Current UAB ADRC REC Scholars (Investigators)

Edmund Arthur, O.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.O.
Assistant Professor, Department of Optometry and Vision Science
“Novel Retinal Biomarker Development in Early Alzheimer's Disease”

Kristen Allen-Watts, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Division of Preventive Medicine, Benjamin-Carver FIRST Scientist
“Co-Cares: Assessing Mild Cognitive Impairment in Black Older Adults living with Type 2 Diabetes”

Lindsay Rizzardi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
“Investigating the cell type-specific roles of ZEB1 in Alzheimer's disease”

Current UAB ADRC REC Scholars (Trainees) 

Ruan Carlos Macedo de Moraes, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
“Chronotherapy (Time-Restricted Feeding) to Improve Hippocampal Fast-Spiking Parvalbumin Neurons in Alzheimer’s Disease”

Nina Baumgartner, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
“Ovarian hormone withdrawal exacerbates Alzheimer's disease risk via dysregulation of fear memory”