BU Alzheimer's Center

This month we have the privilege of having Dr. Luigi Puglielli speak to us on “Endoplasmic Reticulum Acetylation and Proteostasis”. View our Colloquium Series Lecture here from 2/20/26 bu.edu/alzresearch/20…

This month, we had the Privilege of having Dr. Barbara Bendlin speak to us on “Update on the Role of Gut Microbiome in Alzheimer’s Disease”. View our Colloquium Series Lecture here from 1/16/2026! bu.edu/alzresearch/20…

Last month, we had the Privilege of having Dr. Amalia Peterson speak to us on “Women’s Health and Brain Aging: Implications for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias”. View our Colloquium Series Lecture here from 12/16/2025! bu.edu/alzresearch/20…

Last week we had the Privilege of having Dr. Kate Turk speak to us on “Mindfulness as an intervention for Veterans with Memory Loss”. View our Fall Seminar Lecture here from 10/17/2025! If you would be interested in this talk, head over to bu.edu/alzresearch/20…

Earlier this week, we had the privilege of Dr. David Weinshenker speak to us at the BU ADRC on “Mechanisms and Consequences of Locus Coeruleus Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease”! If you would be interested in this talk, head over to bu.edu/alzresearch/20…

Yesterday, we had the Privilege of Dr. Audrey Fan speak to us on “Non-invasive MRI to image cerebral perfusion and blood-brain barrier function in aging and dementia”. View our Colloquium Series Lecture here! bostonu.zoom.us/rec/share/Jde1… Passcode: TT3$j!D#

📢 Exciting News: Kolachalama laboratory’s latest work is published in Nature Communications!! Their team has developed an AI model that predicts Alzheimer's disease biomarkers (Aβ and τ) using widely available clinical data. nature.com/articles/s4146….

Take a look at the story below from @ABC News to learn more about CTE from CTE Center investigator Robert Stern, PhD. Watch the story here: abcnews.go.com/US/cte-brain-d… You can visit bit.ly/bucte_whatiscte to learn more about CTE and bit.ly/bucte_resources to find resources.

We thank the family of Greg Newman for their generous donation and contribution to our research. You can read the article below from @TheAthletic to learn more about Greg and to hear from CTE Center director Ann McKee, MD. Read it here: nytimes.com/athletic/64964…

BU’s Andrew Budson, MD, is hosting a two-day hybrid conference on evaluating how viewing dementia as a disorder of consciousness can help patient care: bit.ly/44tx1w5

The Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology has organized a Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller Symposium in celebration of Black History Month! This event is open to the public and we would love for you to attend! Itinerary attached Below! 2/21/25 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM Hiebert Lounge!

Be sure to start your Tuesday off right by listening to our very own Andrew Budson on the @home_thrive Caregiver Trending Podcast discussing his book The episode is located on Spotify and Apple Podcasts below! open.spotify.com/show/0wns09AP9… podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/car…

Our very own Dr. Andrew Budson was on NightSide with Dan Rea where he discussed challenges with memory for those as early as 30-40 Years old! Listen to the episode for more helpful information on how to better manage your memory today! 🧠🧠 iheart.com/podcast/1002-n…

full article here: nature.com/articles/s4159… 3/3

neuroimaging. This model achieved a microaveraged AUROC of 0.96 in differentiating dementia etiologies and significantly improved diagnostic accuracy when used alongside clinician assessments. Discover how this innovation can transform dementia care and research: Read the 2/3

📢 Exciting News: The Kolachalama laboratory’s latest work is now published in Nature Medicine! The team has developed an AI model for differential diagnosis of dementia using multimodal data, including demographics, medical history, neuropsychological assessments, and 1/3

Ahead of his talk with the @alzassociation and @AARP on June 6th, our very own Dr. Andrew E. Budson, MD sat down to discuss Normal Aging vs Dementia. You can listen to the entire Podcast on Spotify here using this link: open.spotify.com/episode/00to9w…

Join Dr. Budson June 6th at 6 pm where he will be discussing Normal Aging and Dementia with our friends over @alzassociation and @AARP alz-org.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

We are very excited about the Conference coming up on June 12th, 2024, from 10AM-1PM hosted by the Alzheimer's Foundation of America. Our very own Dr. Andrew Budson will be the Keynote speaker at the event. The conference is free and open to everyone wanting to attend!

Don’t Fight False Memories in Dementia | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/managi… Read Dr. Budson's new Psychology Today blog on what to do when your loved one has false memories.