Mechanisms Underlying
Neurocognitive Aging Lab

Her project is based on ongoing collaborations between Dr.Adam Bush and Dr.Clark and their CAPS pilot award.

Look out for the following paper presentation at INS in February: Thomas KR, Weigand AJ, Garcia ME, Petersen M, Rissman R, O’Bryant SE, & Clark AL for the HABS-HD Study Team. (abstract in press). Associations of Subjective Memory Concerns with Alzheimer’s Disease Plasma Biomarkers and Objective Memory Performance within Racially/Ethnically Diverse Older Adults from HABS-HD.

The manuscript titled "Phonocardiography Based Pulse Wave Velocity System for Non-Occlusive Assessment of Arterial Stiffness" by Corina Margain, Emily Powell, Dr. Alexandra Clark and Dr. Adam Bush has been accepted for publication by the Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine Journal

Dr.Clark presented her talk "Evidence of psychological behavioral and cognitive fortitude to AD in racially/ethnically minoritized older adults" in the EPSO symposium at GSA.

She also presented "The effect of ethnic enclaves on cognition and everyday functioning and how this differs across neighborhood disadvantage" in the MCFAAD symposium.

Abbey Hamlin will be presenting her work titled, "Characterizing Novel Neighborhood Factors and Associations with Memory Outcomes in Adults Age 50+ Enrolled in the Health and Retirement Study."

Dr. Clark will discuss papers titled, "Tract- and County-Level Segregation Measures Differentially Impact 10-year Cognitive and Functional Outcomes of Black/African American Older Adults."

Dr. Clark will also be presenting work titled, ""Modifiable Individual-Level Factors, Military Experiences, and Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias: Findings from the Million Veteran Program."

Abbey's paper "The Independent and Interactive Effects of Economic Stability and Health Care Access on 10-Year Cognitive Trajectories of Black/African American and White Older Adults" will be published in the the Journal of Gerontology and Psychological Sciences: Series B.

Dr.Clark discussed the Intersection of Age, Race, Bilingualism, and Ethnicity on Brain Health.

Dr. Clark's new paper titled, "Heterogeneity in cognitive profiles of monolingual and bilingual Hispanic/Latino older adults in HABS-HD" was accepted for publication in the Journal of International Neuropsychological Society! Congrats to our co-author and collaborator Dr. Stephanie Grasso as well!

Congrats to Abbey Hamlin for receiving the competitive James McKenney Travel Award. This will fund her travels to the Gerontological Society of America meeting in Seattle, WA!

The chapter titled "Social and structural determinants of cognitive and brain aging outcomes in racially/ethnically minoritized older adults" was published online as a stand-alone chapter in the prestigious Reference Collection in Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology.

Dr. Clark's talk, “Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease Across Diverse Populations: Lessons Learned, Opportunities to Advance Science, and Recent Findings in HABS-HD” can be accessed online. Learn more about the great work in HABS-HD!

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

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.

Wren's poster was titled, "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."

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).