Mind Matters: A Podcast Produced by the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging

Derrick Hord is the Community Outreach and Engagement Director at the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging. He joins the podcast to share about the Markesbery Symposium Community Session, named in honor and memory of the late William R. Markesbery, MD, founding director of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at the University of Kentucky.   Dr. Markesbery’s legacy...

Courtney Kloske, PhD, a graduate of the UK Department of Physiology in the College of Medicine and T32 recipient at Sanders-Brown joins Mind Matters to highlight research shared at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.  Currently, Courtney serves as the Director of Scientific Engagement with the Alzheimer’s Association. For more information about the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Agin...

Meet Dr. Lauren Bojarski, the newest fellow at the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging! She brings her enthusiasm and love for people to this role and is going to be a great asset to the team! For more information about the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, visit us as https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/sbcoa or call 859-323-5550. Follow Dr. Bojarski on X at @BojarskiLauren

Recent findings are showing that old dogs may actually be teaching us new things! Dr. Christopher Norris and Dr. Elizabeth Head join the podcast to share their new findings from their NIH funded study that was recently published in the Journal of Neuroscience! Dr. Christopher Norris is a professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Nutritional Sciences and also serves as the Associate Directo...

Dr. Mark Ebbert, Dr. Ja Brandon, & Bernardo Aguzzoli Heberle join the podcast to discuss their latest work published in Nature Biotechnology. For more information about the Ebbert Lab, visit https://ebbertlab.com/ .  To read about their latest study in Nature Biotechnology, visit For more information about the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, visit ⁠https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/sbcoa⁠ . T...

Kim Dacey & Barbara Martin join the Mind Matters podcast to share details of the Mind Matters Health Fair, an annual community event in Lexington, Kentucky, where healthy brain aging information is shared in fun, interactive ways. To register for the health fair visit http://bit.ly/SBCoA2024HealthFair or call 859-323-5550. For more information about the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, visit...

The month of April is Occupational Therapy Month! Dr. Elizabeth Rhodus joins the Mind Matters podcast to talk about occupational therapy, how to access OT services, and about the Engaged Aging Lab. Dr. Elizabeth Rhodus is a professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at UK. She is primary faculty for the Center for Health Equity Transformation. She also leads the Engaged Aging Lab and serve...

Dr. Erin Abner, a professor in the Department of Epidemiology with joint appointments in the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and the Department of Biostatistics, joins the Mind Matters podcast to share about National Public Health Week, April 1-7.    For more information about Dr. Erin Abner, visit h ttps://cph.uky.edu/directory/erin-abner . For details about the UK College of Public Health’s weeklo...

March 21st is World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD), a global awareness day for Down Syndrome. Sanders-Brown researchers share about WDSD, the talents of some of the research participants, and ways you can celebrate WDSD. For more information about Down Syndrome research, visit https://www.alzheimers.gov/clinical-trials/alzheimers-biomarkers-consortium-down-syndrome and https://dsctn.org/life-dsr/ . To f...

In honor of Traumatic Brain Injury Month, Dr. Adam Bachstetter, PhD joins the podcast to discuss his expertise.  Will a traumatic brain injury lead to Alzheimer’s disease? How does the brain protect itself from further damage? Dr. Bachstetter  is an Associate Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Kentucky. His primary affiliation is with the Spinal Cord & Brain Injury Research Center...

Dr. Shannon Macauley joins the podcast in honor of International Day of Women and Girls in Science. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of Kentucky and recently joined the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging as an affiliate faculty member. For more information about Dr. Macauley and her work, visit https://www.macauleylab.com/ . Follow her on X at @macauleylab...

Dr. Alaine Reschke-Hernandez joins the podcast to discuss her passion of music therapy and its effect on those with dementia. She is an assistant professor of music therapy at the UK College of Fine Arts and recently joined the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging as an affiliate faculty member.   For more information about Dr. Reschke-Hernandez and her work, visit https://imagnlab.createuky.net/ ⁠ . For...

Dr. Brian Gold, PhD joins the podcast to discuss cognitive reserve and lifestyle factors as they pertain to neurodegenerative disease. Dr. Gold is the director of the Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging lab and a Professor in the Departments of Neuroscience and Radiology. He is also a Co-Director of UK's MRI Center, and a Co-Director of the Biomarker Core at the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging’s...

In honor of National Family Caregiver Month and to honor the 157,000 unpaid Kentucky caregivers, Sarah Hatch joins the podcast. We talk about the needs of caregivers and how the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging can help! Resources to Assist: https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/sbcoa/how-can-we-help https://dementiacaregiver.createuky.net/ Sanders-Brown Center on Aging 859-323-5550.

The Memory Cafe is 12 years old and we are celebrating! The UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging partners with the Alzheimer's Association each month to provide this social engagment program, where individuals with memory loss AND their loved ones gather for a time of togetherness, connection, and FUN! Special guests for this podcast include Sarah Hatch, MSW, CSW of SBCoA, Meredith Plant of the Al...

October is Down Syndrome Month. People with Down Syndrome are living longer. The age at which they develop Alzheimer's disease is much younger than the general population. In this episode, we talk with researchers at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging about their work with people with Down Syndrome and the hope this work brings! Special guests include Fred Schmitt, PhD, J...

In this episode, Dr. Lance Johnson of the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging shares about his research on genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease, and how modifying genetics may play an important role in risk reduction. For more information about the work Lance Johnson and his team are doing, visit http://www.ljohnsonlab.com/. To find out how you can get involved in rese...