Rachel Whitmer, PhD
@profrwhitmer.bsky.social
Professor| Vice Chair Research Public Health Sciences |Neurology @UC Davis
*Seeking a Lifetime of Brain Health for All*
https://rachelwhitmer.ucdavis.edu/
https://health.ucdavis.edu/alzheimers-research/our-team
#EpiSky #ADRD #PublicHealth #BrainHealth
*Seeking a Lifetime of Brain Health for All*
https://rachelwhitmer.ucdavis.edu/
https://health.ucdavis.edu/alzheimers-research/our-team
#EpiSky #ADRD #PublicHealth #BrainHealth
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The findings, shared for the first time today at #AAIC25, tested lifestyle programs that simultaneously targeted risk factors. The programs focused on:
✅👟Aerobic exercise
✅🧠Cognitive engagement
✅🥗Nutrition
✅🫀Health Monitoring
✅👟Aerobic exercise
✅🧠Cognitive engagement
✅🥗Nutrition
✅🫀Health Monitoring
July 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The findings, shared for the first time today at #AAIC25, tested lifestyle programs that simultaneously targeted risk factors. The programs focused on:
✅👟Aerobic exercise
✅🧠Cognitive engagement
✅🥗Nutrition
✅🫀Health Monitoring
✅👟Aerobic exercise
✅🧠Cognitive engagement
✅🥗Nutrition
✅🫀Health Monitoring
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Two lifestyle interventions -- one structured, the other self-guided -- improved cognition in older adults at risk of cognitive decline, the 2-year U.S. POINTER trial showed. #AAIC2025
www.medpagetoday.com/geriatrics/d...
www.medpagetoday.com/geriatrics/d...
Cognitive Scores Improve With Lifestyle Changes, Trial Shows
Two interventions demonstrate benefit in older adults at risk of cognitive decline
www.medpagetoday.com
July 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Two lifestyle interventions -- one structured, the other self-guided -- improved cognition in older adults at risk of cognitive decline, the 2-year U.S. POINTER trial showed. #AAIC2025
www.medpagetoday.com/geriatrics/d...
www.medpagetoday.com/geriatrics/d...
Wonderful news yesterday with the publication of our top line results for U. S. POINTER ! Lifestyle interventions can improve brain🧠 health !
BREAKING: Results from U.S. POINTER, reported at #AAIC25, show that lifestyle interventions that simultaneously target risk factors protect cognitive function in older adults at increased risk for cognitive decline and dementia. bit.ly/USPointerRel...
July 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Wonderful news yesterday with the publication of our top line results for U. S. POINTER ! Lifestyle interventions can improve brain🧠 health !
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Thanks so much to @jeremymberg.bsky.social for helping us bring attention to the impact of funding delays within our ADRC networks. Wish my first NYT quote could have been something related to cool science but these are times we live in!
New powerful article up in the New York Times on cancelled and delayed grants
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Here Are the Nearly 2,500 Medical Research Grants Canceled or Delayed by Trump (Gift Article)
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
www.nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Thanks so much to @jeremymberg.bsky.social for helping us bring attention to the impact of funding delays within our ADRC networks. Wish my first NYT quote could have been something related to cool science but these are times we live in!
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I was SO honored tonight to be recognized amongst others during AANHPI Heritage Month by Assembly Member Stephanie Nguyễn. Appreciate being able to share the moment with my family and friends ❤️
May 16, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I was SO honored tonight to be recognized amongst others during AANHPI Heritage Month by Assembly Member Stephanie Nguyễn. Appreciate being able to share the moment with my family and friends ❤️
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Terrific paper coming from the #Vietnamese Insights into Aging Program, led by Dr. Brandon Gavett, showing that global cognition can be estimated in #VIP participants w/ minimal bias and psychometrically matched to NACC UDS data. alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Harmonized cognitive performance in an older adult cohort of Vietnamese American immigrants: The VIP study
INTRODUCTION
Vietnamese Americans represent an understudied population with unique risk factors relevant to cognitive aging. The current study sought to model global cognition in the Vietnamese Insi.....
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Terrific paper coming from the #Vietnamese Insights into Aging Program, led by Dr. Brandon Gavett, showing that global cognition can be estimated in #VIP participants w/ minimal bias and psychometrically matched to NACC UDS data. alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Here, our researchers describe the impact of their work, and the consequences if federal support for this cutting-edge research were reduced or eliminated.
Visit ucdavis.edu/labs-to-lives to hear from our researchers.
(3/3)
Visit ucdavis.edu/labs-to-lives to hear from our researchers.
(3/3)
From Labs to Lives
From Labs to Lives
ucdavis.edu
February 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Here, our researchers describe the impact of their work, and the consequences if federal support for this cutting-edge research were reduced or eliminated.
Visit ucdavis.edu/labs-to-lives to hear from our researchers.
(3/3)
Visit ucdavis.edu/labs-to-lives to hear from our researchers.
(3/3)
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Some encouraging news on the NIH front. The NIA council meeting that was cancelled in January convened virtually in the last day or so and voted on pending grants. This should free up some Alzheimer’s funding.
March 13, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Some encouraging news on the NIH front. The NIA council meeting that was cancelled in January convened virtually in the last day or so and voted on pending grants. This should free up some Alzheimer’s funding.
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New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
www.forbes.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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📣This #InternationalWomensDay I'm spotlighting a women’s brain health initiative led by our lab, with postdocs Chloe Lopez Lee & Eirini Polychronaki @sinaibrain.bsky.social
We're working to understand how hormonal shifts in menopause influence blood vessels, brain aging, & dementia 🧠 #IWD2025
We're working to understand how hormonal shifts in menopause influence blood vessels, brain aging, & dementia 🧠 #IWD2025
March 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
📣This #InternationalWomensDay I'm spotlighting a women’s brain health initiative led by our lab, with postdocs Chloe Lopez Lee & Eirini Polychronaki @sinaibrain.bsky.social
We're working to understand how hormonal shifts in menopause influence blood vessels, brain aging, & dementia 🧠 #IWD2025
We're working to understand how hormonal shifts in menopause influence blood vessels, brain aging, & dementia 🧠 #IWD2025
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Are you doing EMA research and wonder how to go about it? In recent work we've adressed some open questions and challenges, here is a brief summary of papers and materials.
🧵 #PsychSciSky 🧪 #StatsSky
🧵 #PsychSciSky 🧪 #StatsSky
March 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Dr. Ambar Kulshreshtha is the lead author of a JAMA Network Open study examining undiagnosed cognitive impairment at federally qualified health centers. The study found that 75% of participants had undiagnosed cognitive issues. #dementia #FamilyMedicine #PrimaryCare #SDoH #ADRD #MedSky #PublicHealth
Prevalence of Unrecognized Cognitive Impairment in Federally Qualified Health Centers
This cross-sectional study examines the prevalence of unrecognized cognitive impairment among adults aged 65 years and older receiving primary care from federally qualified health centers in Indianapo...
jamanetwork.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Dr. Ambar Kulshreshtha is the lead author of a JAMA Network Open study examining undiagnosed cognitive impairment at federally qualified health centers. The study found that 75% of participants had undiagnosed cognitive issues. #dementia #FamilyMedicine #PrimaryCare #SDoH #ADRD #MedSky #PublicHealth
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There's still time to apply to the #NIA Butler-Williams Scholar program. "The intensive learning experience is intended for postdoctoral and early-stage investigators pursuing a training award, career development award, or their first R01 or R01 equivalent." The due date is March 31. #geronsky #adrd
Apply by March 31: Build your aging research career as a Butler-Williams Scholar
A unique opportunity on the path to an independent research career
www.nia.nih.gov
March 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
There's still time to apply to the #NIA Butler-Williams Scholar program. "The intensive learning experience is intended for postdoctoral and early-stage investigators pursuing a training award, career development award, or their first R01 or R01 equivalent." The due date is March 31. #geronsky #adrd
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Someone had to do it! I created a starter pack for #Alzheimer’s #dementia #ADRD researchers on Bluesky. Please let me know who I left out! Hoping more and more of us will join Bluesky
go.bsky.app/22DpUEy
go.bsky.app/22DpUEy
November 15, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Someone had to do it! I created a starter pack for #Alzheimer’s #dementia #ADRD researchers on Bluesky. Please let me know who I left out! Hoping more and more of us will join Bluesky
go.bsky.app/22DpUEy
go.bsky.app/22DpUEy
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Furious and heartbroken 💔 for our Columbia colleagues. This is an attack on science and higher ed and the victims are scientists who have devoted their careers to reducing human suffering
I have confirmation from several sources now that all T32s, many F30s and F31s, and most or all Center awards (P30, P50) have been terminated at Columbia.
This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.
This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...
This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.
This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...
March 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Furious and heartbroken 💔 for our Columbia colleagues. This is an attack on science and higher ed and the victims are scientists who have devoted their careers to reducing human suffering
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I received one of the 232 NIH grant "terminations" sent to scientists at Columbia last night. My research focuses on improving maternal and child health in the US. Also affected: ongoing clinical trials, research training programs, and research centers that aim to improve the health of Americans.
Hundreds of research grants at Columbia canceled following Trump edict, administrator says
The National Institutes of Health is terminating 232 grants for scientific research at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, according to an email an administrator sent to faculty.
gothamist.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I received one of the 232 NIH grant "terminations" sent to scientists at Columbia last night. My research focuses on improving maternal and child health in the US. Also affected: ongoing clinical trials, research training programs, and research centers that aim to improve the health of Americans.
Reposted by Rachel Whitmer, PhD
I have confirmation from several sources now that all T32s, many F30s and F31s, and most or all Center awards (P30, P50) have been terminated at Columbia.
This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.
This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...
This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.
This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...
March 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I have confirmation from several sources now that all T32s, many F30s and F31s, and most or all Center awards (P30, P50) have been terminated at Columbia.
This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.
This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...
This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.
This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...
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Add R25s to that list.
Our NIH funding got straight up cancelled today for the two R25s that my team runs at Columbia for post-bacs and high-school students.
I fear for our young scholars, who love learning about the brain and now are losing opportunities to be tomorrow's neuroscientists. 🧪
Our NIH funding got straight up cancelled today for the two R25s that my team runs at Columbia for post-bacs and high-school students.
I fear for our young scholars, who love learning about the brain and now are losing opportunities to be tomorrow's neuroscientists. 🧪
I have confirmation from several sources now that all T32s, many F30s and F31s, and most or all Center awards (P30, P50) have been terminated at Columbia.
This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.
This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...
This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.
This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...
March 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Add R25s to that list.
Our NIH funding got straight up cancelled today for the two R25s that my team runs at Columbia for post-bacs and high-school students.
I fear for our young scholars, who love learning about the brain and now are losing opportunities to be tomorrow's neuroscientists. 🧪
Our NIH funding got straight up cancelled today for the two R25s that my team runs at Columbia for post-bacs and high-school students.
I fear for our young scholars, who love learning about the brain and now are losing opportunities to be tomorrow's neuroscientists. 🧪