Aging & Brain Health Alliance, Rutgers University-Newark

03/28/2025

Alzheimer’s early detection tests using video games developed by Rutgers-Newark researchers may help spot the disease years before symptoms are noticeable and provide a non-invasive form of dementia screening.

10/22/2024

Please join us this Friday (October 25th, 3-7pm) in East Orange, NJ, for our next 1970s-era Soul Brain Dance Party. No RSVPs required but come early: we will limit admission to the first 125 people. Special prizes for those who dress up in fabulous 1970s fashion. Light refreshments and drinks provided. Event details in the attached PDF file. Spread the word.

Wonder what it will be like? See this one-minute highlights video of our first Soul Brain Dance Party last year. Groove to the music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzkHpsjWagU

All are welcome. We are always looking for new participants who might be interested in our Rutgers study of Pathways to Healthy Aging in African Americans. Older Black men are especially needed, so please grab one or two and drag them along.

Soul Brain: A 90 second dance party video in appreciation of our Very Important Participants. For more information about Rutgers University-Newark's Aging & ...

10/18/2024

https://www.newark.rutgers.edu/news/helping-formerly-incarcerated-men-prevent-dementia

Jerome Perkins, a community engagement assistant at Rutgers-Newark, talks to other formerly incarcerated men about brain health and encourages them to participate in a study about Alzheimer’s disease prevention.

08/04/2024

At our "Giving Brain Science Back to the Community" Gala last Thursday, July 25th, in Newark: Some of the members of my lab who showed up to join us and assist.

03/13/2024

"Pathways to Healthy Aging: How Lifestyle, Genetics, and Environment Interact to Promote Resilience Against Alzheimer's Disease in African Americans". An overview of both our community engagement and research activities, as given to the University of Pennsylvania's Penn Memory Center & Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. March 11, 2024. Dr. Mark A. Gluck (Director, Aging & Brain Health Alliance. Rutgers University-Newark).

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"Pathways to Healthy Aging: How Lifestyle, Genetics, and Environment Interact to Promote Resilience Against Alzheimer's Disease in African Americans". An ov...