Mechanisms Underlying
Neurocognitive Aging Lab

The Division of Neuroscience's Minority Health and Health Disparities in Neuroscience Webinar Series presents “Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease Across Diverse Populations: Lessons Learned, Opportunities to Advance Science, and Recent Findings in HABS-HD”.

Abbey Hamlin's presentation titled, "The Effects of Individual Consumer Credit History on Cognitive Aging Outcomes of Black/African American and White Older Adults."

Jordana Breton's presentation titled, "The Effects of Social Inequality and Psychological Appraisal on Cognitive Outcomes of Mexican American Older Adults."

Dr. Clark, Abbey Hamlin, and our collaborator Dr. Duarte will be attending the Summer Data Immersion program on May 2024 hosted by the Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD).

Abbey Hamlin presents her project, "The Effects of Economic Stability and Health Care Access on 10-year Change in Memory Outcomes of Black/African American and White Older Adults from the ACTIVE Study".

Dr. Clark and collaborators Drs. Stephanie Grasso and Anny Reyes will present their talk, "Data-Driven Approaches to Characterizing Cognitive Heterogeneity in Bilingual Older Adults Enrolled in HABS-HD".

Abbey will be presenting her project titled ‘The Effects of Economic Stability and Health Care Access on 10-year Change in Memory Outcomes of Black/African American and White Older Adults from the ACTIVE Study’ in February 2024 at the annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society in New York City.

Dr. Grasso & Dr. Clark's paper titled "Bilingual neurocognitive resiliency, vulnerability, and Alzheimer's disease biomarker correlates in Latino older adults enrolled in the Health and Aging Brain Study - Health Disparities (HABS-HD)" is published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring.

"The Interaction Between Race/Ethnicity and Traumatic Brain Injury on Alzheimer's Disease Risk in Late Life"

Abbey will present her project, "The Effects of Economic Stability and Health Care Access on 10-year Change in Memory Outcomes of Black/African American and White Older Adults from the ACTIVE Study" at the International Neuropsychological Society conference in February 2024!

Dr Clark presents, "The Impact of Segregation on Cognition and Everyday Functioning of Hispanic Older Adults Enrolled in HEPSE" at the San Antonio AAIC Advancements meeting. This work came is a byproduct of the May 2023 Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD) meeting.

Dr. Clark's paper title "Empirically Derived Psychosocial Phenotypes in Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino Older Adults Enrolled in HABS-HD: Associations with AD Biomarkers and Cognitive Outcomes" is accepted in A&D.

Dr. Clark was recognized for her outstanding innovative teaching in her Diversity in Cognitive Aging (Psy 332U) course where she deeply engages students with experiences like attending a virtual cognitive aging conference. Dr. Clark’s students share how inspired they are by her commitment to understanding and improving disparities in health care.

Dr. Clark (PI), Kelsey Thomas (Co-I), and Michael Marsiske (Co-I) are awarded an R03 grant studying the impact of segregation and the mediating effects of vascular risk on 10-year cognitive and functional outcomes in Black/African American older adults enrolled in the ACTIVE study.

Abbey Hamlin is awarded the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship grant titled "Investigating the relationship between neighborhood factors, inflammation, and cognitive aging."

Abbey Hamlin's poster titled, "Social Support is Associated with Better Memory Performance among Hispanic/Latino, but not Non-Hispanic White Older Adults."

Jordana Breton's paper talk titled, "Poorer Memory Outcomes are Observed in Underinsured Latino Older Adults with Metabolic Syndrome."

Nazareth Ortega's poster titled, "Social Support, APOE Genotype, and Memory Associations in a Community-Based Sample of Older Adults in Texas."

Dr. Clark's paper talk titled, "Associations between social determinants of health and 10-year change in everyday functioning within Black/African American and White older adults enrolled in ACTIVE."