\n
The Alzheimer’s Association is pleased to announce that Todd Cohen, PhD, a researcher from UNC, is the recipient of a $99,722 New Investigator Research Grant.<\/p>\n
The grant will be used to fund Dr. Cohen’s lab at UNC, which will study tau acetylation (development of tau tangles, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s) and exploring ways to prevent tau tangles as a potential treatment for the disease.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Todd Cohen, PhD The Alzheimer’s Association is pleased to announce that Todd Cohen, PhD, a researcher from UNC, is the recipient of a $99,722 New Investigator Research Grant. The grant will be used to fund Dr. Cohen’s lab at UNC, which will study tau acetylation (development of tau tangles, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s) and … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":988,"featured_media":3169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTodd Cohen, PhD Receives Alzheimer's Association Grant | Department of Neurology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Todd Cohen, PhD Receives Alzheimer's Association Grant | Department of Neurology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\" Todd Cohen, PhD The Alzheimer’s Association is pleased to announce that Todd Cohen, PhD, a researcher from UNC, is the recipient of a $99,722 New Investigator Research Grant. The grant will be used to fund Dr. Cohen’s lab at UNC, which will study tau acetylation (development of tau tangles, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s) and … Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Department of Neurology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UNCNeurology\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-09-30T19:35:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-16T20:07:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant-image2-679x1024.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"679\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Vavrousek\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UNCneurology\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UNCneurology\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Vavrousek\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Vavrousek\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#\/schema\/person\/011a1eec1dc1db8852ad0222710dbd79\"},\"headline\":\"Todd Cohen, PhD Receives Alzheimer’s Association Grant\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-09-30T19:35:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-16T20:07:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/\"},\"wordCount\":78,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant-image2.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/\",\"name\":\"Todd Cohen, PhD Receives Alzheimer's Association Grant | Department of Neurology\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant-image2.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-09-30T19:35:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-16T20:07:15+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant-image2.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant-image2.jpeg\",\"width\":2016,\"height\":3042,\"caption\":\"Todd Cohen, PhD\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Todd Cohen, PhD Receives Alzheimer’s Association Grant\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/\",\"name\":\"Department of Neurology\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#organization\",\"name\":\"UNC Department of Neurology\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/new_neurology_logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/new_neurology_logo.jpg\",\"width\":1657,\"height\":601,\"caption\":\"UNC Department of Neurology\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UNCNeurology\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/UNCneurology\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/unc_neurology\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/unc-neurology\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#\/schema\/person\/011a1eec1dc1db8852ad0222710dbd79\",\"name\":\"Mark Vavrousek\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/231d0889b799bc7ff249939ef1b948bf6fa72134b158526ad98c980218efcd6d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/231d0889b799bc7ff249939ef1b948bf6fa72134b158526ad98c980218efcd6d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mark Vavrousek\"},\"description\":\"Neurology\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/author\/mvavrous\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Todd Cohen, PhD Receives Alzheimer's Association Grant | Department of Neurology","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Todd Cohen, PhD Receives Alzheimer's Association Grant | Department of Neurology","og_description":" Todd Cohen, PhD The Alzheimer’s Association is pleased to announce that Todd Cohen, PhD, a researcher from UNC, is the recipient of a $99,722 New Investigator Research Grant. The grant will be used to fund Dr. Cohen’s lab at UNC, which will study tau acetylation (development of tau tangles, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s) and … Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/","og_site_name":"Department of Neurology","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UNCNeurology\/","article_published_time":"2014-09-30T19:35:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-12-16T20:07:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":679,"height":1024,"url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant-image2-679x1024.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mark Vavrousek","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UNCneurology","twitter_site":"@UNCneurology","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Vavrousek","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/"},"author":{"name":"Mark Vavrousek","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#\/schema\/person\/011a1eec1dc1db8852ad0222710dbd79"},"headline":"Todd Cohen, PhD Receives Alzheimer’s Association Grant","datePublished":"2014-09-30T19:35:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-12-16T20:07:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/"},"wordCount":78,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant-image2.jpeg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/","name":"Todd Cohen, PhD Receives Alzheimer's Association Grant | Department of Neurology","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant-image2.jpeg","datePublished":"2014-09-30T19:35:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-12-16T20:07:15+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant-image2.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant-image2.jpeg","width":2016,"height":3042,"caption":"Todd Cohen, PhD"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Todd Cohen, PhD Receives Alzheimer’s Association Grant"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/","name":"Department of Neurology","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#organization","name":"UNC Department of Neurology","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/new_neurology_logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/new_neurology_logo.jpg","width":1657,"height":601,"caption":"UNC Department of Neurology"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UNCNeurology\/","https:\/\/x.com\/UNCneurology","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/unc_neurology\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/unc-neurology\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#\/schema\/person\/011a1eec1dc1db8852ad0222710dbd79","name":"Mark Vavrousek","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/231d0889b799bc7ff249939ef1b948bf6fa72134b158526ad98c980218efcd6d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/231d0889b799bc7ff249939ef1b948bf6fa72134b158526ad98c980218efcd6d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mark Vavrousek"},"description":"Neurology","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/author\/mvavrous\/"}]}},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant-image2.jpeg","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant-image2-199x300.jpeg","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant-image2-768x1159.jpeg","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant-image2-679x1024.jpeg","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant-image2-150x226.jpeg","featured_image_alt":"Todd Cohen, PhD","category_details":[{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/category\/news\/"}],"tag_details":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/988"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"image2\"](\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant-image2.jpeg\")
![\"image3\"](\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/todd-cohen-phd-receives-alzheimers-association-grant-image3.jpeg\")