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A 91²Ö¿â researcher has designed a bicycle specially tailored to Parkinson’s patients. The bike is based on a tandem bicycle model – a bike ridden by two people.

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Dr. Mike Lehman, Director of the Brain Health Research Institute at 91²Ö¿â, recently had the opportunity to provide biomedical science policy insights and guidance recommendations to the transition team working with President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

 

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Ten undergraduate students from nine different majors had extraordinary research experiences as Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI) Fellows during summer 2020.

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Autism Research is represented by an image of the brain

April’s observance as Autism Awareness Month is coming to a close, but research into the whys and hows of autism is always ongoing at 91²Ö¿â.

Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., director of the Brain Health Research Institute at 91²Ö¿â, said the university supports autism research that focuses on basic discoveries within the brain, as well as applied human research of students with autism, which makes 91²Ö¿â’s body of research unique and diverse.

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Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., was named the inaugural director of 91²Ö¿â’s Brain Health Research Institute in January 2019. We asked him to share his thoughts after a year on campus and much activity within the institute.

 

91²Ö¿â professor John Gunstad and his research assistants Hanna Schmetzer and Victoria Sanborn demonstrate using the voice pattern technology that is part of his Alzheimer's disease research.

91²Ö¿â psychology professor John Gunstad, Ph.D., has received at grant of nearly $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand his Alzheimer’s disease research into a national study.