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Senior author Dr. Stephen Strittmatter, chair of the Department of Neuroscience at Yale School of Medicine, said drugs targeting one of the newly identified proteins could be a realistic prospect.

Amy Arnsten, PhD, Albert E. Kent professor of Neuroscience, received the 2026 Peter Seeburg Integrative Neuroscience Prize, awarded by the Schaller-Nikolich Foundation in association with the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies and the Society for Neuroscience.

This summer, we saw a first-of-its-kind cross-sector collaboration – a leader in academic research and a national women’s health nonprofit joined forces to amplify the power of women’s health research and investment. The collaborative symposium “From Discovery to Impact: Accelerating Women's Health Research Through Science, Policy, and Investment” hosted by Women’s Health Research at Yale and the Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) on June 15 in New Haven, Conn., welcomed more than 50 speakers, researchers from 28 departments across Yale, and gathered 350+ attendees for a day-long event that covered the power of women’s health research through an arc of discovery to practical impact.

The disease is getting new attention after former ABC 7 New York anchor Bill Ritter opened up on Good Morning America about his early-stage alzheimer’s diagnosis and his decision to step away from the anchor desk.

Nearly half of older adults require assistance with daily activities in a given month. Implemented at the Dorothy Adler Geriatric Assessment Center, the Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut’s Service Navigator program addresses the complex needs of older adults and their caregivers.

Under the leadership of Terri Fried, MD, Humana Foundation Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics), the T32 Postdoctoral Training Program in Geriatric Clinical Epidemiology and Aging-related Research has been renewed for support by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) through 2031.

While certain filler words and speaking patterns can be normal, they can also be signs of cognitive decline and dementia risk.

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While certain filler words and speaking patterns can be normal, they can also be signs of cognitive decline and dementia risk.