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Dr. Singer will be talking about Dementia and Caregiving at the Goodwill Industries of Northwest Event on Thursday September 5th at 530pm

We enjoyed attending the Healthwise expo hosted by KCBD! There was a great turnout and we had lots of positive conversations!

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Garrison Institute on Aging congratulates Dr. Volker Neugebauer as being named in the top 2% of Scientists in the World (Stanford University/Elsevier’s sixth edition of the World’s Top 2%). We are incredibly proud of Dr. Neugebauer and are beyond honored to have him at the helm of our institute, as Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer. Please join us in celebrating this terrific achievement!

Read the complete article here: https://dailydose.ttuhsc.edu/2024/june/top-two-percent-scientists-ranking.aspx

Thank you, SaludAmerica, for sharing our story!

Study Offers Free Telehealth Therapy for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Caregivers - Salud America Researchers at Texas Tech University are offering free telehealth therapy for informal Alzheimer's and dementia caregivers.

A big congrats to GRILL Lab graduate student Libby McLean for earning the ADEC Richard Kalish Graduate Student Paper Award!

Another great crowd for bingo night at Medical Arts Hospital in Lamesa last night! Everyone enjoyed the meal provided by Pedroza's Mexican Food Restaurant and the sweet treat from Blizzys Ice Cream.

Last week, our lab participated in the 8th Annual Symposium on Brain Health hosted by the Center of Excellence for Translational Neuroscience and Therapeutics (CTNT) and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Garrison Institute on Aging. We enjoyed learning from keynote speaker Dr. Shreaya Chakroborty, Ph.D., from NIH National Institute on Aging.

Dr. Jonathan Singer, Ph.D., shared a talk regarding some of our ongoing studies titled, "Investigating the grieving brain utilizing unique methodologies." Dr. Singer received recognition for his contribution to the conference as an invited speaker.

Research coordinator Lauren C. shared a poster titled "Investigation of chronic pain biomarkers indicative of cognitive decline in rural Texas: A Project FRONTIER Study" for which she received the Best Poster Award for the clinical/human studies/tissue category.

Our team shared some of our ongoing research with our colleagues at , the annual conference hosted by the Association for Death Education and Counseling.

Graduate student Libby, research coordinator Amir, and research assistant Destiny held a symposium titled: "Grieving a Loss to Incarceration: An Examination of Grief Responses and Public Perceptions of Family Members of Incarcerated Individuals." This work was supervised by our lab PI, Jonathan Singer.

Libby also presented a poster titled: "Personality and Pre-Death Grief in Family Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias" for which she received the Richard Kalish Graduate Student Paper Award.

Several of our research assistants were able to present their ongoing projects at TTU's Undergraduate Research Conference sponsored by TTU True.

Research Assistant Chloe presented her poster titled, "Examining the Relationship Between Hypertension and Neurocognitive Functioning in a Unique Rural Sample."

Research Assistant Alayna presented her poster titled, "Examining Differences in Neurocognitive Functioning Between Hispanics who Preferred Assessments in Spanish vs. English: A Project Frontier Study."

We are interested in learning more about the experiences of Latiné people with advanced cancer and their family caregivers.

Read this article on Salud America! to learn more!

Latinos: Share Your Cancer Journey or Caregiver Experience - Salud America Texas Tech University researchers are looking to learn more about advanced cancer in Latinos from those diagnosed and caregivers.

We enjoyed hosting bingo night in Lamesa yesterday. Congratulations to all our winners! If you'd like another chance at some prizes, we'll be back on April 25th!

Huge thanks to the team at Medical Arts Hospital for being amazing hosts.