Lab News

The new research study led by Drs. Armstrong and Bylund was recently highlighted in Forbes online. The column, written by Howard Gleckman, stressed the importance of improving communication amongst patients, families and physicians. The column also summarized the recommendations from the publication.

New research aimed at helping clinicians improve the way they deliver a dementia diagnosis has been published in the latest edition of Neurology: Clinical Practice.

South Florida PBS premiered Research Detectives with the episode “Finding Lost Memory.” Bhavana Patel, DO shared strategies for preserving brain health.

Drs. Chiu and Armstrong reviewed existing research that explores how sex impacts how dementia with Lewy bodies presents itself.

Dr. Armstrong’s research focuses on the lived experience of disease for individuals with LBD and their families.

Shannon Chiu, MD seeks to evaluate brain changes in people diagnosed with Lewy body dementia using a novel diffusion-weighted MRI technique and task-based quantitative electroencephalography, or EEG.

Bhavana Patel, DO seeks to pilot a telehealth model of care for patients with Lewy body dementia, or LBD, in an effort to expand options for those who face barriers to accessing interdisciplinary care for LBD in person.

Study uncovers research areas considered most pressing by patients and caretakers.