The McKnight Brain Research Foundation Inter-Institutional Meeting Convenes Top Cognitive Aging Scientists from the Four McKnight Brain Institutes
More than 100 investigators seeking to unlock the mysteries of memory and the normal cognitive aging process met May 15-17 at the University of Florida McKnight Brain Institute in Gainesville for the McKnight Brain Research Foundation’s (MBRF) 15th Inter-Institutional Meeting.
Top brain health researchers, trainees and students from the four McKnight Brain Institutes established by the foundation — at the University of Florida, University of Arizona, University of Alabama at Birmingham and University of Miami — delved into the latest scientific advances in cognitive aging. The meeting aims to uncover interventions to optimize thinking, judgment and memory and preserve quality of life in advancing age.
The conference, which marked the 25th anniversary of the McKnight Brain Research Foundation, was a time to celebrate, assess progress and look to the future. Since its founding in 1999 by Evelyn F. McKnight, the MBRF, along with its partners, has funded more than $200 million in research specifically targeting cognitive aging, age-related cognitive decline and memory loss.
In addition to supporting translational research, a key goal of the MBRF is to educate the public and scientific community on normal cognitive aging, the non-disease process that affects all adults as they grow older and stands in sharp contrast to dementia caused by neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease.
