BHRI and its members in the news
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The Kent State Brain Health Research Institute hosted the first Town Hall Meeting at the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center on Friday, September 27, 2019. The meeting focused on four DataBlitz! sessions, series…
The Kent State University Brain Health Research Institute announces the following Pilot Grant 2019 award winners:
John Gunstad (KSU Psychol), Lindsay Scott (UH), Rachel Ostrand (IBM)
Using automated speech analysis to predict cognitive decline and future Alzheimer’s disease…
Dr. John Gunstad, Kent State University Professor of Psychological Sciences and Brain Health Research Institute member, won a Scholars Award at the Cleveland Brain Health Initiative Retreat on August 26, 2019, for his work, "Using automated speech analysis to predict cognitive…
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Once it begins, Alzheimer’s Disease progresses systematically and aggressively, attacking victims on multiple fronts. But scientists studying the disease operate the same way — like Kent State University’s own Dr. Gemma Casadesus Smith.
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A Kent State University researcher with a background in safety training models — and a very personal motivation — has devised a method to help some children with food allergies stay safe, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) just granted him the funding to test it.
The Brain Health Research Institute is now on Twitter! Follow us @KSUBrainHealth
The Integrated Sciences Building (ISB) is set to receive a collaborative laboratory next fall courtesy of the Brain Health Research Institute.
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Two Kent State professors are identifying the elements of ballroom dance to eventually develop an exercise intervention program that would help manage Parkinson's disease symptoms.
Dr. Angela Ridgel, an associate professor of exercise science and physiology, and Joan Meggitt,…
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With great hope and expectations for the future of brain health research at Kent State University, President Beverly J. Warren introduced Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., as the inaugural director of the university’s Brain Health Research Institute on Feb. 25.