Neuropsychiatry of Aging Research Group

Soyoung Lee, MD, received two awards from the International Psychogeriatrics Association Congress in Kanazawa, Japan, September 2025. She received the Junior Research Award for her manuscript, “Social Cognition of Older Adults: A Population-based Study.” She also received the Early Career Research Award for the Free/Oral Presentation with her project entitled, “Atrophy Network Mapping for Transit…

Living Alone, Early Tau Pathology, and Loneliness in Cognitively Unimpaired Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic was published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, September 2025. The link to the manuscript is here: https://www.ajgponline.org/article/S1064-7481(25)00484-1/fulltext The post Loneliness, living alone, and tau published in American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Se…

Soyoung Lee, MD presented a talk, titled “Neurobehavioral Markers of Early Alzheimer’s Disease,” at the Maine Association of Psychiatric Physicians’ annual meeting, September 2025. The post Dr. Soyoung Lee presents at the Maine Association of Psychiatric Physicians’ annual meeting, Sept. 2025 appeared first on Neuropsychiatry of Aging Research Group .

Nancy Donovan, MD presented a talk, titled “Social Connection, Aging, and Alzheimer’s Disease,” at the Rush University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Woman’s Board Grand Rounds on April 17th, 2025. You can view a recording of her presentation at this link (note: the presentation begins at 13:35min) . The post Dr. Nancy Donovan gives Rush University Medical Center…

Soyoung Lee, MD, David Adamowicz, MD, and Nancy Donovan, MD led the session: “Biomarkers of Transitional Cognitive and Non-cognitive symptoms from the A4/LEARN studies and the new Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnostic and Staging Criteria,” at the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, March 2025. The post Drs. Lee, Adamowicz, and Donovan Present at the American Assoc…

Nancy Donovan, MD, presented a talk, titled “Bench to Bedside: Advances in Late-Life Psychiatry,” at the 19th Annual Seminar of the MGH Leadership Council for Psychiatry, Feb. 2025. You can view a recording of her presentation at this link. The post Dr. Nancy Donovan presents at the 19th Annual Seminar of the MGH Leadership Council for Psychiatry, Feb 2025 appeared first on Neuropsychiatry of Agi…

Soyoung Lee, MD, presented the talk: Atrophy Network Mapping of Anxiety in Cognitively Unimpaired Older Adults in Preclinical AD. Benjamin Zide, MSt, presented the poster: Living alone, medial temporal tau pathology, and loneliness in cognitively normal older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. The post Soyoung Lee, MD, and Benjamin Zide, MSt presented at the Alzheimer Association International …

Specific Association of Worry With Amyloid-β But Not Tau in Cognitively Unimpaired Older Adults was published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, May 2024. The link to the manuscript is here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1064748124003270 The post Specific association of worry with amyloid but not tau published in American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, May…

Nancy J. Donovan, MD was interviewed by Dana Smith of the New York Times about the effects of loneliness on the aging brain. The New York Times Article, “Loneliness Can Change the Brain,” is available here. The post Dr. Nancy Donovan Interviewed by the New York Times, May 2024 appeared first on Neuropsychiatry of Aging Research Group .

Nancy J. Donovan, MD presented at the Mass General Brigham and Lurie Family Center for Autism conference on Aging Well with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Challenges, Opportunities, and Insights. She gave her presentation, entitled “Cognitive and Emotional Well-being in Aging,” and participated in a panel discussion with other leaders in detecting and managing age-associated cognitive and… The post Dr…