Category: Research

New research published in the Journal of Neurology address the Association of CSF alpha-synuclein-SAA seed amplification results with clinical features of possible and probable dementia with Lewy bodies. Dr. Andrea Bozoki, UNC Neurology Division Chief for Memory and Cognitive Division was a member of the main research team behind this work....

A research team led by Priya Palta, PhD, MHS, an associate professor of neurology at the UNC School of Medicine, has found that certain Alzheimer’s disease and neurodegenerative blood biomarkers in midlife and late life had strong associations with late-life dementia.

The Department of Neurology is pleased to welcome Christopher Hilliard, BS, CCRC to the position of NCTU Director. Chris will join the department of Neurology with 10 years of experience in clinical research trials, training, mentoring, and leading large research teams. In his previous role, Chris served as the Assistant Director of Clinical Operations...

Within the department of Neurology, UNC undergraduates are offered the opportunity to join faculty research labs. One such lab is Dr. Boerwinkle’s RS-fMRI Lab which supports several undergraduate students – like Aryan Kodali. Kodali recently applied for the UNC 2024 Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship with the proposal “NeuroConnect – An...

In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2315167121), Dr. Harry Chao from the Shih Lab and researchers in Stanford University have provided new insights into the brain’s default mode network (DMN), particularly focusing on the retrosplenial cortex’s role in spatial exploration. Traditionally, the DMN...

On the late afternoon of March, 19, 2024 faculty, staff, patients, and stakeholders from Neurology, Neurosurgery, the Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC), UNC Hospitals, and UNC School of Medicine gathered to celebrate the official launch of the Focused Ultrasound program at Marsico on UNC campus. Focused Ultrasound therapies involve an...

A landmark study lead by Dr. Ian Shih, could alter how researchers interpret results from functional magnetic resonance imaging.

  Clinical Research: Irena Dujmovic Basuroski, MD led the UNC MS center to Comprehensive Care recognition. Monica M. Diaz, MD received an Alzheimer’s Association research grant to study frailty and dementia among elderly in Eastern Uganda. Gwenn A. Garden, MD, PhD contributed to understanding microglia in AD (Prater et al.,...