URI neuroscientist gets $10.3M grant for Alzheimer’s project

THE ALZHEIMER'S Retinal Scanning team at Butler Hospital. Standing is Dr. Jessica Alber, a Ryan Research assistant professor of neuroscience, George and Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience. Alber was awarded a five-year, $10.3 federal million grant to support her work using retinal imaging to screen for early changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease, / URI PHOTO / MICHAEL SALERNO
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A University of Rhode Island neuroscientist was awarded a five-year, $10.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support her work using retinal imaging to screen for early changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease, the university announced Wednesday.  Dr. Jessica Alber’s project, “Longitudinal validation of retinal biomarkers against cerebral imaging in…

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