialized training

UCI researchers receive $3.5 million grant to study elderly with certain type of dementia

UCI School of Medicine researchers have been awarded a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study a type of dementia, called hippocampal sclerosis, that often mimics Alzheimer’s disease. Led by Dr. Seyed Ahmad Sajjadi, assistant professor of neurology, the study will test the hypothesis that HS sufferers have more significant […]

Dementia developments

Co-hosted by UCI MIND, the 30th Annual Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease Research Conference will share recent discoveries

Deciphering dementia's gender gap

UCI researchers win grant to explore why Alzheimer’s affects more women