CEAD News and Events

  • Research Shows Intense Bursts of Exercise Can Help Fight Frailty
    8/15/17

    A preclinical study by researchers in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine has revealed that brief periods of intense physical activity can be safely administered at advanced age and has the potential to reverse frailty.

  • UB Alzheimer’s Clinics Are Seeing More Patients
    7/5/17

    To meet Western New York’s growing need for quality care for Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders, the Alzheimer’s Disease and Memory Disorders Center has expanded its clinics in Buffalo and Williamsville.

  • $2.3 Million Grant Will Enhance Alzheimer’s Diagnosis, Treatment
    3/11/16

    A collaboration between the departments of Medicine and Neurology has been granted status as the Center for Excellence for Alzheimer’s disease in Western New York (CEAD WNY) through a five-year, $2.35 million state grant.

  • $2.35 Million Grant to Aid Alzheimer’s Research, Treatment
    2/29/16
    The University at Buffalo has been awarded a five-year, $2.35 million state grant to launch a Center of Excellence for Alzheimer’s disease. The goal is to improve the screening, diagnosis and treatment of the disease, according to Kinga Szigeti, MD, PhD, associate professor of neurology and director of UB’s Alzheimer’s Disease and Memory Disorders Center.