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Ralph A. Nixon, Ph.D., M.D., Director of NKI’s Center for Dementia Research, has spent the last three decades working to uncover the fundamental cellular basis of Alzheimer’s disease. This work by Dr. Nixon and his laboratory has been recognized with the awarding of the Oskar Fischer Prize, an international competition to expand society’s understanding of … Dr. Ralph Nixon Receives Oskar Fischer Gold Prize

A new open access paper in Nature Neuroscience by Ju-Hyun Lee, PhD, Center for Dementia Research (CDR) Director Ralph Nixon, MD, PhD, and colleagues presents the latest evidence from the Nixon Lab challenging the prevailing theory of how Alzheimer’s disease originates.  Rather, this research suggests that Alzheimer’s disease develops due to lysosomal dysfunction within cells, … Nixon Lab Provides Further Evidence for Alternative Alzheimer’s Theory

Crystal Lewis, PhD, Director of the Social Solutions & Services Division at NKI, received the NYU Department of Psychiatry’s “Research Mentorship of Faculty Award” in recognition of her exceptional mentorship and career development contributions. Dr. Lewis’s nominations for this award highlighted her work in social justice as informing her mentoring, and her impact through her … Dr. Crystal Lewis Receives Faculty Mentorship Award

Dan Iosifescu, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine and Director of Clinical Research at NKI, is the senior author of a new paper reporting promising results for an experimental treatment for major depressive dirsorder. The publication is a collaboration with Axsome Therapeutics and appears in The American Journal of Psychiatry. In … New Depression Treatment Shows Promise

Dr. Ralph Nixon, Director of the Center for Dementia Research, has been selected by New Vision Research as the first recipient of The Leonard Litwin Scholar Award that was introduced in 2021 as a means of supporting scientists who have demonstrated commitment to the advancement of research in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The award, funded through New … Dr. Ralph Nixon Receives The Leonard Litwin Scholar Award

Two NKI investigators have once again been recognized for their high-impact research. Drs. F. Xavier Castellanos and Michael P. Milham both appear on the 2021 list of Highly Cited Researchers compiled by Clarivate. Both have made the list every year since 2014, demonstrating their consistent output and influence. The Highly Cited Researchers list recognizes the world’s most … NKI Researchers Are Consistently Among the Most Highly Cited

A new study published in JAMA Psychiatry suggests that schizophrenia is a risk factor for mortality in patients with COVID-19. The authors looked at data from March – May 2020 in a New York health system and their findings held true after adjusting for other factors. Study authors include NKI Director Donald Goff, MD (senior … Study Shows Increased Risk of Death from COVID-19 for Patients with Schizophrenia

In the wake of the upheaval following the murder of George Floyd, faculty members of NKI’s Center for Research on Cultural & Structural Equity (C-CASE) created an educational video addressing systemic racism and strategies to counter it. Our Racist America is a ‘call to action’ video presentation that discusses: (1) white privilege; (2) individual-institutional-structural racism against … Educational Video Addresses Systemic Racism in America

Dr. Stephen Ginsberg of the Center for Dementia Research was a key contributor to a paper recently published in Nature Communications (Inda et al., 2020). This research provides novel evidence of a pathological process underlying Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological disorders, and suggests a new potential therapeutic target. The research team, led by Dr. Gabriela … Investigating How Stress and Aging Can Lead to Alzheimer’s Disease

Helen Scharfman, PhD, has received the annual Basic Science Research Award from the American Epilepsy Society (AES), in recognition of her distinguished research career which holds promise for the improved understanding and treatment of epilepsy. The award was presented on December 7 at the 2019 AES Annual Meeting in Baltimore, where Dr. Scharfman presented on “Contributing to … Dr. Helen Scharfman Receives Basic Science Research Award