Aging and Neurocognition Lab

Drs. Rogers & Mudar were featured in the News Gazette for their new ENHANCE (Enhancing Neurocognitive Health, Abilities, Networks, and Community Engagement) project. The project is aimed at understanding challenges that older adults with cognitive disabilities face (e.g., due to mild cognitive impairment, stroke, or traumatic brain injury) and how existing and emerging technologies may help. To read the full story,  click here for the link (then navigate to the front page of "B: LOCAL").

A huge congratulations to Lydia for receiving the Paul D. Doolen Graduate Scholarship for the Study of Aging. Lydia was selected as one of the two recipients of this scholarship. She was selected based on her prior experience and research, publications, current research program, and her commitment to the field of aging. This scholarship is funded by an endowment from the Retirement Research Foundation. Congratulations Lydia!

Lydia & Shraddha attended the Society for Neuroscience 49th annual meeting in Chicago and each presented posters. Great job representing the lab! Lydia presented a poster titled "Theta, alpha, and beta band oscillations related to value-directed strategic processing in cognitively normal younger and older adults". Shraddha presented a poster titled "Voxel-based morphometry in age-associated hearing loss: A preliminary study".

The Aging and Neurocognition Lab and friends participated in the Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's in Champaign-Urbana. As always, it was an uplifting experience to see everyone supporting one another and to see how many people are committed to fighting Alzheimer's disease.

A huge congratulations to Drs. Wendy Rogers and Raksha Mudar on receiving a collaborative grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) with their collaborators at Weill Cornell Medicine and Florida State University. Drs. Rogers and Mudar are the principle investigators on the grant for the University of Illinois team. This grant is aimed at helping older adults with cognitive impairment, such as that due to mild cognitive impairment, stroke, and traumatic brain injury. To read more about this exciting accomplishment please see the College of Applied Health Sciences official announcement here .

Lydia has been awarded a UIUC Graduate College Dissertation Completion Fellowship. This fellowship is given based on the significance of the dissertation research and academic productivity and progress. It will provide Lydia with a one-year stipend allowing her to focus on her dissertation work. Congratulations on your hard work Lydia! For more information on the fellowship see here .

Andrea and Adam, undergraduates in the lab, graduated with degrees in Speech and Hearing Science. Both of them will continue onto graduate school for Master's degrees! Congratulations Andrea and Adam! You will truly be missed in the lab.