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Johns Hopkins, University of Md. researchers share more than $750K in awards from Alzheimer’s Association
Three researchers at Johns Hopkins University and one at the University of Maryland, College Park were awarded a total of $759,733 as part of a landmark $100 million investment by the Alzheimer’s Association into research initiatives.
The award is largest single-year investment since the organization’s founding in 1980. In 2023, the Alzheimer’s Association funded 271 scientific investigations from researchers at all career levels examining topics across the spectrum of dementia science. The association’s global, cumulative impact on research includes more than $360 million invested in more than 1,000 active research projects in 53 countries, spanning six continents.
In Maryland, $5 million has been awarded to advance research efforts. This includes research being conducted at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health investigating the needs of persons living with dementia and hearing loss and how to develop new strategies to improve hearing care for these individuals.
Jonathan Ling, assistant professor of pathology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, received $200,000 for detecting TDP-43 cryptic exons across cell types and brain regions in Alzheimer’s disease.
Meghan Morris, assistant professor of pathology at Johns Hopkins Medicine, received $199,740 for diffeomorphic reconstruction of amygdala pathology and Alzheimer’ disease.
Danielle Sturgeon Powell, an assistant professor in the department of hearing and speech sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park, received $159,994 for her research in supporting needs of care partners of persons with dementia and hearing loss. She previously was a postdoctoral fellow at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Seung-Eon Roh, a research associate at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, received $199,000, for his research: Cognitive failure in Alzheimer’s Disease: NPTX2 dysregulation by SCh and AB-mechanisms molecular pathogenesis and physiology of Alzheimer’s disease.
