Thomas Kraynak’s article on brain aging has been published to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
I wish I could have scanned my Grandma Kraynak’s brain before she died. Most people in their seventies and beyond tend to experience memory and other cognitive problems, or even develop dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. But not my Grandma Kraynak. She was mentally quick all the way up to her rather sudden death at age 98. Even in her final years, she could regularly outwit us younger folk in any argument.
Congratulations to eBrain Faculty Dr. Andrea Rosso on a significant new publication! The study, led by Jessica Rast of Drexel University, analyzed approximately 600,000 records and found that individuals with both Alzheimer's disease-related dementia and Parkinson's...
eBRAIN's Dr. Beth Shaaban recently presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2026 in London. Her session, "Addressing Gender/Sex Differences in the Wicked Problem of Dementia with the Population Neuroscience–Dementia Syndemics...
eBRAIN Faculty Dr. Caterina Rosano points to a fascinating link between the brain and muscle health as we age. In her latest paper, Striatal Dopamine and Skeletal Muscle Energy Metabolism in Older Adults, Dr. Rosano and her team explore whether dopamine (a chemical...
We are thrilled to celebrate PNA member Dr. Chen Hu on the successful defense of her dissertation, Determinants and Optimization of Disability Outcomes in Multiple Sclerosis: Applications of Markov Models and Causal Inference Framework!! Her research uses real-world...
Exciting new research from our team published in JAMA Internal Medicine! A recently published study titled "Homicide Risk During 10-Day Waiting Period Among First-Time Handgun Purchasers in California" of over 1 million first-time handgun purchasers in California...
The McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA) welcomed PNA's very own Dr. Rosano to campus on May 13, 2026, for the second annual Suzanne Labarge Lecture in Aging, drawing a large and engaged audience to hear about research in brain health and resilience in...
