Alzheimer’s Research & Care Center

OUR CLINICAL AND RESEARCH TEAM

The Summer 2024 Newsletter highlights UCLA faculty and researchers developing new treatments for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and features research MD fellows pursuing their passion with the UCLA Department of Neurology.

2024 ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE FACTS AND FIGURES

Alzheimer's begins 20 years or more before memory loss and other symptoms develop.(report and image courtesy of Alzheimer's Association ®)

Congratulations to Dr. Kacie Deters, Assistant Professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology at UCLA, for receiving the 2023 Turken Research Award! Photo: Dr. Saver, Ms. Cooper Ortner (AlzLA), Dr. Deters, Ms. Devermont (Turken donor), and Dr. Hinman.

UCLA Health and the Easton Center members were proud to support Alzheimer’s Los Angeles’ 3rd Annual Making Memories Festival on Sunday, November 12, 2023.

The UCLA Easton Center Team joined the Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Santa Monica on Sunday, October 22, 2023, to provide information and show support to the many families and caregivers affected by Alzheimer’s disease.

Watch Dr. Keith Vossel's live interview with Marla Tellez on July 7th, FOX 11 News LA, about the FDA’s full approval of Alzheimer’s drug, Lecanemab, who is eligible, the treatment benefits, side effects, and expected costs with Medicare coverage.

Watch Dr. Vossel’s live interview with KCAL-LA Evening & Morning News about the benefits of the treatment, possible side effects, and expected out-of-pocket costs with CMS coverage for patients eligible for Leqembi, a fully FDA-approved Alzheimer’s drug

CLINICAL TRIALS

Clinical studies are the primary way that researchers/scientists/physicians find out if a promising treatment is safe and effective for patients or if some treatments are more effective than others.