April 2026 News

April 9, 2026

Awards, New Papers, and Announcements

• Dr. Dylan Finneran has been transitioned to an Academic Specialist fixed-term position.
  
  
• Dr. Matthew Benskey will transition from the fixed-term system to the tenure system on May 1.
• Jung Y, Counts SE, Hampstead BM, Peltier SJ, Paulson HL, Giordani B, Bhaumik AK, Beck JS, Damoiseaux JS. (2026) Plasma neurofilament light is associated with hippocampal volume and memory performance but not functional connectivity in older adults with and without mild cognitive decline. Aging Brain 9:100157. PMID: 41815635
  
  
• Dr. Aria Tarudji and Dr. Jariel Ramirez-Virella will be co-presenting a poster during a guided poster tour presentation at the International World Parkinson’s Congress meeting in Phoenix in May 2026. The abstract submitted: “Putaminal CaV1.3-shRNA Gene Therapy in Aged Parkinsonism Male and Female Macaques Demonstrates Reversal of Longstanding Parkinsonian Behavioral Deficits and Evidence of Nigrostriatal Dopamine-Phenotype Restoration”