RCMAR Scientists Present at AAIC
RCMAR at AAIC
Booth #1439
While you are at AAIC, make sure you come on over to the RCMAR NCC Booth at #1439! Use this map to find where we are located!
RCMAR Scientists Present at AAIC
We are excited to announce that a few RCMAR Scientists who will present at Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, AAIC, from July 28th to August 1st.
Please make sure you attend the following presentations at AAIC!
Poster Schedule:
Sunday, July 28th
Brent P. Forester MD, MSc
Chief and Chair of Psychiatry for Tufts Medicine, McLean Hospital
Mass-ENVISIONPoster #85641: ECT-AD: Study Design and Baseline Demographics of a Novel Treatment for Agitation and Aggression in Dementia
Christina E Miyawaki, PhD, MSW, MA
Associate Professor, University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work
Texas RCMAR
Poster #89591: Comparing Unmet Service Needs Between Rural and Urban Family Caregivers of People Living with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias: A Multi-Site Qualitative Study
Poster #89634: Life Review Depression Intervention Conducted by Asian and White American Caregivers: A Mixed-Method Comparative Study
Monday, July 29th
Azizi Seixas, PhD
USC AD RCMAR Alum Scientist
Poster #681: Disparity in Resilience: The role of educational attainment and APOE ε4 in Alzheimer Disease in a Puerto Rican cohort
Exploring Alzheimer’s disease progression through the lens of genetics and sleep disturbances
Christina E Miyawaki, PhD, MSW, MA
Associate Professor, University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work
Texas RCMAR
Poster #89591: Feasibility of Training Family Caregivers of People Living with Dementia Online to Deliver Life Review Depression Intervention at Home
Emily Waskow, BA
Mass-ENVISION
Poster #525: Understanding how false memories relate to daily life in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
Jenna Groh, BA
Mass-ENVISION
Poster #403: Unique Pattern of White Matter Hyperintensities in Middle Age and Older Adults with History of Repetitive Head Impact Exposure
Jennifer Manly, PhD
CIRAD – PI
Poster #91879: Public Health: Epidemiology
Poster #700: Cognition Four Decades After High School: Does School Context Matter for Cognitive Disparities at Midlife?
Jesus D. Melgarejo
Assistant Professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
UTRGV AD RCMAR
Poster #704: Association of Cognitive Function with Morality and Cardiovascular Risk
Joseph Sanez, PhD
USC AD RCMAR Alum Scientist
Poster #714: Low Food Security is Related with More Memory Complaints in a Clinic-Based Sample of Latino Adults
Poster #715: Correlates of Cognitive SuperAging in the Mexican Health and Aging Study
Kendra Ray, PhD
New York University School of Medicine, MJHS Menorah Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Care
CIRAD
Poster #4: Blooming in the Fog
Poster #619: Laugh with Me: A Case Study of Easing a Caregiver’s Burden through Music
Kendra Ray, PhD; Marion Kaiser, MS; Mary Mittelman, DrPH
Michael Bubu, MD, MPH, PhD
CIRAD
Poster #92620: Examination of Sex-dependent sleep disruptions and OSA severity on Limbic System Integrity in Community-Dwelling Cognitively Unimpaired Older Adult
Poster #95587: Assessing the impact of adequate OSA treatment on markers of sleepiness related to cognition and AD pathology among Black and Hispanic subjects.
Tuesday, July 30th
Azizi Seixas, PhD
USC AD RCMAR Alum Scientist
Poster #635: Understanding Willingness to Share SBEDOH Information: Cultural Sensitivity and Community Engagement in ADRD Research
Poster #710: Investigating Individual and Familial Stress on Alzheimer’s Disease among a Global Cohort of Non-Hispanic Blacks and Hispanic/Latinos.
Katherine Turk, MD
Mass-ENVISION
Poster #667: An Interprofessional Team for Disease Modifying Therapy in Alzheimer’s Disease Implementation
Marianne Chanti- Ketterl, PhD, MSPH
USC AD RCMAR Alum Scientist
Poster #512: A machine learning approach to multifactorial modeling of episodic memory performance
Michael Bubu, MD, MPH, PhD
CIRAD
Poster #87616: DTI and DKI differences in the fornix microstructure associated with sleep apnea in cognitively normal patients
Poster #92912: Differences between high-precision Alzheimer’s disease plasma and PET biomarkers among cognitively normal older Black and White adults
Poster #93553: Examining the Effect of Work-Life Imbalance on Cognitive Complaints
Mirella Diaz Santos, PhD
Assistant Professor In-Residence in the Department of Neurology, University of California Los Angeles
UCLA RCMAR CHIME 2019-20
Poster #89532: Engaging and Recruiting Latino-led Community Organizations to Build Workforce Capacity in AD/Brain Health Prevention Research
Mirnova Ceide, MD. , MSc
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Medicine
CIRAD
Poster #93149: The Strengthening, engaging, and empowering dyads through nutrition & wellness study: a dyadic community-based nutrition intervention for older adults with diabetes and cognitive impairment
Sadaf Arefi Milani, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch
UTRGV AD RCMAR
Poster #709: Sex/Gender Differences in the Pattern of Comorbid Depressive Symptoms, Pain, and Sleep Problems among Older Mexican Americans With and Without Probable Dementia
Sarah Tom, PhD, MPH
CIRAD, Co-Lead Analysis Core
Poster #724: History of adverse pregnancy outcomes and cognitive decline among older adults: the Adult Changes in Thought study
Poster #725: The Relationship between Cancer Diagnosis Timing and Cognition in Older Adults in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Wednesday, July 31st
Azizi Seixas, PhD
USC AD RCMAR Alum Scientist
Poster #615: Breaking Barriers and Fostering Inclusion: The Success of the Culturally Attuned and Responsive Engagement (CARE) Model among Black Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, and Africans in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Eileen Crimmins, PhD
USC AD RCMAR REC Director
Poster #229: Lung Function and plasma biomarkers: Unraveling the interplay with AD/ADRD
Jesus D. Melgarejo
Assistant Professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
UTRGV AD RCMAR
Poster #682: Sex-Differences in the Association of 24-h Blood Pressure Level and Variability with Subclinical Markers of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease
Julie Zissimopoulos, PhD, Mireille Jacobson, PhD, & Sidra Haye, PhD
USC AD RCMAR Directors & RCMAR Scientist
Poster #738 Changes to Medicare Advantage Risk Adjustment and Dementia Diagnosis in Older Adults
Maria Aranda, PhD
USC AD RCMAR REC Director
Poster #709: A national intervention to increase representation of Latinos/Hispanics in clinical trials on dementia: A mixed-method evaluation
Michael Bubu, MD, MPH, PhD
CIRAD
Poster #85383: Association of Objective Sleep Measures and White Matter Limbic System Integrity in Community-Dwelling Cognitively Unimpaired Older Black and White Adults
Poster #89524: The effects of culturally adapted recruitment strategies for Black/ African Americans’ engagement with Alzheimer’s Disease Research in New York City
Mirella Diaz Santos, PhD
Assistant Professor In-Residence in the Department of Neurology, University of California Los Angeles
UCLA RCMAR CHIME 2019-20
Poster #93016: Electronic Health Record-Embedded Dementia Screening Toolkit Tailored for Bilingual and Bicultural Needs
Shah, S., Islas Huerta, G., Wang, K., Wadhwa, S., Díaz-Santos, M., Vossel, K. and Chang, T.S. (2023)
Peter Lichtenberg, PhD, ABPP
Director, Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University
MCUAAAR
Poster #552: Early memory loss and financial capacity: A “Real World” assessment
Rodica Petrea, MD
Mass-ENVISION
Poster #653: TTR cardiac amyloidosis, polyneuropathy, and dementia at old age – bystander, cause or “smoking gun” guilty by association
Sidra Haye, PhD
2023/24 USC AD RCMAR Scientist
Poster #738: Changes to Medicare Advantage Risk Adjustment and Dementia Diagnosis in Older Adults
Yeonsu Song, PhD, RN, FNP-C
Associate Professor, University of California Los Angeles
(UCLA RCMAR CHIME 2019-20)
Poster #560: Feasibility of Using Smartphone-Based Cognitive Testing Among People Living with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
Moore RC, Kuehn K, Khullar D, Jantz C, Song JM, Padmanabham P, Mausbach B, Martin JL, Song Y
On Demand
Kristina Morreale, BA
Mass-ENVISION
Behavioral estimates of recognition memory in Veterans with mild TBI at risk of Neurodegeneration
Myna Chadalavada, BS
Mass-Envision
Health Outcomes of Transitional Space Design for Older Adults with Dementia
Michael Bubu, MD, MPH, PhD
CIRAD
Sex Specific Associations of BMI and Brain Regional Tau Deposition in a community-dwelling cognitively normal older adult sample
Presentation Schedule:
Monday, July 29th
Charles Windon, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of California San Francisco
CADC
Monday, July 29th | 9 – 10:30 AM ET
2-18PER-C | Perspectives Session | Nutter Theater – Pennsylvania Convention Center
The Continued Evolution Of Real-world Data Platforms To Investigate AD Diagnosis, Progression, Treatment, And Care
Speakers include Charles Windon, MD, Stephanie Alison Ward, BMed FRACP MPH, Maria Eriksdotter, MD, PhD, Atsushi Iwata, MD, PhD, Robert Perneczky, MD, and Linus Jönsson, MD, MSc, PhD
Wednesday, July 31st
Gladys Maestre, MD, PhD
Professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
UTRGV AD RCMAR – PI
Wednesday, July 31st | 8:10 AM | 4-6-FRS-D | Nutter Theater – Pennsylvania Convention Center
Epidemiology-Psychological and social aspects II
Gladys Maestre, MD, PhD
Professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
UTRGV AD RCMAR – PI
Wednesday, July 31st | 8:10 AM | 204 ABC | Pennsylvania Convention Center
Key issues in recruitment for minority aging research in humanitarian settings
Sidra Haye, PhD
2023/24 USC AD RCMAR Scientist
Wednesday, July 31st | 2:20 PM | 4-27-FRS-C | Nutter Theater
From prioritization to care provision: Current directions in disease-modifying treatments
Julie Zissimopoulos, PhD, Mireille Jacobson, PhD, & Sidra Haye, PhD
USC AD RCMAR Directors & RCMAR Scientist
Wednesday, July 31st | 2:20 PM | Nutter Theater – Pennsylvania Convention Center
Differences in Dementia Diagnosis Rates in Primary Care in Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage
Gladys Maestre, MD, PhD
Professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
UTRGV AD RCMAR – PI
Wednesday, July 31st | 5 PM | 118 ABC | Pennsylvania Convention Center
Diversity considerations in implementing biomarkers in clinical practice