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First Gene Therapy for ALS Approved: What Patients Should Know

May 16, 2023

Neil Shneider, MD, PhD, Claire Tow Associate Professor of Neurology, talks about the new approved tofersen (Qalsody), the first drug developed for patients with a rare form of ALS

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ALS
Andrew B. Lassman, MD: New Network Capacity Resource Scientific Director

May 3, 2023

Dr. Andrew Lassman, John Harris Professor of Neurology, is the new director of the Irving Institute’s Network Capacity, national collaborative hub for trials, informatics, communication & education

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Awards and Accomplishments
60 Years Later, High School Quality May Have a Long-Term Impact on Cognition

May 2, 2023

A new study done by Dr. Jennifer Manly, professor of neuropsychology, and colleagues, found that the quality of the high school you attend may have an impact on cognition later in life

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Alzheimer's Disease
Mind-Reading Technology Can Turn Brain Scans Into Language

By Dennis Thompson

May 1, 2023

Mitchell Elkind, MD, MS, MPhil, professor of neurology and epidemiology, commented on a newly developed brain-computer interface that can read a person’s thoughts & translate them into full sentences

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Research
Bilingualism May Stave Off Dementia, Study Suggests

By Jaya Padmanabhan

April 28, 2023

Miguel Arce Rentería, PhD, assistant professor of neuropsychology, commented on a study that found that people who were bilingual in their youth tended to score higher on memory tests later in life

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Dementia
2023 ACTS Award for Addressing Health Equity Through Partnership and Innovation

April 27, 2023

Olajide Williams MD, MS, professor & chief of staff of neurology, received the 2023 ACTS Addressing Health Equity Through Partnership & Innovation Award for his transformative community-engaged work

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Awards and Accomplishments
Revealing the Faces and Voices of Parkinson’s Disease

April 25, 2023

Hiral Shah, MD, assistant professor of neurology at CUMC, along with colleagues, and patients support group created a book for Black patients & their families written by the true experts: themselves

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Movement Disorders
Blood Tests May Help Physicians in Low-Resource Environments Diagnose Alzheimer Disease

April 20, 2023

Richard Mayeux, MD, chair of the Department of Neurology at CUMC and colleagues are investigating a set of blood tests that may help correctly diagnose Alzheimer disease in low-resource environments

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Alzheimer's Disease
ALS: FDA Considering Approval of Drug Tofersen for Rare Form of Disease

April 11, 2023

Dr. Jinsy Andrews, associate professor of neurology at CUIMC, commented on the newly approved oral drug to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a nervous system disease that weakens muscles

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ALS
Inside The Heartwarming 'Men's Health' 'Hip-Hop Health: Mind Over Music' Panel

By Cooper Albers

April 10, 2023

Olajide Williams MD, MS, Professor and Chief of Staff of Neurology, participated in the “Hip Hop Health: Mind Over Music” panel hosted by Men’s Health.

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Neurology

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