REDUCE SUFFERING AND MAXIMIZE HUMAN POTENTIAL THROUGH BETTER BRAIN HEALTH FOR ALL
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Dear McCance community,
2022 has begun, and we are excited to highlight some of our latest progress and discoveries. The pandemic continues to shape our work in profound ways. The McCance Center’s Clinical-Translational program is leading a growing regional network of experts who are searching for treatments that can restore health to the brain and nervous system after COVID. Some of their findings are featured below. In tandem, we are providing expert multidisciplinary care to those faced with “brain fog” and disturbances of the autonomic nervous system.
Below please find our 2022 Kickoff Video. We intend to share this broadly in the coming months and wanted you to have an early preview.
We wish you the best of health, and look forward to staying connected.
Jonathan Rosand, MD, MSc, Managing Co-director
Rudy Tanzi, PhD, Co-director
Greg Fricchione, MD, Co-director
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INDICATORS
New study may help clinicians use sleep data to diagnose dementia and other forms of cognitive impairment
McCance researchers Drs. Noor Adra and Haoqi Sun have characterized how spindle detection parameter settings correlate with cognitive performance.
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INDICATORS
EEG shows promise as a measure to understand cognitive health
New results show that information about both total and fluid intelligence is decodable from an overnight sleep EEG.
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INDICATORS
McCance Center research results help understand early indicators of neurologic risk
11-year study summarized here by Dr. Marta Bento Fernandes aimed to perform a survival analysis and to identify important covariates.
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INDICATORS
McCance team wins award for COVID research findings presented at MGH Neuroscience Day
Findings confirm executive dysfunction and attention difficulties.
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INTERVENTIONS
New McCance study reveals impact of sleep, exercise to brain age measures
No surprise, but now the data is in: better exercise, sleep, show measurable impact to brain age in new study with Drs. An Ouyang and Brandon Westover.
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INTERVENTIONS
Recruiting clinical trial participants for lifestyle interventions for Alzheimer’s
If you know anyone with mild Alzheimer’s, they may be eligible to participate in a research study of lifestyle interventions to impact or reverse the disease progression.
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INTEGRATION
Primary prevention recommendations released to help doctors and patients reduce the risk of cognitive decline
Dr. Tanzi worked with Us Against Alzheimer’s to develop recommendations for primary care doctors on how to discuss cognitive decline with their patients.
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INTEGRATION
Brain Care Score now live on our website
Now you can access the McCance Brain Care ScoreTM on our website and answer, with scientific validity, “What can I do to take good care of my brain?”
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The bi-weekly McCance Center for Brain Health Seminar Series brings faculty members, guests and their labs together to present on and discuss the development of brain health indicators and interventions, as well as efforts to integrate brain health assessments into primary care. Locate past lecture videos on our YouTube playlist.
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Monday, Feb. 7, 11:00 AM ET: Joseph Park, PhD and Martin Bretzner, MD, MSc
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Dr. Park, Department of Neurology, Mass General, has successfully created a 3D model cell culture of neurons, astrocytes, and microglia that recapitulates neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration.
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Dr. Bretzner, Research Fellow, J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, Mass General, utilizes brain imaging to study the impacts of stroke on brain health.
Monday, Mar. 7, 11:00 AM ET: Peter Wayne, PhD
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Dr. Wayne, Director, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, focuses his research on evaluating how mind-body and related integrative medicine practices impact aging and chronic health conditions.
Monday, Mar. 21, 11:00 AM ET: Seth Gale, MA, MD and Edmarie Guzman-Velez, PhD
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Dr. Gale, Founder, Brain Health Program, Brigham, examines care delivery models in order to reduce dementia risk and slow decline in patients.
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Dr. Guzman-Velez, Multicultural Alzheimer's Prevention Program (MAPP), McCance Center Faculty Member, focuses on examining non-pharmacological and lifestyle factors that can reduce the risk for dementia.
Monday, Apr. 4, 11:00 AM ET: Behnam Sabayan, MD, PhD
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Dr. Sabayan, Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, studies the relationship between brain health and blood pressure, heart rate variability, and lipid profiles.
Monday, Apr. 18, 11:00 AM ET: Susan Vacas, MD, PhD
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Dr. Vacas, Department of Anesthesiology, UCLA, analyzes the intersection between neuroanesthesiology and brain health.
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Follow us on social media to get the latest news
on our clinical programs and research initiatives.
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Link here to support the McCance Center for Brain Health
or contact EBarberio@partners.org, 617-643-9703, directly.
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