CNDR in the News

CNDR in the News

Latest news stories featuring CNDR and its collaborators 

• Diagnoses of early-onset dementia are growing, insurer reports
  02/27/20 - Diagnosis rates of early-onset dementia and Alzheimer’s disease tripled between 2013 and 2017, with Pennsylvania and New Jersey among the states most affected, according to the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.

• Penn, Drexel get $22 million to study Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, other dementias
  10/01/19 - Two Philadelphia universities have received large grants from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to study very different aspects of dementia.

• Penn receives $18M to study connections between Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and dementia
  09/30/19 - Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have received an $18.1 million grant to study connections between Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

• Penn's 8th Annual 5K for the IOA Happening September 22nd
  09/19/19 - Help the University of Pennsylvania raise research dollars for Alzheimer’s and other aging-related diseases this Sunday, September 22nd! Chief Medical Officer of Penn Medicine Doctor P.J. Brennan said he started the race because of his own personal experience.

• Alzheimer's pioneer Virginia Lee wins $3 million Breakthrough Prize for work at Penn
  09/05/19 - On Thursday, Penn Medicine's Virginia M.Y. Lee, PhD was announced as the winner of a $3 million Breakthrough Prize — one of seven such awards to be given to scientists at a Nov. 3 ceremony.

• Alzheimer's Association awards $790K in grants to University of Pennsylvania researchers
  06/14/19 - The Alzheimer’s Association Delaware Valley Chapter this week announced nearly $790,000 in grant awards to Philadelphia scientists.