Diabetes Brain Program Archives

Diabetes Brain Program

In this program we study how obesity and diabetes affect the brain, and explore nutritional and lifestyle interventions to counteract the effect of diabetes and obesity on cognition.
This program helps fill a research gap by studying the effects of diabetes and obesity on Los Angeles Latinx population.
The project takes advantage of the resources, population and expertise of the Roybal Dementia Program led by Dr. Yassine at the Roybal Comprehensive Healthcare Clinic in East Los Angeles in collaboration with the USC Alzheimer Disease Research Center at Keck School of Medicine led by Dr. Helena Chui. This clinic is run by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) and serves a predominantly Latinx population.

Diabetes Brain Program

Launching the Diabetes Brain Study

Happy to announce that our next project just received NIH funding! This is a collaborative teamwork among my lab and the labs of Meredith Braskie

November 14, 2022 No Comments

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Can we use diabetes medications to treat Alzheimer’s?

In this systematic review published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia, we make the case that glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists have beneficial effects on the brain,

October 15, 2021 No Comments