BRAIN HEALTH

FIU is one of only 21 research sites for the National Institutes of Health’s Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (ABCD) — the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the United States.

Physicist Angela Laird has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate for the 8th year in a row. She has produced multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1 percent by citations in the field of neuroscience and behavior.

Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work Dean Tomás R. Guilarte has been among the first to document lead’s damaging impacts on the brain. He and his collaborators identified a flavonoid that reverses some of the negative effects of lead and could be a possible therapeutic solution.

Researchers are zeroing in on the translocator protein 18 kDa (TSPO) as a potential target to help slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.