Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer’s Center launches this year’s Tennessee Dementia ECHO program connecting health care professionals with dementia care experts

Since its launch in 2024, the program has expanded to serve clinicians across West, Middle and East Tennessee through regional partnerships with the University of Memphis and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Team’s AI agent to speed Alzheimer’s treatment

Patients who qualify for new Alzheimer’s disease therapies often wait weeks before receiving a first infusion.

Brain imaging study highlights ethnoracial differences in dementia 

Although Black and Hispanic people are more apt to have dementia, they are significantly less apt than other racial and ethnic groups to show Alzheimer’s pathology on brain scans. 

Where are all the Alzheimer’s drugs?

A new study will use innovative methods developed at VUMC to look for drugs already approved for other uses that could potentially be repurposed to treat Alzheimer’s.

Weight-loss surgery associated with reduced dementia

An observational study found that bariatric surgery was associated with 63% reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

Brain atlas pinpoints vulnerabilities in ALS and dementia