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Ana Beatriz Pizarro, Cochrane Editorial Board, presented three abstracts on behalf of our MCOA team at the prestigious Global Evidence Summit. Co hosted by the Campbell corporation, JBI, Guidelines International Network (GIN) and Cochrane, the evidence summit brings together professionals from around the world to engage in evidence-based practices. With its mission to address critical […]

Dr. Nathan Green presented the team’s work on the next phase of the AIM Ahead project to develop AI in an equitable manner at the AI for Health Equity symposium in Atlanta. The goal of the symposium was to discuss the development on AI so it can be utilized for all populations and mitigate bias. […]

Dr. Patricia Heyn, MCOA Director, presented on the impacts of research waste in home-based exercise interventions for older adults with mild cognitive impairment at the Alzheimer's Association 2024 International Conference (AAIC) in Philadelphia, USA. Research waste is a growing issue, with researchers highlighting whether or not there is a need for more research on the […]

MCOA Senior Fellow, Dr. Uma Kelekar and MCOA Research Assistant, Mahederemariam Dagne presented their findings on their research projects at the 2024 Academy Health Annual Research Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. Mahederemariam presented her research work on defining racial health equity and Dr. Kelekar presented two posters on the issues of utilizing emergency departments for non-traumatic dental […]

Our team attended the fourth Workshop on Research Definitions for Reserve and Resilience in Cognitive Aging and Dementia on December 03, 2023. The workshop aimed to continue building well-defined operational definitions for cognitive reserve, brain maintenance, and brain reserve, with resilience as an overarching concept. These definitions standardize terminology, facilitating comparisons across studies and species.