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NEUROPSYCHIATRY OF AGING RESEARCH GROUP

Advancing the understanding of emotional and social wellbeing and the aging brain.

Welcome  to the Neuropsychiatry of Aging Research group’s webpage. Our collaborative research investigates the neurology of emotional and social function in healthy older adults and those affected by Alzheimer’s disease.  We work within the Harvard Aging Brain Study and other large observational studies to define emotional, behavioral and pathological changes that occur at the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease, prior to the onset of cognitive impairment. These changes include traditional neuropsychiatric symptoms such as anxiety and depression as well as subtle changes in social function.

By recognizing these early symptoms in older adults, we seek to enhance the detection of Alzheimer’s disease and advance treatment options to preserve cognitive and mental health in late-life.

LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

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Nancy Donovan, MD presented “Social Connection, Aging, and Alzheimer’s Disease.”

Rush University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Woman’s Board Grand Rounds, April 2025.

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Soyoung Lee, MD, David Adamowicz, MD, and Nancy Donovan, MD led the session: “Biomarkers of Transitional Cognitive and Non-cognitive symptoms from the A4/LEARN studies and the new Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnostic and Staging Criteria.

American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, March 2025.

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Soyoung Lee, MD, and Benjamin Zide, MSt presented at the Alzheimer Association International Conference 2024.

Philadelphia, PA, July 2024.

AFFILIATIONS & COLLABORATORS

Advancing the understanding of emotional and social wellbeing and the aging brain.
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