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Developmental Area Brown Bag - Diversity and resilience in cognitive aging

Laura Zahodne, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Monday, September 26, 2016
12:00-1:00 PM
4464 East Hall Map
Abstract: There is great heterogeneity in cognitive trajectories among older adults. Even individuals with similar levels of brain pathology (measured in vivo or post-mortem) differ substantially in their rates of late-life cognitive decline. I will present studies on putative risk (e.g., depression) and protective (e.g., educational, bilingualism) factors and introduce a resilience framework for investigating the interplay between demographics, psychosocial experiences, and brain markers of neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular pathology. A primary aim of this work is to advance novel approaches to probe mechanisms of racial/ethnic disparities in Alzheimer’s disease.

Bio: Dr. Zahodne is a clinical neuropsychologist and an alumna of the University of Michigan. She completed doctoral training at the University of Florida and clinical internship at Brown University. She completed postdoctoral training through the Neuropsychology and Cognition in Aging T32 at Columbia University, where she received a K99 career development award from the National Institute on Aging. Dr. Zahodne’s research focuses on psychosocial influences on cognitive aging and the expression of neurodegenerative disease, particularly in racial/ethnic minorities. In 2015, she received the Springer Early Career Achievement Award from APA Division 20 (Adult Development & Aging). Dr. Zahodne joined the Psychology faculty at the University of Michigan in 2016.
Building: East Hall
Event Type: Presentation
Tags: brown bag
Source: Happening @ Michigan from Department of Psychology, Developmental Psychology