Grantee News: 2022 McKnight Brain Research Foundation Innovator Awards in Cognitive Aging and Memory Loss recipient Tara Tracy, PhD featured as one “next generation of biotech superstars”; publishes research on new strategies for addressing Alzheimer’s and dementia-related memory problems
On March 14, 2024, the San Francisco Business Times selected 2022 McKnight Brain Research Foundation Innovator Awards in Cognitive Aging and Memory Loss grantee Tara Tracy, PhD in an article on the “next generation of biotech superstars in the Bay Area.”
In addition to this acclaim, Dr. Tracy is the senior author of a research article recently published in the February 1st issue of The Journal of Clinical Investigation; the study proposes an alternate strategy for reversing the memory problems that accompany Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and builds on her AFAR-supported research exploring the role of KIBRA in age-related memory loss.
Read "KIBRA repairs synaptic plasticity and promotes resilience to tauopathy-related memory loss in The Journal of Clinical Investigation" here.
Hear more insights from Dr. Tracy in our Live Better Longer webinar “Advances in Brain Health” here: