Mind Matters: A Podcast Produced by the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging

March 21st is World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD), a global awareness day for Down Syndrome. Sanders-Brown researchers share about WDSD, the talents of some of the research participants, and ways you can celebrate WDSD.

For more information about Down Syndrome research, visit https://www.alzheimers.gov/clinical-trials/alzheimers-biomarkers-consortium-down-syndrome and https://dsctn.org/life-dsr/.

To find out more about how to participat...

In honor of Traumatic Brain Injury Month, Dr. Adam Bachstetter, PhD joins the podcast to discuss his expertise.  Will a traumatic brain injury lead to Alzheimer’s disease? How does the brain protect itself from further damage? Dr. Bachstetter  is an Associate Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Kentucky. His primary affiliation is with the Spinal Cord & Brain Injury Research Center (SCoBIRC). He is also affiliated wi...

Dr. Shannon Macauley joins the podcast in honor of International Day of Women and Girls in Science. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of Kentucky and recently joined the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging as an affiliate faculty member.

For more information about Dr. Macauley and her work, visit https://www.macauleylab.com/. Follow her on X at @macauleylab.  For more information about the U...

Dr. Alaine Reschke-Hernandez joins the podcast to discuss her passion of music therapy and its effect on those with dementia. She is an assistant professor of music therapy at the UK College of Fine Arts and recently joined the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging as an affiliate faculty member.  

For more information about Dr. Reschke-Hernandez and her work, visit https://imagnlab.createuky.net/⁠. For more information about the UK Sander...

Dr. Brian Gold, PhD joins the podcast to discuss cognitive reserve and lifestyle factors as they pertain to neurodegenerative disease. Dr. Gold is the director of the Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging lab and a Professor in the Departments of Neuroscience and Radiology. He is also a Co-Director of UK's MRI Center, and a Co-Director of the Biomarker Core at the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging’s Alzheimer's Disease Research Ce...

The Memory Cafe is 12 years old and we are celebrating! The UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging partners with the Alzheimer's Association each month to provide this social engagment program, where individuals with memory loss AND their loved ones gather for a time of togetherness, connection, and FUN! Special guests for this podcast include Sarah Hatch, MSW, CSW of SBCoA, Meredith Plant of the Alzheimer's Association, Ted &...

October is Down Syndrome Month. People with Down Syndrome are living longer. The age at which they develop Alzheimer's disease is much younger than the general population. In this episode, we talk with researchers at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging about their work with people with Down Syndrome and the hope this work brings! Special guests include Fred Schmitt, PhD, Jordan Harp, PhD, Amanda Glueck, PhD...

In this episode, Dr. Lance Johnson of the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging shares about his research on genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease, and how modifying genetics may play an important role in risk reduction. For more information about the work Lance Johnson and his team are doing, visit http://www.ljohnsonlab.com/. To find out how you can get involved in research at the Sanders-Brown Center on...