UW-Madison Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
CCANDL leader, Dr. Kimberly Mueller, will be giving a FREE Badger Talk today, April 22 at 6:00 PM CST. Dr. Mueller will share the latest progress in understanding and treating Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. If you would like to attend, please register here: https://www.uwlax.edu/gel/dementia-research-updates/. The event will be live-streamed, and links to the live …
Click here to read more about the NIH-funded Lucidity in Alzheimer’s and Dementia, or LEAD, Network focused on further elucidating lucidity in late-stage Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia.
During today’s lab meeting, our PhD students practiced presenting their posters for ADRD Day! We loved seeing their hard work come to life, and cannot wait to see their presentations at the ADRD Day! 🧠
During this week’s lab meeting, research specialist, Lizzy led a team activity where we shared the values that matter most to us. These are the values we believe create a strong, supportive environment: kindness, teamwork, collaboration, trust, respect, accountability, and belonging
Please, join us in congratulating CCANDL PhD students, Phoebe Crumpton, Madeline Hale, and Amanda DeWitt, on receiving the Emma Allen Award‼️ This award provides $1,000 in support for conference‑related expenses and recognizes their outstanding dedication to research and scholarship. We are proud to have such accomplished and committed scholars in our lab. Congratulations to all …
Last week was our first lab meeting of the spring semester! Madeline Hale, CCANDL PhD student, presented about working with participants with MCI! Dr. Mueller also brought lots of sweet treats!
Congratulations to CCANDL members Lily Leicht and Alexis Jentz on their respective awards at the WSHA 2026 Annual Convention! Alexis won the Jack Kile scholarship and Lily won the 2026 Student Leadership Award. We are so grateful to have them as part of our team!
‼️CCANDL Postdoc, Dr. Deling He, is in the news again!‼️ She was interviewed by the wonderful Dr. Chin on the #dementiamatters podcast. They discussed her research on TBI and cognitive decline. This project was started by a CCANDL alum, Olivia Goulette, and was continued by Dr. He. Check it out! Listen 🎧 go.wisc.edu/481khw
Check out CCANDL post-doc, Deling He’s latest publication on the development of a novel language composites to better capture ecologically valid measurements that are also more sensitive to plasma biomarkers! #alzheimers #alzheimersresearch #dementia #Biomarkers https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.70975
Our lab is excited to share our latest work, Proper Name Recall as an Early Indicator of Preclinical Alzheimer Disease Pathology. Congrats to lab members Kristin, Madeline, and Deling for their contributions to this work. Click the link to read more: https://doi.org/10.1097/wad.0000000000000695