Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Aging & Brain Health Alliance: A University- Community Collaboration ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [PREVENTING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IN AFRICAN AMERICANS BY STRENGTHENING THE BRAIN](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/preventing-alzheimers-disease-in-african-americans-by-strengthening-the-brain/) - A major effort is underway to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia for older African Americans. Neuroscientist Mark Gluck of Rutgers University-Newark (RU-N) is leading a team that will use a five-year $1-million grant from the New Jersey Department of Health – obtained through a competition among states for - [Food and Brain Health Conference to Bring Hundreds of Seniors to RU-N](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/food-and-brain-health-conference-to-bring-hundreds-of-seniors-to-ru-n/) - BY LAWRENCE LERNER // CMBN, NEUROLOGY, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, ANCHOR INSTITUTION Rutgers University–Newark neuroscientist Mark Gluck has spent decades studying disorders that affect memory, learning, and decision-making. As founder of RU-N’s African-American Brain Health Initiative (AABHI), a long-term research project funded by RU-N, the National Science Foundation, and other federal and state agencies, he has been working tirelessly ## Pages - [Home](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/) - The Aging & Brain Health Alliance at Rutgers University-Newark fosters interdisciplinary and university-community collaboration to expand our understanding of aging, brain health, and the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease. We focus on populations with elevated risk for dementia, especially African Americans, who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease at over twice the rate of the general population. In partnership with - [Home](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/) - The Aging & Brain Health Alliance at Rutgers University-Newark fosters interdisciplinary and university-community collaboration to expand our understanding of aging, brain health, and the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease. We focus on populations with elevated risk for dementia, especially African Americans, who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease at over twice the rate of the general population. In partnership with - [Home](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/) - The Aging & Brain Health Alliance at Rutgers University-Newark fosters interdisciplinary and university-community collaboration to expand our understanding of aging, brain health, and the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease. We focus on populations with elevated risk for dementia, especially African Americans, who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease at over twice the rate of the general population. In partnership with - [POSTER SESSION PRESENTATIONS](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/poster-session-presentations/) - TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP AWARDEE POSTERS Name (First, Last) Current Institution Current Department Mentor Name City/State Highest Degree Previously Awarded Current Level Title of Poster Ardaman Kaur Michigan State University Department of Advertising & Public Relations Dr. Dar Meshi East Lansing, MI Ph.D. Posdoctoral Research Associate EEG microstates as a biomarker for an early cognitive decline toward - [Hotel and Transportation Information](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/conference2023/hotel-and-transportation-information/) - Robeson Center: 350 Martin Luther King Blvd, Newark, NJ, 07102 Attendees are encouraged to arrive by either plane (to Newark EWR) or train (Newark Penn Station, via Amtrak or NJ Transit). For those driving, please contact Lisa Haber-Chalom to arrange guest parking that day. A limited number of reduced rate hotel rooms have been - [Publications](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/publications/) - Now Available in 4th Edition Textbook Learning and Memory: From Brain to Behavior Recently updated, with a convenient new modular format, Learning and Memory, Second Edition, shows students where the study of learning and memory is and where it is heading. Requiring no prerequisite coursework, this textbook connects learning, memory, and neuroscience. The book compares - [HOTEL INFORMATION](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/brainski2027/hotel-information/) - Updated Hotel (and Registration) Information for the January 5-7, 2027, Aging & Brain Health Tutorials Workshop at Deer Valley Ski Resort in Park City, Utah. As of mid-July, all rooms in our conference’s discounted rooming block at The Lodges at Deer Valley have now been fully sold out (half a year in advance of the - [Back Issues](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/back-issues/) - Volume 4. Winter 2025 Volume 3. Spring 2023 Volume 2. Spring 2023 Volume 1. Summer 2022 - [APPLY FOR A STUDENT TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/brainski2027/apply-for-a-student-travel-fellowship/) - Depending on how much funding we raise, we will award up to 6 student travel fellowships to advanced-level graduate students who will soon be seeking a postdoctoral fellowship, as well as both college seniors and post-baccalaureate research assistants who are planning to apply to PhD programs (not medical school or other clinical programs) in the near future. Fellowship includes: round-trip - [Press](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/press/) - [People](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/people/) - OTHER FACULTY & POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS LAB ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH COORDINATORS OTHER RESEARCH STAFF AND PHD STUDENTS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LEADERSHIP COMMUNITY ASSISTANTS RESEARCH ASSISTANTS: GLUCK LAB TEAM PATHWAYS UNDERGRADS, POST-BACCS AND MASTERS STUDENTS (STAFF): TEAM EXERCISE FACULTY AFFILIATES AND COLLABORATORS: RUTGERS RUTGERS-NEWARK RUTGERS-HEALTH RUTGERS-NEW BRUNSWICK FACULTY AFFILIATES AND COLLABORATORS: - [2027 PROGRAM](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/brainski2027/2027-program/) - JANUARY 2027 PROGRAM (SPEAKERS AND TITLES) 4th Annual Interdisciplinary Tutorial Workshop on Aging & Brain Health TENTATIVE PARTIAL PROGRAM FOR JANUARY 5-7, 2027 (4-7pm each day) Charly Abi-Ghanem (Psychology, Binghamton U.), “Sex-specific therapeutic interventions for cognitive decline and dementia.” Joshua Miller (Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers U.), “Can vitamin supplements promote healthy aging?” Xiaoping Hu (Bioengineering, UC Riverside), - [Conferences](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/conferences/) - Utah 2027 Anniversary 2026 March 2026 CONFERENCE Aspen 2026 June 2025 Tel Aviv JANUARY 2025 ASPEN JANUARY 2024 WORKSHOP JUNE 2023 CONFERENCE - [Videos](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/videos/) - [Conference Overview](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/brainski2027/conference-overview/) - WHAT ARE THESE TUTORIALS?: Over the course of 3 evenings (4-7pm, after ski lifts close) we have a series of about two dozen 12-minute elementary tutorials, plus some shorter blitz talks by the students. These tutorials should be accessible to a broad audience of people in other disciplines with different backgrounds from the speaker — - [2026-06-05](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/videos/2026-06-05/) - Click here to watch video of 10-minute lecture on Youtube Click here to download a PDF of the 37 slides - [Brainski 2027](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/brainski2027/) - We are pleased to share the preliminary program for the 4th Annual Interdisciplinary Tutorial Workshop on Aging & Brain Health which will be held at the base of Deer Valley Ski Resort in Park City, Utah, from January 5-7, 2027. This will be our fourth workshop, with the previous three held in Aspen, Colorado. As - [Registration and Payment](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/brainski2027/registration-and-payment-brainski-2027/) - 4th Annual Interdisciplinary Tutorial Workshop on Aging and Brain Health January 5-7, 2027. Deer Valley Ski Resort. Park City, Utah Because the banquet room and conference facility hold a maximum of 50 people, registration will close as soon a we have 50 confirmed and paid registrants. This will likely happen by summer or early fall, - [GALA 2026](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/gala2026/) - "Giving Brain Science Back to the Community” 20th Anniversary Black-Tie Gala (2006-2026) Click to Register EVENT DETAILS PARKING - [SUPPORT FOR STUDENT](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/brainski2027/support-for-student/) - Each year, we award 4 to 6 travel fellowships to students who are planning careers in research on healthy aging and Alzheimer’s disease prevention. Fellowships cover their travel, hotel, and registration fees. In addition, we offer a variety of faculty and near-peer mentoring programs for these students, both during and after the conference, as well - [PAST YEARS](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/brainski2027/past-years/) - 2026: https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/aspen2026/conference-speakers-and-tutorials-planned/ 2025: https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/aspen2025/conference-speakers-and-tutorials/ 2024: https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/workshop/conference-program-and-speakers/ - [Conference Overview](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/adaa2026/conference-overview/) - Risk and Resilience to Alzheimer’s Disease in African Americans Location: Bergen Room, Paul Robeson Center on MLK Drive at Rutgers University-Newark, in Newark, NJ. History: This is the 2nd iteration of this conference, the first of which was held in June of 2023. Research Progress: 2025-2026 9:40am. Mark Gluck (Neuroscience, Rutgers-Newark). Pathways to Healthy Aging in African - [Risk and Resilience to Alzheimer’s Disease in African Americans](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/adaa2026/) - March 13, 2026 For their generous support, we are grateful to Eisai Pharmaceuticals and Genentech. CONFERENCE OVERVIEW - [ASPEN 2026](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/aspen2026/) - Third Annual Interdisciplinary Tutorial Workshop on Aging and Brain Health January 6-8, 2026. 4-7pm. Aspen Snowmass, Colorado Conference Photos CONFERENCE OVERVIEW AND AIMS JANUARY 2026 WORKSHOP PROGRAM AND TUTORIALS PRESENTED APPLY FOR A STUDENT TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP (Deadline October 1) PREREGISTRATION (Limited to first 50) and DONATIONS TO SUPPORT STUDENT FELLOWS HOTEL RESERVATION (Limited to 30 - [Upcoming Conference](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/conference2023/) - Made possibly by generous support from the NIH’s National Institute on Aging (R13AG076059), the Rutgers University-Newark Chancellor’s Office, Eisai Inc., Eli Lilly & Company, and Genentech. CONFERENCE OVERVIEW EVENT PROGRAM AND SPEAKERS POSTER SESSION PRESENTATIONS REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT (Limited To First 70 People) HOTEL AND TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION - [CONFERENCE SPEAKERS AND TUTORIALS PLANNED](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/aspen2026/conference-speakers-and-tutorials-planned/) - Third Annual Interdisciplinary Tutorial Workshop on Aging and Brain Health January 6-8, 2026. 4-7pm. Aspen Snowmass, Colorado CURRENT LINE UP OF SPEAKERS FOR ASPEN 2026, January 6-8, 2026 Tuesday January 6 3:00-3:50pm: General Registration and Reception (in Bar Area) 4:00: General Workshop Introduction (Gluck) 4:10: Student Blitzes: Oceanna Li (Stanford). “Astrocytic profiles in neurodegenerative - [CONFERENCE SPEAKERS AND TUTORIALS](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/aspen2025/conference-speakers-and-tutorials/) - MONDAY, JANUARY 6th. Most people arrive and check. TUESDAY, JANUARY 7th 3:00-4:00pm. Registration and Opening Reception (Bar Area). Light appetizers (veggie, chicken, and seafood; no beef or pork), coffee & tea (regular and decaf for both), hot chocolate, bottled water. 4:00-4:30pm. (Columbine Room): STUDENT “THREE-MINUTE ELEVATOR PITCHES” 5 students: Brief overviews of their research (3 - [ASPEN 2025](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/aspen2025/) - Second Annual Interdisciplinary Workshop on Aging and Brain Health January 7-9, 2025. Stonebridge Inn. Aspen-Snowmass, Colorado This conference is organized and hosted by the Aging & Brain Health Alliance at Rutgers University-Newark. It is a non-profit event open to the public but limited strictly to the first 50 people who register online. For more information, - [Registration Deadline is Wednesday, November 27th (day before Thanksgiving) although we anticipate that given high demand, the conference may fill up earlier.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/aspen2026/preregistration-limited-to-50-and-donations-to-support-student-fellows/) - Third Annual Interdisciplinary Tutorial Workshop on Aging and Brain Health January 6-8, 2026. 4-7pm. Aspen Snowmass, Colorado Because the banquet room and conference facility hold a maximum of 50 people, registration will close as soon a we have 50 confirmed and paid registrants. Note: All speakers are expected to register and pay, as well. Registration fee - [HOTEL RESERVATIONS (Limited to 25 rooms)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/aspen2026/hotel-reservation-limited-to-25-rooms/) - SMALL VENUE AND HOTEL WILL FILL UP SOON. Early booking is strongly advised.. A block of only 25 rooms is available at the hotel. Once those are booked, any other attendees will need to find other local accommodations. Book hotel rooms by calling the Stonebridge Inn at 1-844-330-1859, during regular business hours (Mountain Time) and ask for the “Rutgers 2026” group - [US-Israel](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/us-israel/) - US-ISRAEL Alzheimer’s Disease Conference June 5, 2025 Tel Aviv, Israel. We aim to support and expand scientific and educational collaboration between US and Israeli scientists doing research on understanding, diagnosing, and curing Alzheimer’s disease. In addition, we seek to facilitate Israeli graduate students finding postdoctoral fellowship positions at US universities; to that end we will - [Organizing Committee](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/organizing-committee/) - ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Mark Gluck & Michal Beeri (Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA), Hermona Soreq (Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel), Illana Gozes (Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel). See contact information below. Contact Information for Co-Chairs: Mark A. Gluck, Ph.D. Professor of Neuroscience and Public Health Director, Aging & Brain Health Alliance Rutgers University—Newark 197 University Avenue - [CONFERENCE OVERVIEW AND AIMS](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/aspen2026/conference-overview-and-aims/) - Goals: The goal of our small annual tutorial workshop (now in second year) is to bring together researchers and trainees from a broad range of disciplines and scientific backgrounds, all of whom are working—from different perspectives and approaches— to understand healthy aging and the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. We seek to (1) - [APPLY FOR A STUDENT TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP (Deadline October 1)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/aspen2026/apply-for-a-student-travel-fellowship-deadline-october-1/) - We will award up to 10 student travel fellowships to graduate students as well as both undergraduate and post-baccalaureate research assistants who are planning to apply to PhD programs in the future. Fellowship includes: round-trip airfare within the United States (foreign applicants will be considered, but must agree to pay for their own airfare into - [CONFERENCE OVERVIEW AND AIMS](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/aspen2025/conference-overview-and-aims/) - Goals: The goal of our small annual tutorial workshop (now in second year) is to bring together researchers and trainees from a broad range of disciplines and scientific backgrounds, all of whom are working—from different perspectives and approaches— to understand healthy aging and the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. We seek to (1) - [Program and Speakers](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/program-and-speakers/) - Date: Thursday, June 5th, 2025. Location: The Raya and Josef Jaglom Auditorium, George S. Wise Senate Building, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel 8am-8:50am: Registration 8:50am-9am: Brief opening remarks. 9:00am: 1. Michal Schwarz (Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel). Defeating Alzheimer’s disease by harnessing systemic immunity. 9:30am: 2. Lindsay Farrer (Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts). Genetics of Alzheimer’s - [Conference Aim and Format](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/conference-aim-and-format/) - BACKGROUND: This is the third US-Israel brain research conference organized by Rutgers University in collaboration with Israeli universities and medical centers. The first two, held in 2005 and 2008, were hosted by Hebrew University and held in Jerusalem, Israel. AIMS: Building on the success of our past two meetings, the aim of this conference is - [Funding](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/funding/) - External Funding (2015-present): Aging & Brain Health Alliance Currently Active: $4,729,338 2022-27 NIH/NIA Determinants of Individual Differences in the Efficacy of Aerobic Exercise to Improve Brain Health and Reduce Alzheimer Disease Risk in Older African Americans * $3,594,241 2018-23 NIH/NIA Risk Factors for Future Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer’s Disease in Older African Americans $150,000 2020-22 - [Registration Deadline is Wednesday, November 27th (day before thanksgiving) although we anticipate that given high demand, the conference may fill up earlier.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/aspen2025/preregistration-limited-to-50-and-donations-to-support-student-fellows/) - Because the banquet room and conference facility hold a maximum of 50 people, registration will close as soon a we have 50 confirmed and paid registrants. Note: All speakers are expected to register and pay, as well. Registration fee of $350 covers facilities rental costs, all reception catering and two dinners: an opening night pizza party - [HOTEL RESERVATIONS (Limited to 30 rooms)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/aspen2025/hotel-reservation-limited-to-30-rooms/) - SMALL VENUE AND HOTEL WILL FILL UP SOON. Early booking is strongly advised.. A block of only 30 rooms is available at the hotel. Once those are booked, any other attendees will need to find other local accommodations. Book hotel rooms by calling the Stonebridge Inn at (844) 330-1859 or (970) 429-5055, during regular business hours - [Media Coverage](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/media-coverage/) - [APPLY FOR A STUDENT TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP (Deadline October 1)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/aspen2025/apply-for-a-student-travel-fellowship-deadline-october-1/) - We will award up to 10 student travel fellowships to graduate students as well as both undergraduate and post-baccalaureate research assistants who are planning to apply to PhD programs in the future. Fellowship includes: round-trip airfare within the United States (foreign applicants will be considered, but must agree to pay for their own airfare into - [CONFERENCE PROGRAM AND SPEAKERS](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/workshop/conference-program-and-speakers/) - Twelve 15-minute broadly-accessible tutorials (similar to TED talks at a Wikipedia-level of detail) will be presented by leading experts, starting at 4pm each day, prior to dinner: WEDNESDAY (January 10). HEALTHY AGING Carol Barnes (Univ of Arizona), Brain changes in normal aging. Kirk Erickson (Advent Health), Exercise and healthy aging. Michael Rugg (U. Texas- Dallas). Interpreting - [Apply for a Student/Postdoc Travel Fellowship](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/workshop/apply-for-a-student-postdoc-travel-fellowship/) - APPLY FOR A STUDENT TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS: We will award up to 12 travel fellowships to postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and post-baccalaureate research assistants planning to apply to PhD programs in the future. Fellowship includes round-trip airfare within the United States (foreign applicants must pay for airfare into the US), complimentary registration, and hotel accommodation to - [Travel Fellowship Awardees & Blitz Presentations](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/workshop/travel-fellowship-awardees-blitz-presentations/) - ** TO BE ANNOUNCED IN LATE OCTOBER ** - [Conference Overview](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/workshop/conference-overview-2024/) - WHY: The goal of this new small annual tutorial workshop is to bring together researchers and trainees from a broad range of disciplines and scientific backgrounds, all of whom are working—from different perspectives and approaches— to understand healthy aging and the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. We seek to (1) pull attendees out - [TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP AWARDEES](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/aspen2025/travel-fellowship-awardees/) - ** TO BE ANNOUNCED IN LATE OCTOBER ** - [Events](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/abha-events/) - May 3, 2024 Print Print PREVIOUS EVENTS November 2, October 25, 11:00 am - 12:00 noon October 12, 2019. 12:00 am - 2:30 pm April 24, 2019. 11:00 am April 26, 2019. 10:00 am - [Apply for Student Travel Fellowship](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/apply-for-student-travel-fellowship/) - Deadline for submitting a proposal for a FULLY-FUNDED STUDENT TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP is June 15, 2024 with winners to be notified by July 1st. Fellowship awards will cover round-trip travel from the US to Tel Aviv, shared hotel accommodations for four nights in Tel Aviv, and complimentary conference registration. Applicants must be currently based at a - [Donate](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/donate/) - Thank you for considering a donation to the Aging & Brain Health Alliance at Rutgers University-Newark, run by Dr. Mark A. Gluck of the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience. All contributions are to the Rutgers University Foundation which is a tax deductible 501(c) non-profit corporation. Your contributions can support: Community education programs for the - [DINING AND RECREATION](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/dining-and-recreation/) - Here is some restaurant information. We will have a banquet on Tuesday, January 9th, beginning at 5pm (With reception and registration) but you are on your own to book restaurants for January 10 and 11. The sessions end at 7pm sharp and I encourage you to make reservations at one of these restaurants for 7:15pm - [US-Israel Conference](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/conference-us-israel/) - US-Israel Alzheimer's Disease Research Collaboration and Cooperation Conference September 22, 2024. Tel Aviv, Israel. BACKGROUND: This is the third US-Israel brain research conference organized by Rutgers University in collaboration with Israeli universities and medical centers. The first two, held in 2005 and 2008, were hosted by Hebrew University and held in Jerusalem, Israel. AIMS: Building on - [Software](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/software/) - Rutgers Generalization Tasks (Acquired Equivalence; Concurrent Discrimination & Transfer) FISH is for the Acquired Equivalence Task CHOOSE is for the Concurrent Discrimination task. - ["Risk and Resilience to Alzheimer’s Disease
in African Americans"](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/risk-and-resilience-to-alzheimers-disease-in-african-americans/) - Thursday, June 22, 2023 Robeson Campus Center 350 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Newark, NJ. 9:00am-9:45am: Registration and Coffee 9:45am-10:00am: Opening Remarks SESSION 1: Epidemiology 10:00am-10:20am: Adesola Ogunniyi (Ibadan University, Nigeria). “Comparing Alzheimer’s risk in African Americans and the Yoruba People of Nigeria” 10:20am-10:40am: Joyce Balls-Berry (Washington University St. Louis, MO). “Examining African Americans - [Workshop](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/workshop/) - First Annual Interdisciplinary Workshop on Aging and Brain Health January 9-11, 2024. Stonebridge Inn. Aspen/Snowmass, Colorado Deadline: October 10th, 2023, to apply for one of 12 student/postdoc travel fellowships or to propose one of 10 planned tutorial presentation, please email gluck@rutgers.edu CONFERENCE OVERVIEW CONFERENCE PROGRAM AND SPEAKERS APPLY FOR A STUDENT/POSTDOC TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP AWARDEES - [Hotel Reservation Instructions (Limited to 30 rooms, Early Booking Advised)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/workshop/hotel-reservation-instructions-limited-to-30-rooms-early-booking-advised/) - SMALL VENUE AND HOTEL WILL FILL UP SOON. Early booking is strongly advised. A block of only 30 rooms is available at the hotel. Once those are booked, any other attendees will need to find other local accommodations. Book hotel rooms by calling the Stonebridge Inn (https://www.destinationhotels.com/stonebridge-inn/hotel) at (844) 330-1859 or (970) 429-5055, during regular - [Preregistration (Limited to 50) and Donations to Support Travel Fellowships](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/workshop/preregistration-limited-to-50-and-donations-to-support-travel-fellowships/) - Both the banquet room (for Tuesday night) and conference facility (for Wednesday and Thursday evenings) hold a maximum of 50 people. Registration will close on Wednesday, November 22nd (day before Thanksgiving) or earlier if we reach 50 people. Registration fee including Tuesday banquet is $250. Registration can be processed here: https://quikpayasp.com/rutgers/commerce_manager/payer.do?orderType=CMBN_AgingandBrainHealth For members of the - [Join The Lab](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/join-lab/) - Join our PhD Program in NeuroscienceApply for Postdoctoral TrainingHonors Neuroscience Research for Rutgers-Newark Undergraduates - [Honors Neuroscience Research for Rutgers-Newark Undergraduates](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/honors-neuroscience-research-for-rutgers-newark-undergraduates/) - Applicants must have at least three semesters remaining at Rutgers University-Newark to commit to research, and have minimum GPA of 3.5. Preference is giving to students in the Honors College and those majoring in Neuroscience & Behavior. Contact Dr. Gluck to apply at gluck@rutgers.edu with a resume and detailed overview of your career goals. - [POSTDOCTORAL OPENING](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/postdoctoral-opening/) - Postdoctoral Opening at Rutgers University-Newark in fMRI of Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Timing: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. The position can begin in either Aug/Sept of 2022 or January, 2023 The Aging & Brain Health Alliance at Rutgers University-Newark seeks a Postdoctoral Fellow with strong prior training and experience in fMRI methods with - [Conference Overview](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/conference2023/conference-overview/) - PLEASE SAVE THE DATE: Thursday, June 22, 2023, for a one-day national conference in Newark on "Risk and Resilience to Alzheimer's Disease in African Americans”. Although African Americans have double the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease as compared to white Americans, we do not sufficiently understand the causes of this health disparity, nor how to best - [Rutgers](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/rutgers/) - Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience (CMBN) Behavioral and Neural Sciences (BNS) PhD program Rutgers University Brain Imaging Center (RUBIC), Newark Rutgers University-Newark - [How Exercise Helps the Aging Brain | 5 Questions](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/how-exercise-helps-the-aging-brain-5-questions/) - How Exercise Helps the Aging Brain | 5 Questions Mark Gluck, a Rutgers professor of neuroscience, researches what aspects predict who will be resilient and maintain their brain health over the long term. Mark Gluck has been running brain health education programs at churches and senior centers in the Newark area. This photo shows a - [Community Engagement Team](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/community-engagement-team/) - [Contact](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/contact/) - PARTICIPATE To Participate in Research Studies (For African Americans 60 years or older). click here JOIN If you are interested joining our ABHA team at Rutgers University. click here DONATE To make a financial contribution (via the web with a credit card or otherwise), click here AGING & BRAIN HEALTH ALLIANCE Center for Molecular and - [Directions](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/directions/) - [Brochures](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/brochures/) - "The Neuroscience of Bible Study: Ten Practical Tips from Brain Science for Memorizing Scripture.”, by Dr. Mark A. Gluck & Reverend Dr. Glenn Wilson, Sr. Aging & Brain Health Alliance "Braing Health & Aging” - [How Exercise Enhances Aging Brains](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/how-exercise-enhances-aging-brains/) - How Exercise Enhances Aging Brains Sedentary, older adults who took aerobic dance classes twice a week showed improvements in brain areas critical for memory and thinking. Volunteers who participated in pre-pandemic dance classes in Newark, N.J., showed improvements in memory centers in the brain.Credit...Rutgers University By Gretchen Reynolds • March 3, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET Exercise can change how crucial portions of our brain - [Community Stakeholders Board, Members](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/community-stakeholders-board-members/) - CHURCHES Newark Pilgrim Baptist, (G. Wilson) Zion Hill Baptist (Williams) Holy Temple UFWB (Cole) St. Mark, Newark (McDowell) New Palmist, (Ali) Vineyard Baptist (Bailey) Solid Foundations Baptist (Tyson) St. James AME (Revs. R. Slaughter & R. Clark) Allen AME (Jackson) Mt. Zion Baptist (Deacon T. Brightman) Yagar Family Worship Center (Stevens) Mount Calvary Missionary - [Photos](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/photos/) - [With Generous Support From:](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/supporters/) - National Institute on Aging National Institutes of Health Office of the Chancellor Rutgers University-Newark - [Community Engagment](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/community-engagment/) - Promote brain health and Alzheimer’s prevention for older African Americans in the Greater Newark area. 16 years of active engagement in community partnerships. A community engagement team composed of members from the community. Health education programs on: Six Steps to a Better Memory & Reducing Your Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease, Aging Smart: How to Keep - [Research](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/research/) - We need new measures of cognition and brain function that can detect the earliest (preclinical) phase of Alzheimer’s disease. We need to better understand (a) how genetics and modifiable lifestyle factors interact to determine who is at highest risk for Alzheimer’s, and (b) which interventions will have the most impact on which people for reducing - [Funding](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/funders/) - FUNDERS National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health Office of Minority and Multicultural Health, New Jersey Department of Health Office of the Chancellor, Rutgers University-Newark - [News](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/news/) - [Upcoming Events](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/upcoming-events/) - [Events](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/events-rutgers/) - Previous Upcoming - [Participate in Reserach](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/participate-in-reserach/) - [Undergrad](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/undergrad/) - Introduction to Neuroscience Undergraduate Neuroscience Careers Seminar Undergraduate Honors Neuroscience Research Internships - [Jobs](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/jobs/) - Postdoctoral Opening at Rutgers University-Newark in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience of Aging, Alzheimer's Disease, and Brain Health in Older African Americans. We seek a postdoctoral research fellow to join our lab at Rutgers University-Newark, just outside New York City, to work on cognitive and clinical studies of aging, Alzheimer's disease, and brain health in older - [Grants](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/grants/) - CURRENT ACTIVE GRANTS (AS OF JANUARY 2021) 1R01AG053961-01A1 YR 1/5 (PI, Gluck) 5/2018 - 3/2013 Risk Factors for Future Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer's Disease in Older African Americans. Little is known about the relative importance (and interactions) among various risk factors for AD in African Americans. Additionally, there is a dearth of data on the - [Creating Memories](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/creating-memories/) - [In Parkinson's, both drugs and disease damage cognition 12 November 2001 11:55 EST by Apoorva Mandavilli, BioMedNet News SAN DIEGO, California](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/in-parkinsons-both-drugs-and-disease-damage-cognition-12-november-2001-1155-est-by-apoorva-mandavilli-biomednet-news-san-diego-california-2/) - The miracle drug L-dopa, which has been prescribed for Parkinson's disease (PD) patients for more than 30 years, may itself be partly responsible for the cognitive deficits associated with PD, 3 independent teams of researchers reported here today at the annual conference of the Society for Neuroscience. PD patients are also impaired at "habit" learning, - [Novelty Detector](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/novelty-detector/) - Wired Issue 4.02 | Feb 1996 The hippocampus - a tiny, seahorse-shaped organ in the brain - filters and classifies incoming information and sends it to other parts of the brain to be stored. And as Mark Gluck, a psychologist and computer scientist at the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, believes, the organ's special - [In Parkinson's, both drugs and disease damage cognition 12 November 2001 11:55 EST by Apoorva Mandavilli, BioMedNet News SAN DIEGO, California](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/in-parkinsons-both-drugs-and-disease-damage-cognition-12-november-2001-1155-est-by-apoorva-mandavilli-biomednet-news-san-diego-california/) - The miracle drug L-dopa, which has been prescribed for Parkinson's disease (PD) patients for more than 30 years, may itself be partly responsible for the cognitive deficits associated with PD, 3 independent teams of researchers reported here today at the annual conference of the Society for Neuroscience. PD patients are also impaired at "habit" learning, - [Rutgers-Newark professor spearheads groundbreaking conference in Middle East](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/rutgers-newark-professor-spearheads-groundbreaking-conference-in-middle-east/) - by Marilyn Silverstein NJJN Staff Writer A Jewish professor of neuroscience at Rutgers University-Newark is spearheading what is believed to be the first international scientific conference jointly hosted by Israeli and Palestinian universities. Mark Gluck, codirector of the Rutgers Memory Disorders Project, is the lead organizer and cochair of the conference - Basal Ganglia, Dopamine, - [Parkinson's conference counters Israeli boycott Rutgers scientist promotes global research](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/parkinsons-conference-counters-israeli-boycott-rutgers-scientist-promotes-global-research/) - Thursday, June 23, 2005 By KEVIN COUGHLIN Star-Ledger Staff Brain experts from several countries will shuttle between Jerusalem's Hebrew University and Al-Quds Palestinian University next week to ponder how computers can demystify Parkinson's disease and drug addiction. But science is almost an after- thought to Rutgers University neuroscientist Mark Gluck, who has spent three years - [Artificial Intelligence Merges With Neuroscience-Will Intelligent Machines Follow?](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/artificial-intelligence-merges-with-neuroscience-will-intelligent-machines-follow/) - Can intelligent, manmade machines someday replace soldiers on the battlefield? The US Department of Defense, with the help of a number of academic institutions and research companies, is hoping that recent advances in neuroscience and cognitive psychology, combined with the computer science and engineering principles of artificial intelligence, will ultimately lead to the creation of - [When a memory fades](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/when-a-memory-fades/) - When a memory fades Minorities miss early detection Sunday, May 13, 2007 BY ANGELA STEWART Star-Ledger Staff For years, Gilbert Brown was the one his family turned to if they had a problem or needed a helping hand. A church deacon and organist, Brown was the glue that held everything together. Then around 2003, when - [LECTURES ONLINE](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/lectures-online/) - "Pathways to Healthy Aging in African Americans: A University-Community Collaboration".Mark Gluck. March 25, 2021. Download a PDF of the slides "Aging and Alzheimer's Disease".Dr. Mark A. 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In the past, I have worked as an RA investigating implicit & explicit - [Ashlee Shaw, Ph.D](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/peoples/ashlee-shaw-ph-d/) - I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Gluck lab at Rutgers University-Newark; I completed my Ph.D in psychology at the University of Connecticut, and received my B.S. in psychology at Vanderbilt University. I have also been a dance and fitness instructor for the past nine years. As a part of the African American Brain Health - [Mark A. Gluck, Ph.D](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/peoples/mark-a-gluck-ph-d/) - Mark Gluck is a Professor of Neuroscience at Rutgers University - Newark, director of the Rutgers Memory Disorders Project, and publisher of the public health newsletter, Memory Loss and the Brain. He works at the interface between neuroscience, psychology, and computer science studying the neural bases of learning and memory. 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Darlingtina is excited because she believes she found a museum devoted to life and music of Whitney Houston. (6.20.2023)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/dr-adesola-ogunniyi-joins-our-lab-for-dinner-and-evening-in-the-far-west-village-manhattan-darlingtina-is-excited-because-she-believes-she-found-a-museum-devoted-to-life-and-music-of-whitney-housto/) - [A Sweet Sixteen Birthday Party for Makiya Thornton, Delores's Granddaughter (Friday, June 9th. 2023)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/a-sweet-sixteen-birthday-party-for-makiya-thornton-deloress-granddaughter-friday-june-9th-2023/) - [Lab members (both current and past) gather in New Rochelle to celebrate wedding of Suzanna Osiecka-Kyreakedes (May 23, 2026)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/lab-members-both-current-and-past-gather-in-new-rochelle-to-celebrate-wedding-of-suzanna-osiecka-kyreakedes-may-23-2026/) - [Lab lunch to celebrate first return of Professor Bernadette Fausto to the lab after her new appointment (4/22/2026; 5 photos)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/lab-lunch-to-celebrate-first-return-of-professor-bernadette-fausto-to-the-lab-after-her-new-appointment-4-22-2026-5-photos/) - [Pre-Conference Syrian Dinner at Salam in Greenwich Village, NYC, for Out of Town Visitors (including speakers and postdoctoral candidates). March 12, 2026](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/pre-conference-syrian-dinner-at-salam-in-greenwich-village-nyc-for-out-of-town-visitors-including-speakers-and-postdoctoral-candidates-march-12-2026/) - [PHOTO w/CAPTION (2/6/26): Eli Lilly & Co. and Chancellor Smith-Jackson join the Rutgers-Newark Aging & Brain Health Alliance to launch a new Lilly/Rutgers Partnership in Community Dementia Screening](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/photo-w-caption-2-6-26-eli-lilly-co-and-chancellor-smith-jackson-join-the-rutgers-newark-aging-brain-health-alliance-to-launch-a-new-lilly-rutgers-partnership-in-community-dementia-screening/) - [Community Engagement Team Meeting (Wednesday, February 4. 2026)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/community-engagement-team-meeting-wednesday-february-4-2026/) - [Photos (15) from the Third Annual Interdisciplinary Tutorials Workshop on Aging and Brain Health (Aspen Snowmass, Colorado; January 6-8, 2026).](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/photos-15-from-the-third-annual-interdisciplinary-tutorials-workshop-on-aging-and-brain-health-aspen-snowmass-colorado-january-6-8-2026/) - [Delores's granddaughter, Makiya, goes kayaking for the first time in Palm Beach, Florida (with lunch after on the motor yacht, Sanctuary).](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/deloress-granddaughter-makiya-goes-kayaking-for-the-first-time-in-palm-beach-florida-with-lunch-after-on-the-motor-yacht-sanctuary/) - [Jason Richardson (Univ. of Georgia) visits our lab to talk about pesticides and brain health, and jump start our collaboration on this topic. Photo after his talk](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/jason-richardson-univ-of-georgia-visits-our-lab-to-talk-about-pesticides-and-brain-health-and-jump-start-our-collaboration-on-this-topic-photo-after-his-talk/) - [Gluck Lab's Brain (and Cupcake) - Eating Zombies Celebrate Halloween (October 29, 2025)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/gluck-labs-brain-and-cupcake-eating-zombies-celebrate-halloween-october-29-2025/) - [Eisai, J&J, and Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals join our Aging & Brain Health Alliance Community Stakeholders Board for a Black Men's Brain Health Summit (10/10/2025; RU-Newark)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/eisai-j-ru-newark/) - [A Bon Voyage & Graduation Party for Several Lab Members (June 2, 2025)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/a-bon-voyage-graduation-party-for-several-lab-members-june-2-2025/) - [May 16th, 2025. Photos from our Soul Brain dance party for participants in our Rutgers-Newark studies of aging and brain health in African Americans.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/may-16th-2025-photos-from-our-soul-brain-dance-party-for-participants-in-our-rutgers-newark-studies-of-aging-and-brain-health-in-african-americans/) - [10 Photos from AGING SMART! With Dr. Mark A. Gluck-- and Glenda and Payton -- at The River Club (447 East 52nd, NYC). April 2, 2025. (Plus some historical photos of the club, pre-FDR Drive)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/10-photos-from-aging-smart-with-dr-mark-a-gluck-and-glenda-and-payton-at-the-river-club-447-east-52nd-nyc-april-2-2025-plus-some-historical-photos-of-the-club-pre-fdr-drive/) - [Thanks to Delores for a special Dementia Caregiver Support Group today, with special speaker Bern Fausto; photos from Jerome who supported (Sat, March 8)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/thanks-to-delores-for-a-special-dementia-caregiver-support-group-today-with-special-speaker-bern-fausto-photos-from-jerome-who-supported-sat-march-8/) - [Celebrating the new US Citizenship of our Research Data Coordinator, Wiktoria (now Victoria), by crowning her as our American Princess in a lab party (Monday, March 4th, 2025).](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/celebrating-the-new-us-citizenship-of-our-research-data-coordinator-wiktoria-now-victoria-by-crowning-her-as-our-american-princess-in-a-lab-party-monday-march-4th-2025/) - [Aging & Brain Health Interdisciplinary Tutorials Workshop ( January 7-9, 2025, 24 photos)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/aging-brain-health-interdisciplinary-tutorials-workshop-january-7-9-2025-24-photos/) - [We are all grateful to Delores Hammonds for cooking up a storm of Soul Food to share with us her culture and cuisine in celebration of Black History Month (6 photos: 2/19/2025)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/we-are-all-grateful-to-delores-hammonds-for-cooking-up-a-storm-of-soul-food-to-share-with-us-her-culture-and-cuisine-in-celebration-of-black-history-month-6-photos-2-19-2025/) - [Monday, January 13, 2025. Photos (10) from Dr. Sharon Malone's talk on older Black women's Health at Messiah Baptist Church, East Orange, NJ](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/monday-january-13-2025-photos-10-from-dr-sharon-malones-talk-on-older-black-womens-health-at-messiah-baptist-church-east-orange-nj/) - [Rutgers Aging & Brain Health Alliance Co-Sponsors the Annual Seniors Holiday Ball with the Newark Housing Authority for Over 250 of their Residents (December 18, 2024; 7 photos).](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/rutgers-aging-7-photos/) - [With appreciation to Jerome and Louche for their Aging & Brain Health presentation to the Masjid Al-Haqq, and to Iman Abdul Kareem Muhammad for hosting us (Saturday, November 17th, 2024).](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/with-appreciation-to-jerome-and-louche-for-their-aging-brain-health-presentation-to-the-masjid-al-haqq-and-to-iman-abdul-kareem-muhammad-for-hosting-us-saturday-november-17th-2024/) - [Community Brain Health Salon Luncheon, Friday, November 8, 2024. Aidekman Research Center Lobby](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/community-brain-health-salon-luncheon-friday-november-8-2024-aidekman-research-center-lobby/) - [Glenda and I join 150+ friends and family of Catherine Willis (former Director of Senior Services for East Orange) to celebrate her 85th birthday (10/26/2024)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/glenda-and-i-join-150-friends-and-family-of-catherine-willis-former-director-of-senior-services-for-east-orange-to-celebrate-her-85th-birthday-10-26-2024/) - [19 Photos from the Soul Brain Dance Party in East Orange to Celebrate Catherine Willis's 85th Birthday (Oct 25, 2024)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/19-photos-from-the-soul-brain-dance-party-in-east-orange-to-celebrate-catherine-williss-85th-birthday-oct-25-2024/) - [Speaking today at the Mayor's Interfaith Council breakfast, invited by City Councilmember Rev. Louise Scott-Rountree and the Mayor's Chief of Staff (and brother), Amiri Baraka, Jr. [ Aug 29, 2024]](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/speaking-today-at-the-mayors-interfaith-council-breakfast-invited-by-city-councilmember-rev-louise-scott-rountree-and-the-mayors-chief-of-staff-and-brother-amiri-baraka-jr-aug-29-2024/) - ["Giving Brain Science Back to the Community" Formal Gala to celebrate Pathways to Healthy Aging in African Americans (Rutgers University-Newark, Newark, NJ) - July 25, 2024](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/giving-brain-science-back-to-the-community-formal-gala-to-celebrate-pathways-to-healthy-aging-in-african-americans-rutgers-university-newark-newark-nj-july-25-2024/) - [Photos (11) of Gluck Lab at Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) in Philadelphia. July 28-31, 2024](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/photos-11-of-gluck-lab-at-alzheimers-association-international-conference-aaic-in-philadelphia-july-28-31-2024/) - [Photos from Community Stakeholders Luncheon on Wednesday, July 10th, 2024, with special guest East Orange Mayor Ted Green and representatives from Rutgers REACH and Eisai Pharmaceuticals.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/photos-from-community-stakeholders-luncheon-on-wednesday-july-10th-2024-with-special-guest-east-orange-mayor-ted-green-and-representatives-from-rutgers-reach-and-eisai-pharmaceuticals/) - [Louches, Maureen, Jerome (& Delores, not shown) promote the Rutgers Aging & Brain Health Program to the Urban League of Newark (Friday, July 12, 2024).](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/louches-maureen-jerome-delores-not-shown-promote-the-rutgers-aging-brain-health-program-to-the-urban-league-of-newark-friday-july-12-2024/) - [Glenda Wright and I celebrating Sharon Malone's new book, "Grown Woman Talk" in Manhattan with Sharon's husband, Eric Holder, actress Gloria Reuben, and others.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/glenda-wright-and-i-celebrating-sharon-malones-new-book-grown-woman-talk-in-manhattan-with-sharons-husband-eric-holder-actress-gloria-reuben-and-others/) - [Delores cooks up a Soul Food luncheon for the lab and our friends in her annual celebration of Black History Month [March 6, 2024]](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/delores-cooks-up-a-soul-food-luncheon-for-the-lab-and-our-friends-in-her-annual-celebration-of-black-history-month-march-6-2024/) - [Working Luncheon at Kinjo (new Asian Fusion restaurant on corner of Warren/Washington) with our Community Engagement Senior Leadership Team (1/31/2024)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/working-luncheon-at-kinjo-new-asian-fusion-restaurant-on-corner-of-warren-washington-with-our-community-engagement-senior-leadership-team-1-31-2024/) - [Photos of Speakers at the January 2024 "First Interdisciplinary Tutorial Workshop on Aging and Brain Health"](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/photos-of-speakers-at-the-january-2024-first-interdisciplinary-tutorial-workshop-on-aging-and-brain-health/) - [Seven Members of Gluck Lab Visit Aspen-Snowmass in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado for our Aging & Brain Health Tutorials Workshop (January 9-11, 2024).](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/seven-members-of-gluck-lab-visit-aspen-snowmass-in-the-rocky-mountains-of-colorado-for-our-aging-brain-health-tutorials-workshop-january-9-11-2024/) - [Greetings from Snowmass Aspen, Stoneridge Inn, venue for "1st Annual Interdisciplinary Tutorial Workshop on Aging & Brain Health". Tuesday, January 9, 2024.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/greetings-from-snowmass-aspen-stoneridge-inn-venue-for-1st-annual-interdisciplinary-tutorial-workshop-on-aging-brain-health-tuesday-january-9-2024/) - [The Rutgers-Newark Aging & Brain Health Alliance Supports the Newark Housing Authority's Annual Christmas Gala for Senior Residents (Symphony Hall, Terrace Ballroom, Newark. December 14, 2023)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/the-rutgers-newark-aging-brain-health-alliance-supports-the-newark-housing-authoritys-annual-christmas-gala-for-senior-residents-symphony-hall-terrace-ballroom-newark-december-14-2023/) - [Gluck Lab Hanukkah Party. Aidekman Neuroscience Center Lobby (December 12, 2023)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/gluck-lab-hanukkah-party-aidekman-neuroscience-center-lobby-december-12-2023/) - [July 2023 Lab Trip to Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) in Amsterdam, Netherlands](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/july-2023-lab-trip-to-alzheimers-association-international-conference-aaic-in-amsterdam-netherlands/) - [Celebrating Zuzanna Osiecka's "Not Going Away" as she shifts from being our Research Coordinator to being a first-year PhD student in Psychology (7/31/2023)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/celebrating-zuzanna-osieckas-not-going-away-as-she-shifts-from-being-our-research-coordinator-to-being-a-first-year-phd-student-in-psychology-7-31-2023/) - [Free Public Kayaking in Hudson River at Downtown Boathouse with Alejandro Santana, his boyfriend, Dustin, and Clarita's daughter, Kat - then picnic in the park.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/free-public-kayaking-in-hudson-river-at-downtown-boathouse-with-alejandro-santana-his-boyfriend-dustin-and-claritas-daughter-kat-then-picnic-in-the-park/) - [Pre-Memory Disorders Research Society 6-mile hike through Malibu Creek State Park to location of M*A*S*H TV Show (1972-1983) + beachfront lunch.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/pre-memory-disorders-research-society-6-mile-hike-through-malibu-creek-state-park-to-location-of-mash-tv-show-1972-1983-beachfront-lunch/) - [Our lab's International Buffet Potluck Luncheon featured food from over 12 different countries and cultures [September 27, 2023]](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/our-labs-international-buffet-potluck-luncheon-featured-food-from-over-12-different-countries-and-cultures-september-27-2023/) - [The Groovy Gluck Lab returned to the 1960s at our Soul Brain dance party with the senior residents of the Newark Housing Authority (9/29/2023)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/the-groovy-gluck-lab-returned-to-the-1960s-at-our-soul-brain-dance-party-with-the-senior-residents-of-the-newark-housing-authority-9-29-2023/) - [Glenda, Delores and Mark visit the Alzheimer's Center in St. Louis, Missouri, for a national meeting on Minority Recruitment to Alzheimer's research.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/glenda-delores-and-mark-visit-the-alzheimers-center-in-st-louis-missouri-for-a-national-meeting-on-minority-recruitment-to-alzheimers-research/) - [Our Community Brain Health Salon Luncheon and Stakeholders Meeting (November 16, 2023; 4 photos).](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/our-community-brain-health-salon-luncheon-and-stakeholders-meeting-november-16-2023-4-photos/) - [Nov 30, 2023. As part of a growing relationship between the Rutgers-Newark Aging & Brain Health Alliance and Eli Lilly & Company, Dr. Mark A. Gluck of the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience was joined by Delores Hammonds and Glenda Wright, two Community Brain Health Educators, for a trip this past week to the Lilly corporate headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana. Eli Lilly & Company is the largest pharmaceutical company in the country and a leader in developing new drugs for Alzheimer’s Disease. Gluck, Hammonds, and Wright were hosted by Lilly’s Diversity & Inclusion and Patient Engagement division, who are seeking their advice on how to increase enrollment of African Americans into ongoing and future clinical trials of new investigational drugs for Alzheimer’s disease.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/223240/) - [A preliminary collection of 13 photos from our 6/22/23 conference and gala banquet on Risk and Resilience to AD in African Americans](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/a-preliminary-collection-of-14-photos-from-our-6-22-23-conference-and-gala-banquet-on-risk-and-resilience-to-ad-in-african-americans/) - [An international culinary tour, courtesy of our lab's potluck buffet luncheon in honor of the four lab students who graduated last week (18 photos; May 24, 2023)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/an-international-culinary-tour-courtesy-of-our-labs-potluck-buffet-luncheon-in-honor-of-the-four-lab-students-who-graduated-last-week-18-photos-may-24-2023/) - [First Al Fresco Lab Picnic Lunch of 2023 in our Back Courtyard Today (Wednesday, May 17th, 2023)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/first-al-fresco-lab-picnic-lunch-of-2023-in-our-back-courtyard-today-wednesday-may-17th-2023/) - [Wishing Katarina a wonderful next stage in her career and life as she moves on after being a student and research assistant in our lab. (Wed., May 3, 2023)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/wishing-katarina-a-wonderful-next-stage-in-her-career-and-life-as-she-moves-on-after-being-a-student-and-research-assistant-in-our-lab-wed-may-3-2023/) - [The RU-Newark Aging & Brain Health Alliance Celebrates Eid al-Fitr (end of Ramadan) with a Halal Luncheon for Local Imams, as We Expand Brain Health Programs in the Muslim Community (8 photos; April 26, 2023)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/the-ru-newark-aging-april-2/) - [Congratulations to SALMA ABEDULLAH and DARIAN NAPOLEON for presenting posters at today's RU-Newark Honors College Undergraduate Research Day (4/26/2023)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/congratulations-to-salma-abedullah-and-darian-napoleon-for-presenting-posters-at-todays-ru-newark-honors-college-undergraduate-research-day-4-26-2023/) - [Ecumenical Passover Diaspora Brain Health Luncheon (Wednesday, April 12th, 2023).](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/ecumenical-passover-diaspora-brain-health-luncheon-wednesday-april-12th-2023/) - [Summer 1989 McDonnell Foundation Connectionist Modeling Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland: Mark Gluck (29) and Steven Hanson (37) having dinner.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/summer-1989-mcdonnell-foundation-connectionist-modeling-conference-in-edinburgh-scotland-mark-gluck-29-and-steven-hanson-37-having-dinner/) - [To celebrate Black History Month, Delores Hammonds treated the entire lab to a lunch of her home cooked Soul Food. (Feb 22, 2023)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/to-celebrate-black-history-month-delores-hammonds-treated-the-entire-lab-to-a-lunch-of-her-home-cooked-soul-food-feb-22-2023/) - [East Orange Mayor Ted Green Joins Rutgers University-Newark in Promoting Brain Health for East Orange Seniors at the East Orange Public Library](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/east-orange-mayor-ted-green-joins-rutgers-university-newark-in-promoting-brain-health-for-east-orange-seniors-at-the-east-orange-public-library/) - [Photos from the February 1st, 2023, Brain Health Community Salon Luncheon at the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University-Newark.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/photos-from-the-february-1st-2023-brain-health-community-salon-luncheon-at-the-center-for-molecular-and-behavioral-neuroscience-rutgers-university-newark/) - [A Tex-Mex Baby Shower for our Research Coordinator, Solaleh Azimipour](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/a-tex-mex-baby-shower-for-our-research-coordinator-solaleh-azimipour/) - [JAZZ YOUR BRAIN! African-Americans, Brain Health, and Avoiding Alzheimer�s Disease. At Rutgers University-Newark](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/jazz-your-brain-african-americans-brain-health-and-avoiding-alzheimeri½s-disease-at-rutgers-university-newark/) - [Eid ul-Fitr Post-Ramadan Arabic Feast at Gluck Lab, Rutgers University-Newark](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/eid-ul-fitr-post-ramadan-arabic-feast-at-gluck-lab-rutgers-university-newark/) - [Brain and Heart Healthy Soul Food Cooking](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/brain-and-heart-healthy-soul-food-cooking/) - [Mohammad's Going Away, Pre-Wedding Party](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/mohammads-going-away-pre-wedding-party/) - [Gluck Lab Students at Rutgers-Newark Undergraduate Research Day](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/gluck-lab-students-at-rutgers-newark-undergraduate-research-day/) - [Newark African-American Alzheimer's Awareness and Brain Health Day](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/newark-african-american-alzheimers-awareness-and-brain-health-day/) - [Bachman-Strauss Foundation Gala at Century Country Club, Purchase, NY](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/bachman-strauss-foundation-gala-at-century-country-club-purchase-ny/) - [Promotion Party for Lisa Haber-Chalom at Lab with her Family](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/promotion-party-for-lisa-haber-chalom-at-lab-with-her-family/) - [Applications of Geometry to Topology and Physics](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/applications-of-geometry-to-topology-and-physics/) - [Post Lab Meeting Citroen Drive Through Branch Brook Park, Newark](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/post-lab-meeting-citroen-drive-through-branch-brook-park-newark/) - [Jerusalem, Israel. Joint US-Israeli-Palestinian Alzheimer's Conference](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/jerusalem-israel-joint-us-israeli-palestinian-alzheimers-conference/) - [Harvard Club of NYC. Book Party to Celebrate Publication of Learning and Memory: From Brain to Behavior.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/harvard-club-of-nyc-book-party-to-celebrate-publication-of-learning-and-memory-from-brain-to-behavior/) - [Monica Valentin's Baby Shower](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/monica-valentins-baby-shower/) - [Basal Ganglia and Parkinson's Disease](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/basal-ganglia-and-parkinsons-disease/) - [Society for Neuroscience](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/society-for-neuroscience/) - [Daphna Shohamy Ph.D. Party](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/daphna-shohamy-ph-d-party/) - [CMBN Holiday Extravaganza](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/cmbn-holiday-extravaganza/) - [Society of Cognitive Neuroscience Dinner Party](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/society-of-cognitive-neuroscience-dinner-party/) - [Kayak Commute May 9th, 1999 NYC to Newark](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/kayak-commute-may-9th-1999-nyc-to-newark/) - [A Festschrift in honor of Richard Thompson](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/a-festschrift-in-honor-of-richard-thompson/) - [Gordon Bower Festshrift](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/ordon-bower-festshrift/) - [Stanford/Bower Dinner Long Beach](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/stanford-bower-dinner-long-beach/) - [Ahmed Moustafa Going-Away Party Gluck Lab, Rutgers-Newark](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/ahmed-moustafa-going-away-party-gluck-lab-rutgers-newark/) - [Gluck Lab Family & Friends Open House Dessert & Tea Party](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/gluck-lab-family-friends-open-house-dessert-tea-party/) - [Mandy Levine Visits Gluck Lab to Spend Two Days With A Scientist (a.k.a. Uncle Mark) for High School AP Biology Summer Assignment](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/mandy-levine-visits-gluck-lab-to-spend-two-days-with-a-scientist-a-k-a-uncle-mark-for-high-school-ap-biology-summer-assignment/) - [Mohammad Herzallah and I have lunch near the UN with Ambassador Riyad Mansour](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/mohammad-herzallah-and-i-have-lunch-near-the-un-with-ambassador-riyad-mansour/) - [Visiting Israeli Collaborators at the Weizmann Institute and Tel Hashomer Hospital](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/visiting-israeli-collaborators-at-the-weizmann-institute-and-tel-hashomer-hospital/) - [CMBN/RBHS-Neurology Parkinson's Community Event: "Understanding Current Trends in Research and Clinical Care for Parkinson�s Disease�](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/cmbn-rbhs-neurology-parkinsons-community-event-understanding-current-trends-in-research-and-clinical-care-for-parkinsoni½s-diseasei½/) - [Book Party Celebration for Publication of "Learning and Memory: From Brain to Behavior" 3rd Edition (Gluck, Mercado, & Myers, 2016)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/book-party-celebration-for-publication-of-learning-and-memory-from-brain-to-behavior-3rd-edition-gluck-mercado-myers-2016/) - [Cognitive Neuroscience of Category Learning](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/cognitive-neuroscience-of-category-learning-2/) - [Gordon H. Bower 70th Birthday Party](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/gordon-h-bower-70th-birthday-party/) - [Gluck Lab BBQ](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/gluck-lab-bbq/) - [AABHI Car Show & Men's Brain Health Fair](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/aabhi-car-show-mens-brain-health-fair/) - [The Rutgers-Newark AABHI joins the Newark Housing Authority for a BBQ and Picnic at Eagle Rock Reservation for senior residents of public housing in Newark](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/the-rutgers-newark-aabhi-joins-the-newark-housing-authority-for-a-bbq-and-picnic-at-eagle-rock-reservation-for-senior-residents-of-public-housing-in-newark-2/) - [Gluck Lab celebrates end of year at Center for Neuroscience Holiday Party](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/gluck-lab-celebrates-end-of-year-at-center-for-neuroscience-holiday-party/) - [Lecture and Visit to Howard University's Aging and Alzheimer's Lab in Washington, DC.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/lecture-and-visit-to-howard-universitys-aging-and-alzheimers-lab-in-washington-dc/) - [Minority Health Month Celebration of Aging & Brain Health at the Newark Housing Authority's Clubhouse in Newark, NJ](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/minority-health-month-celebration-of-aging-brain-health-at-the-newark-housing-authoritys-clubhouse-in-newark-nj/) - [Lecturing in Bangalore, India on our Aging and Alzheimer's Research at the National Center for Biological Sciences](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/lecturing-in-bangalore-india-on-our-aging-and-alzheimers-research-at-the-national-center-for-biological-sciences/) - [Gluck Lab & Friends Summer Potluck Picnic in Branch Brook Park, Newark.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/gluck-lab-friends-summer-potluck-picnic-in-branch-brook-park-newark/) - [Neuroscience al Fresco: Taking first class of Introduction to Neuroscience out to the Plaza during a break in the rain](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/neuroscience-al-fresco-taking-first-class-of-introduction-to-neuroscience-out-to-the-plaza-during-a-break-in-the-rain/) - [A non-exhaustive list of people in the picture: Jordan Pollack, Dave Ackley, Richard Durbin, Bart Selman, Dave Plaut, Bartlett Mel, Jim Anderson, Andy Barto, Richard Golden, Michael Mozer, Stanislas Dehaene, Mitsuo Kawato, Yves Chauvin, Yann LeCun, Jonathan Bachrach, Michael Jordan, Jim Hendler, David Willshaw, Dave Parker, Gerry Tesauro, Mark Gluck, Charlie Rosenberg, Steve Nowlan, Eric Saund, Dana Ballard, Dave Touretzky, Jay McClelland, Geoff Hinton, Terry Sejnowski. (I am in first standing in front row, fourth from right, with crimson sweater on my shoulder). Many of the these attendees, most of whom were graduate students at the time, went on to become leaders in the fields of cognitive science, neuroscience, computational modeling, and medicine.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/a-non-exhaustive-list-of-people-in-the-picture-jordan-pollack-dave-ackley-richard-durbin-bart-selman-dave-plaut-bartlett-mel-jim-anderson-andy-barto-richard-golden-michael-mozer-stanislas-d/) - [Hippocampal Computation and Memory Workshop: Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers-Newark](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/hippocampal-computation-and-memory-workshop-center-for-molecular-and-behavioral-neuroscience-rutgers-newark/) - [Celebration Dinner: Arthur's Landing Weekawken, NJ December 19, 1996](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/celebration-dinner-arthurs-landing-weekawken-nj-december-19-1996/) - [Canoe Trip: Delaware River, PA](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/canoe-trip/) - [Lab BBQ at the Liberty State Park](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/lab-bbq-at-the-liberty-state-park/) - [Gluck Lab Senior Staff Planning Retreat](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/gluck-lab-senior-staff-planning-retreat/) - [Gluck Lab Open House New Year Luncheon](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/gluck-lab-open-house-new-year-luncheon/) - [At Stanford University's Tresidder Union, with my former PhD advisor, Gordon H. Bower.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/at-stanford-universitys-tresidder-union-with-my-former-phd-advisor-gordon-h-bower/) - [The Northern New Jersey Black Nurses Association visits the African-American Brain Health Initiative a Rutgers University-Newark.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/the-northern-new-jersey-black-nurses-association-visits-the-african-american-brain-health-initiative-a-rutgers-university-newark/) - [Brain and Heart Health Outreach Day at The New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, NJ.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/brain-and-heart-health-outreach-day-at-the-new-hope-baptist-church-in-newark-nj/) - [First meeting of our multi-disciplinary university-community team for studying post-traumatic stress in women of Newark who are survivors of sexual violence (with 2016 Chancellor Seed Grant Funding)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/first-meeting-of-our-multi-disciplinary-university-community-team-for-studying-post-traumatic-stress-in-women-of-newark-who-are-survivors-of-sexual-violence-with-2016-chancellor-seed-grant-funding/) - [Bon Voyage and Moving On Luncheon for Ravi Sojitra (after almost 5 years in our lab)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/bon-voyage-and-moving-on-luncheon-for-ravi-sojitra-after-almost-5-years-in-our-lab/) - [The African-American Brain Health Initiative visits the Norman Towers, a Federally-Assisted Affordable Housing Community in East Orange, NJ.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/the-african-american-brain-health-initiative-visits-the-norman-towers-a-federally-assisted-affordable-housing-community-in-east-orange-nj-2/) - [Gluck Lab Diwali Luncheon Party with Indian Buffet](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/gluck-lab-diwali-luncheon-party-with-indian-buffet/) - ["AABHI FOOD & BRAIN HEALTH" Event](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/aabhi-food-brain-health-event/) - [Gluck Lab Holiday Party](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/gluck-lab-holiday-party/) - [Congratulating Dr. Dr. Joman Natsheh, M.D., Ph.D, on successfully defending her Neuroscience Ph.D. thesis](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/congratulating-dr-dr-joman-natsheh-m-d-ph-d-on-successfully-defending-her-neuroscience-ph-d-thesis/) - [Visiting the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) research group at the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, in Tokyo, Japan](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/visiting-the-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd-research-group-at-the-national-center-of-neurology-and-psychiatry-in-tokyo-japan/) - [Free Classic Car Show & Men's Brain Health Fair](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/free-classic-car-show-mens-brain-health-fair-2/) - [The African-American Brain Health Initiative at Rutgers University-Newark welcomes Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/the-african-american-brain-health-initiative-at-rutgers-university-newark-welcomes-assemblywoman-shavonda-sumter/) - [Celebrating Mohammad Herzallah's 30th Birthday A Week Early (Because having your birthday party during Ramadan really sucks)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/celebrating-mohammad-herzallahs-30th-birthday-a-week-early-because-having-your-birthday-party-during-ramadan-really-sucks/) - [Undergraduate Neuroscience Research Day at Rutgers-Newark, a CMBN Open House (Brain Awareness Week 2014)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/undergraduate-neuroscience-research-day-at-rutgers-newark-a-cmbn-open-house-brain-awareness-week-2014/) - [Rutgers-Newark: "Pathways to Brain Health in the African-American"](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/rutgers-newark-pathways-to-brain-health-in-the-african-american/) - [Lab Outing to tour the Cherry Blossoms of Newark's Branch Brook Park](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/lab-outing-to-tour-the-cherry-blossoms-of-newarks-branch-brook-park/) - [Celebrating Jessie Simon's new job as Assistant Professor at St. Olafs: A Gluck Lab Pot-luck International Lunch Feast](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/celebrating-jessie-simons-new-job-as-assistant-professor-at-st-olafs-a-gluck-lab-pot-luck-international-lunch-feast/) - [Gluck Lab Lunch Outing to Tops Diner in Kearny, NJ, with Four Young Ladies and One Old Lady](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/gluck-lab-lunch-outing-to-tops-diner-in-kearny-nj-with-four-young-ladies-and-one-old-lady/) - [Mazel Tov, Mohammad (a.k.a. Dr. Herzallah), For Successful Thesis Defense](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/mazel-tov-mohammad-a-k-a-dr-herzallah-for-successful-thesis-defense/) - [Our First Zumba Dancercize Class at The New Hope Baptist Church](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/our-first-zumba-dancercize-class-at-the-new-hope-baptist-church/) - [Working up a Sweat for Science! Zumba class](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/working-up-a-sweat-for-science-zumba-class/) - [The Aging & Brain Health Alliance is pleased to offer new Sunday morning 8am "Brain Health Church Breakfasts" prior to services](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/the-aging-brain-health-alliance-is-pleased-to-offer-new-sunday-morning-8am-brain-health-church-breakfasts-prior-to-services/) - [CMBN Faculty Retreat Mohonk Mountain House](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/cmbn-faculty-retreat-mohonk-mountain-house/) - [Society for Neuroscience San Diego, California](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/society-for-neuroscience-san-diego-california/) - [Gluck Lab Hanukkah/Christmas/ Eid/Diwali Party](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/gluck-lab-hanukkah-christmas-eid-diwali-party/) - [The Dana Knox Research Showcase at NJIT](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/the-dana-knox-research-showcase-at-njit/) - [Having a Blast with the Israel Police Bomb Squad.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/having-a-blast-with-the-israel-police-bomb-squad/) - [The Rutgers/Al Quds Cognitive Neuroscience Lab at Al Quds University in West Bank](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/the-rutgers-al-quds-cognitive-neuroscience-lab-at-al-quds-university-in-west-bank/) - [The Levy-Gigis Join Mark for Kayaking and Picnic on the Hudson River](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/the-levy-gigis-join-mark-for-kayaking-and-picnic-on-the-hudson-river/) - [Rachel Jonas's Going Away to UCLA for Grad School Party](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/rachel-jonass-going-away-to-ucla-for-grad-school-party/) - [Chancellor Diner visits Honors College Undergraduate Research Interns at Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/chancellor-diner-visits-honors-college-undergraduate-research-interns-at-center-for-molecular-behavioral-neuroscience/) - [After "Memory and Cognitive Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease" Symposium](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/after-memory-and-cognitive-dysfunction-in-parkinsons-disease-symposium/) - [Our Gluck Lab & Friends SFN 2011 Burmese Dinner in D.C.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/our-gluck-lab-friends-sfn-2011-burmese-dinner-in-d-c/) - [Worth Publishers Celebrates Forthcoming 2nd Edition of Gluck et al. Learning & Memory Textbook Disease](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/worth-publishers-celebrates-forthcoming-2nd-edition-of-gluck-et-al-learning-memory-textbook-disease/) - [SFN on Depression, Genetics, PTSD, & Parkinson's Disease](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/sfn-on-depression-genetics-ptsd-parkinsons-disease/) - [Al Quds Cog. Neuro. Lab Picnic & Field Trip to the Jericho & Jordan River Valley](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/al-quds-cog-neuro-lab-picnic-field-trip-to-the-jericho-jordan-river-valley/) - [Gluck Lab and Friends Trip to Met Museum to See New Islamic/Arab Art Wing](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/gluck-lab-and-friends-trip-to-met-museum-to-see-new-islamic-arab-art-wing/) - [Celebrating Joman's Acceptance into Rutgers-Newark Neuroscience PhD Program](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/celebrating-jomans-acceptance-into-rutgers-newark-neuroscience-phd-program/) - [Bon Voyage Party for Levi-Gigis](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/bon-voyage-party-for-levi-gigis/) - [African-Americans Brain Health Weekend Rutgers University - Newark](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/african-americans-brain-health-weekend-rutgers-university-newark/) - ["US-Palestinian Classic Car Club"](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/us-palestinian-classic-car-club/) - [The Cognitive Neuroscience Research Lab at Al-Quds University](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/the-cognitive-neuroscience-research-lab-at-al-quds-university/) - [Jerusalem's Biggest Snow Storm in 20 Years](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/jerusalems-biggest-snow-storm-in-20-years/) - [Palestinian Neuroscience Initiative Hosts Luncheon in Ramallah](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/palestinian-neuroscience-initiative-hosts-luncheon-in-ramallah/) - [Our Annual Palestinian Neuroscience Team Retreat: To Dead Sea and Hisham's Palace Ruins in Jericho](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/our-annual-palestinian-neuroscience-team-retreat-to-dead-sea-and-hishams-palace-ruins-in-jericho/) - [Mohammad Herzallah giving a TED talk](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/mohammad-herzallah-giving-a-ted-talk/) - [Behavioral & Neural Sciences Graduate Program Applicant Visitor Day 2013](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/behavioral-neural-sciences-graduate-program-applicant-visitor-day-2013/) - [Marcel and Harriet Dekker Visit the Gluck Lab at Rutgers](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/marcel-and-harriet-dekker-visit-the-gluck-lab-at-rutgers/) - [African-Americans & Alzheimer's Disease Rutgers-Newark](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/african-americans-alzheimers-disease-rutgers-newark-2/) - [Honors College Ceremony and Graduation for Undergraduate Seniors](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/honors-college-ceremony-and-graduation-for-undergraduate-seniors/) - [Lab + Friends Pool Party at Gluck Family Home in Pennsylvania](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/lab-friends-pool-party-at-gluck-family-home-in-pennsylvania/) - [Celebrating Bill Estes's 90th Birthday in NJ (With Larry Erlbaum & George Estes & Kay)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/celebrating-bill-estess-90th-birthday-in-nj-with-larry-erlbaum-george-estes-kay/) - [Mohammad Herzellah visits from Al Quds University](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/mohammad-herzellah-visits-from-al-quds-university/) - [Maria del Mar and Mohammad Herzellah join Mark for a Vintage Car Ride from Greenwich Village , NYC, to Larchmont Yacht Club for a boat ride and lunch.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/maria-del-mar-and-mohammad-herzellah-join-mark-for-a-vintage-car-ride-from-greenwich-village-nyc-to-larchmont-yacht-club-for-a-boat-ride-and-lunch/) - [Party for Catherine Myers in Honor of her Transition to Position at VA Hospital](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/party-for-catherine-myers-in-honor-of-her-transition-to-position-at-va-hospital/) - [African-Americans and Alzheimer’s Disease – Community Event](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/african-americans-and-alzheimers-disease-community-event/) - [Gluck Lab at the Bachman-Strauss Meeting. NYC, NY](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/gluck-lab-at-the-bachman-strauss-meeting-nyc-ny/) - [Lab Bowling Outing in Greenwich Village](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/lab-bowling-outing-in-greenwich-village/) - [Mark Gluck Middle East Trip](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/mark-gluck-middle-east-trip/) - [Rutgers/Al Quds Neuroscience Meeting. Ramallah, West Bank.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/rutgers-al-quds-neuroscience-meeting-ramallah-west-bank/) - [African-American Alzheimer's Disease Health Literacy Day @ Rutgers University - Newark](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/african-american-alzheimers-disease-health-literacy-day-rutgers-university-newark/) - [Gluck Lab Group Pic](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/gluck-lab-group-pic/) - [Lunch Meeting at R-N with Community Organization Partners to Plan 2010-2011 African-American AD Education & Prevention Programs](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/lunch-meeting-at-r-n-with-community-organization-partners-to-plan-2010-2011-african-american-ad-education-prevention-programs/) - [Pre-Symposium Dinner at American Psychiatry Association Meeting](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/pre-symposium-dinner-at-american-psychiatry-association-meeting/) - [80th Birthday Retirement Festshrift for Richard F. Thompson, USC, Los Angeles](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/80th-birthday-retirement-festshrift-for-richard-f-thompson-usc-los-angeles/) - [Sunset Drinks on Pier 66a Hudson River at 26th Street, NYC, NY.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/sunset-drinks-on-pier-66a-hudson-river-at-26th-street-nyc-ny/) - [Lunch with Community-Organization Leaders & Funders for our Newark African-American Alzheimer's Awareness Program](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/lunch-with-community-organization-leaders-funders-for-our-newark-african-american-alzheimers-awareness-program/) - [Al Quds Students with Dr. David Eidelberg, MD, Chair of Neurology at North Shore LIJ, NY.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/al-quds-students-with-dr-david-eidelberg-md-chair-of-neurology-at-north-shore-lij-ny/) - [Al Quds Medical Students Visit Rutgers & Harvard](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/al-quds-medical-students-visit-rutgers-harvard/) - [Dr. Mark Gluck addresses those gathered for the 25th anniversary celebration of YIP (Young Investigator Program)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/dr-mark-gluck-addresses-those-gathered-for-the-25th-anniversary-celebration-of-yip-young-investigator-program/) - [25th Anniversary of the Office of Naval Research's Young Investigator Program](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/25th-anniversary-of-the-office-of-naval-researchs-young-investigator-program/) - [Secretary of the Year 2000](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/secretary-of-the-year-2000/) - [BrainSail](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/brainsail/) - [Lab Millennium Party](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/lab-millennium-party/) - [Gateway to Memory Book Party](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/gateway-to-memory-book-party/) - [Memory Disorders Project Picnic](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/memory-disorders-project-picnic/) - [Cognitive Neuroscience of Category Learning](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/cognitive-neuroscience-of-category-learning/) - [Cognitive Neuro of Category Learning](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/cognitive-neuro-of-category-learning/) - [Pre CNCL Estes-Bower-Erlbaum Dinner](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/pre-cncl-estes-bower-erlbaum-dinner/) - [Pool Party](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/pool-party/) - [Daphna's Going Away Party](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/daphnas-going-away-party/) - [Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/cognitive-neuroscience-society-annual-meeting/) - [Post-Pavlovian Conference Pool Party & RF Thompson SwimFest](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/post-pavlovian-conference-pool-party-rf-thompson-swimfest/) - [Dr. Hermona Soreq, Dean of Faculty, Givat Ram Campus, Hebrew University](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/dr-hermona-soreq-dean-of-faculty-givat-ram-campus-hebrew-university/) - [Mark visits the Al Quds Palestinian University](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/mark-visits-the-al-quds-palestinian-university/) - [General Edward Baumer (Rutgers '33) visit the Gluck Lab.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/general-edward-baumer-rutgers-33-visit-the-gluck-lab/) - [Welcome to Rutgers Lunch for Ahmed Moustafa, New Postdoctoral Fellow](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/142165/) - [Birthday Party for Catherine](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/birthday-party-for-catherine/) - [Public Lecture at US Embassy, Amman, Jordan: How Memory Works (And Sometimes Doesn't).](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/public-lecture-at-us-embassy-amman-jordan-how-memory-works-and-sometimes-doesnt/) - [NSF/PECASE Ceremony: Washington, DC.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/nsf-pecase-ceremony-washington-dc/) - [�Connectionist Summer School� Carnegie Mellon University 1986](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/i½connectionist-summer-schooli½-carnegie-mellon-university-1986/) - [Rutgers at the MJ Fox Parkinson's Disease Clinical Trials Event](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/rutgers-at-the-mj-fox-parkinsons-disease-clinical-trials-event/) - [The Aging & Brain Health Alliance joins Mayor Baraka and Councilman Crump at the Newark Housing Authority Senior Gala](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/the-aging-brain-health-alliance-joins-mayor-baraka-and-councilman-crump-at-the-newark-housing-authority-senior-gala/) - [Photos from the Friday, December 7th, 2022, Aging & Brain Health Alliance's Holiday Luncheon Party.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/photos-from-the-friday-december-7th-2022-aging-brain-health-alliances-holiday-luncheon-party/) - [Celebrating Bernadette Fausto's promotion from Postdoctoral Fellow to Faculty Research Associate, Monday, November 14th, 2022](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/celebrating-bernadette-faustos-promotion-from-postdoctoral-fellow-to-faculty-research-associate-monday-november-14th-2022/) - [Gluck Lab Halloween Pot-Luck Costume Luncheon Party (October 31, 2022)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/gluck-lab-halloween-pot-luck-costume-luncheon-party-october-31-2022/) - [Photos from our monthly Brain Health Salon Luncheon at Rutgers University-Newark with friends of the Aging & Brain Health Alliance. Wednesday, October 12th, 2022.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/photos-from-our-monthly-brain-health-salon-luncheon-at-rutgers-university-newark-with-friends-of-the-aging-brain-health-alliance-wednesday-october-12th-2022/) - [Fwd: Gluck Lab and Friends Visit Turtleback Zoo and McCloone's Boathouse Restaurant in West Orange for a Friday "Mental Health" Day (Oct 7, 2022; 9 photos](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/fwd-gluck-lab-and-friends-visit-turtleback-zoo-and-mccloones-boathouse-restaurant-in-west-orange-for-a-friday-mental-health-day-oct-7-2022-9-photos/) - [Gluck Lab 1993-94 (Kayaking trip to the NJ Shore!)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/gluck-lab-1993-94-kayaking-trip-to-the-nj-shore/) - [Monthly "Brain Health Salon: A Noshing and Networking Luncheon"; Please plan to join us in October on Wednesday, Oct 12th, at 12:30pm for the next one. ( September 7, 2022 )](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/photos-from-our-september-7-2022-monthly-brain-health-salon-a-noshing-and-networking-luncheon-please-plan-to-join-us-in-october-on-wednesday-oct-12th-at-1230pm-for-the-next-one/) - [First Day of Class: Introduction to Neuroscience. Fall, 2022.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/first-day-of-class-introduction-to-neuroscience-fall-2022/) - [Darlingtina Esiaka (RU-Newark, CMBN) and Loretta Amaning (RBHS, SPH) Visit University of Ibadan for Joint Rutgers-Nigeria Brain Health Research (Aug, 2022).](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/darlingtina-esiaka-ru-newark-cmbn-and-loretta-amaning-rbhs-sph-visit-university-of-ibadan-for-joint-rutgers-nigeria-brain-health-research-aug-2022/) - [Gluck Lab Fun Friday Mental Health Day: A Six Mile Hike to a Picnic Lunch at Pine Meadows Lake in Harriman State Park (8/12/22)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/gluck-lab-fun-friday-mental-health-day-a-six-mile-hike-to-a-picnic-lunch-at-pine-meadows-lake-in-harriman-state-park-8-12-22/) - [Health Section of the Philadelphia Inquirer: "How exercise can help the aging brain". Easter Sunday (4/4/2021)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/health-section-of-the-philadelphia-inquirer-how-exercise-can-help-the-aging-brain-easter-sunday-4-4-2021/) - [For a brief overview of what we are doing in the Greater Newark area, see this NJ Star-Ledger (4/22/2021). "How Newark is fighting back against dementia" & our advertisement for "Newark Area Pastors Speak About African Americans and the COVID-19 Vaccines.”](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/for-a-brief-overview-of-what-we-are-doing-in-the-greater-newark-area-see-this-nj-star-ledger-4-22-2021-how-newark-is-fighting-back-against-dementia-our-advertisement-for-newark-area-pastor/) - ["Aging Smart!" Day for Newark Housing Authority Residents (July 20th, 2022)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/aging-smart-day-for-newark-housing-authority-residents-july-20th-2022/) - [Brain Health Salon" Luncheon with the Rutgers-Newark Aging & Brain Health Alliance and Community Partners from East Orange and Newark, NJ (Aug 10, 2022)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/brain-health-salon-luncheon-with-the-rutgers-newark-aging-brain-health-alliance-and-community-partners-from-east-orange-and-newark-nj-aug-10-2022/) - [NeuroPaddle2022 in Mission Bay, San Diego: an unofficial "satellite meeting" of the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (Aug 3, 2022)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/neuropaddle2022-in-mission-bay-san-diego-an-unofficial-satellite-meeting-of-the-alzheimers-association-international-conference-aug-3-2022/) - [The Rutgers-Newark and Linus/TMC teams meet for a Research and Planning Greek Lunch in San Diego's Gaslamp District (Aug 1, 2022)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/the-rutgers-newark-and-linus-tmc-teams-meet-for-a-research-and-planning-greek-lunch-in-san-diegos-gaslamp-district-aug-1-2022/) - [Josh, Genesis and Zuzanna and I arrived in San Diego to attend the opening reception party for the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference. It appears to have been organized by party planners who usually do Bar Mitzvah’s and High School Proms; lots of silly photo opportunities staged (and awful and loud 1980s cover band to drown out conversation). But we got into the swing of it and had fun time. Even managed to talk brain science with a few people, too. Next two days are a series of meetings, lunches and dinners with colleagues and collaborators and funders for the four of us with Josh, Genesis and Zuzanna all presenting scientific posters. See pics below from last night](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/josh-genesis-and-zuzanna-and-i-arrived-in-san-diego-to-attend-the-opening-reception-party-for-the-alzheimers-association-international-conference-it-appears-to-have-been-organized-by-party/) - [Dr. Paul Duberstein (Rutgers School of Public Health) joins Mustafa, Bernadette, Josh, and I for a Portuguese Feast in Ironbound to Discuss Future Papers and our Upcoming Exercise Clinical Trial. (Friday, July 29, 2022)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/dr-paul-duberstein-rutgers-school-of-public-health-joins-mustafa-bernadette-josh-and-i-for-a-portuguese-feast-in-ironbound-to-discuss-future-papers-and-our-upcoming-exercise-clinical-trial-fri/) - [Lab members coming back from a Whole Foods run with lunch, at the edge of Rutgers-Newark Plaza (July 13, 2022)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/lab-members-coming-back-from-a-whole-foods-run-with-lunch-at-the-edge-of-rutgers-newark-plaza-7-13-2022/) - [Josh and Mark Catch a Killer Whale in NYC's Hudson River](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/josh-and-mark-catch-a-killer-whale-in-nycs-hudson-river/) - [Photos from the 4th Annual Classic Car Show and Men's Health Fair at Messiah Baptist Church in East Orange (Saturday, June 25th, 2020).](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/photos-from-the-4th-annual-classic-car-show-and-mens-health-fair-at-messiah-baptist-church-in-east-orange-saturday-june-25th-2020/) - [A Brain, Memory, & Aging Dinner over Afghani Food in Cambridge, Mass. From L to R: Alvaro Pascual-Leone (Linus Health & Hebrew SeniorLife), Bernadette Fausto (Rutgers-Newark), Rosalind Picard (MIT Media Labs & Empatica medical-grade wearables for physiological monitoring), Diane Chan (Mass General Hospital Neurology & MIT), Emiliano Santarnecchi (Mass General Hospital, Center for Medical Imaging), Mark Gluck (Rutgers-Newark) April 7, 2022](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/a-brain-memory-aging-dinner-over-afghani-food-in-cambridge-mass-from-l-to-r-alvaro-pascual-leone-linus-health-hebrew-seniorlife-bernadette-fausto-rutgers-newark-rosalind-picard-mit-med/) - [Mark, Genesis Tan and Delores Hammonds with Dr. Richard Mayeux at Columbia University Medical Center, March 22, 2022.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/mark-genesis-tan-and-delores-hammonds-with-dr-richard-mayeux-at-columbia-university-medical-center-march-22-2022/) - [Gluck Lab's Labor Day Weekend 2021 Pool Party and Potluck Dinner](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/gluck-labs-labor-day-weekend-2021-pool-party-and-potluck-dinner/) - [All the Gluck Lab children, small and not-so-small, enjoy a day in Central Park, Manhattan](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/all-the-gluck-lab-children-small-and-not-so-small-enjoy-a-day-in-central-park-manhattan/) - [Mark's Birthday Lab Luncheon in the Back Garden of Aidekman (June 8, 2022)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/marks-birthday-lab-luncheon-in-the-back-garden-of-aidekman-june-8-2022/) - [Dr Mark A Gluck and Dr. Darlingtina Esiaka at Rutgers University-Newark in the Gluck Lab (June, 2022)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/dr-mark-a-gluck-and-dr-darlingtina-esiaka-at-rutgers-university-newark-in-the-gluck-lab-june-2022/) - [AABHI GOES TO HARVARD. With Harvard Juniors Zoe Hughes and Simone Dreux in the Harvard Dining Hall, of the Harvard student organization "BLACK HEALTH MATTERS".](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/141802/) - [The AABHI does outreach and recruitment at Newark's Mt. Prospect/Forest Hill Annual Neighborhood Association Classic Car and Hot Rod Show](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/the-aabhi-does-outreach-and-recruitment-at-newarks-mt-prospect-forest-hill-annual-neighborhood-association-classic-car-and-hot-rod-show/) - [Ahmed Gets His Own Jemel Kasoul to take to Australia](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/ahmed-gets-his-own-jemel-kasoul-to-take-to-australia/) - [Our first outdoor lab lunch of 2022 with a visitor, Adana Llanos, of the Columbia University School of Public Health (May 18, 2022)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/our-first-outdoor-lab-lunch-of-2022-with-a-visitor-adana-llanos-of-the-columbia-university-school-of-public-health-may-18-2022/) - [Welcoming Josh Gills (Rutgers Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow) to Rutgers University-Newark for the first time (April 13, 2022)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/welcoming-josh-gills-rutgers-presidential-postdoctoral-fellow-to-rutgers-university-newark-for-the-first-time-april-13-2022/) - [Gluck Lab/Aging & Brain Health Alliance Picnic in Branch Brook Park at the Start of Cherry Blossom Season 1 april 2022](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/gluck-lab-aging-brain-health-alliance-picnic-in-branch-brook-park-at-the-start-of-cherry-blossom-season-1-april-2022/) - [Gluck Lab Lunch in the Aidekman Center Back Lawn with Guest of Honor, Peter Englot, RU-Newark Senior Vice Chancellor](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/gluck-lab-lunch-in-the-aidekman-center-back-lawn-with-guest-of-honor-peter-englot-ru-newark-senior-vice-chancellor/) - [Neuroscience al fresco. Moving our lab meeting and lunch out to the plaza behind the Aidekman Building](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/neuroscience-al-fresco-moving-our-lab-meeting-and-lunch-out-to-the-plaza-behind-the-aidekman-building/) - [Our Aging & Brain Health Alliance Community Engagement Team Leadership Met for a Planning Lunch in Newark's Ironbound Neighborhood.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/our-aging-brain-health-alliance-community-engagement-team-leadership-met-for-a-planning-lunch-in-newarks-ironbound-neighborhood/) - [Residents of Newark Housing Authority's Senior Buildings](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/residents-of-newark-housing-authoritys-senior-buildings/) - [Rutgers University-Newark's Aging & Brain Health Alliance celebrated Black History Month with "Honoring Exceptional African American SuperAgers,” a luncheon and award ceremony held on Tuesday, February 25th](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/rutgers-university-newarks-aging-brain-health-alliance-celebrated-black-history-month-with-honoring-exceptional-african-american-superagers-a-luncheon-and-award-ceremony-held-on-tuesda/) - [Men's Brain Health Presentation at Metropolitan Baptist Church, Newark, by Rev. Dr. Glenn Wilson](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/mens-brain-health-presentation-at-metropolitan-baptist-church-newark-by-rev-dr-glenn-wilson/) - [Men's Health & Wellness Saturday Morning Breakfast Club". Pilgrim Baptist Church, Newark, NJ](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/mens-health-wellness-saturday-morning-breakfast-club-jan-11-2020-pilgrim-baptist-church-newark-nj/) - [Book Party to Celebrate Publication of the 4th Edition of Gluck, Mercado & Myers, "Learning and Memory: From Brain to Behavior"](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/book-party-to-celebrate-publication-of-the-4th-edition-of-gluck-mercado-myers-learning-and-memory-from-brain-to-behavior/) - [At the Newark Housing Authority Senior's Christmas Gala, recruiting 43 new research participants.....one dance partner at a time](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/at-the-newark-housing-authority-seniors-christmas-gala-recruiting-43-new-research-participants-one-dance-partner-at-a-time/) - [Honoring Exceptional African American SuperAgers. We had 35 participants (ages 80 to 104!)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/honoring-exceptional-african-american-superagers-we-had-35-participants-ages-80-to-104/) - [3rd Annual Free Classic Car Show, Bar-B-Que, and Men’s Health Fair. October, 2019.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/3rd-annual-free-classic-car-show-bar-b-que-and-mens-health-fair-october-2019/) - [Newark Housing Authority Seniors Residence Picnic at Turtle Back Rock Picnic Area, Sponsored by the Rutgers University-Newark Aging & Brain Health Alliance](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/newark-housing-authority-seniors-residence-picnic-at-turtle-back-rock-picnic-area-sponsored-by-the-rutgers-university-newark-aging-brain-health-alliance/) - [JAZZ YOUR BRAIN! African-Americans, Brain Health, and Avoiding Alzheimer’s Disease. At Rutgers University-Newark](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/jazz-your-brain-african-americans-brain-health-and-avoiding-alzheimers-disease-at-rutgers-university-newark-2/) - [JAZZ YOUR BRAIN! African-Americans, Brain Health, and Avoiding Alzheimer’s Disease. At Rutgers University-Newark](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/jazz-your-brain-african-americans-brain-health-and-avoiding-alzheimers-disease-at-rutgers-university-newark/) - [Free Classic Car Show & Men's Brain Health Fair](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/free-classic-car-show-mens-brain-health-fair/) - [At Norman Towers, a Federally-Assisted Affordable Housing Community in East Orange, NJ.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/galleries/the-african-american-brain-health-initiative-visits-the-norman-towers-a-federally-assisted-affordable-housing-community-in-east-orange-nj/) ## FAQs - [HOW is Alzheimer’s disease diagnosed and treated?](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/faq/how-is-alzheimers-disease-diagnosed-and-treated/) - Doctors can determine fairly accurately whether a person who is having memory problems has “probable Alzheimer’s disease”; however, Alzheimer’s can be definitively diagnosed only after death by examining the brain through autopsy. There are several medications that have been approved by the FDA, that can help maintain mental function. Currently there is no cure for - [WHY do some people get Alzheimer’s disease?](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/faq/why-do-some-people-get-alzheimers-disease/) - Researchers are still studying why certain people develop Alzheimer’s. Scientists have identified several genes that may influence the development of the disease. Obesity, cardiovascular problems, diabetes, poor diet, lack of physical exercise, and lower education may be risk factors for developing Alzheimer’s disease. There is a higher incidence of such environmental, lifestyle and behavioral factors - [WHERE does Alzheimer’s disease develop?](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/faq/where-does-alzheimers-disease-develop/) - Alzheimer’s disease develops in stages, beginning in an area of the brain known as the hippocampus - essential in forming memories - and spreading to the cortex. As the disease progresses, it destroys healthy tissue, causing those areas of the brain to shrink. - [WHEN does Alzheimer’s disease begin?](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/faq/when-does-alzheimers-disease-begin/) - Damage to the brain may begin as many as 10 to 20 years before any problems are evident. Memory problems are often the first signs of the disease. Some people develop a condition known as mild cognitive impairment (MCI). They have more memory problems than normal for their age, but their symptoms are not as - [WHO is at risk of Alzheimer’s disease?](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/faq/who-is-at-risk-of-alzheimers-disease/) - In the USA Alzheimer’s disease affects: 5 million adults. 1 out of 10 people, ages 65-75. Half of people over 85 yrs.old. Alzheimer’s is the 4th leading cause of death due to disease for those over 65. African-Americans are more than twice as likely as the general population to develop Alzheimer’s disease. - [WHAT is Alzheimer’s disease?](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/faq/what-is-alzheimers-disease/) - Alzheimer’s is a specific degenerative brain disease which is the leading cause of dementia. Dementia is the severe loss of higher cognitive function such as memory, judgment, and language, significant enough to interfere with daily activities. Alzheimer’s is an irreversible, progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills, and eventually the ability to ## Programs - [The African-American Brain Health Initiative visits the Norman Towers, a Federally-Assisted Affordable Housing Community in East Orange, NJ.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/program/the-african-american-brain-health-initiative-visits-the-norman-towers-a-federally-assisted-affordable-housing-community-in-east-orange-nj/) - [Jazz Your Brain - African-American Brain Health Initiative](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/program/jazz-your-brain-african-american-brain-health-initiative/) - [AAAD Conference featured in the RU-Newark Campus and Community Relations Newsletter (OCCR)](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/program/aaad-conference-featured-in-the-ru-newark-campus-and-community-relations-newsletter-occr/) - [The 8th African American Brain Health Awareness Day](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/program/the-8th-african-american-brain-health-awareness-day/) - [African-Americans Brain Health Weekend Rutgers University - Newark](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/program/african-americans-brain-health-weekend-rutgers-university-newark/) - [Rutgers-Newark: "Pathways to Brain Health in the African-American"](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/program/rutgers-newark-pathways-to-brain-health-in-the-african-american/) - [Brain and Heart Health Outreach Day at The New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, NJ.](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/program/brain-and-heart-health-outreach-day-at-the-new-hope-baptist-church-in-newark-nj/) - [African-American Alzheimer's Disease Health Literacy Day @ Rutgers University - Newark](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/program/african-american-alzheimers-disease-health-literacy-day-rutgers-university-newark/) - [Community Engagement Newark African-American Alzheimer's Disease Health Literacy Program](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/program/community-engagement-newark-african-american-alzheimers-disease-health-literacy-program/) - [African-Americans & Alzheimer's Disease Rutgers-Newark](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/program/african-americans-alzheimers-disease-rutgers-newark/) - [Brain and Heart Healthy Soul Food Cooking](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/program/brain-and-heart-healthy-soul-food-cooking/) - [Friends of the African-American Alz Awareneness & Brain Health Program Visit Gluck Lab](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/program/friends-of-the-african-american/) - [African-Americans and Alzheimer's Disease: A Community Education Program](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/program/african-americans-and-alzheimers-disease-a-community-education-program/) - [African Americans & Alzheimer's Disease: Improving Your Brain Health & Memory Strength](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/program/african-americans-alzheimers-disease-improving-your-brain-health-memory-strength/) - [Newark Urban Health Memory and Aging Program](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/program/newark-urban-health-memory-and-aging-program/) ## Categories - [Uncategorized](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/category/uncategorized/) ## People - [People](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/peoples-tax/people/) - [Affiliated Faculty](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/peoples-tax/affiliated-faculty/) - [AABHI Research and Community Engagement Team](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/peoples-tax/aabhi-research-and-community-engagement-team/) - [Other Affiliated Faculty](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/peoples-tax/other-affiliated-faculty/) ## Partners - [Churches](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/partners-tax/churches/) - [Senior Centers](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/partners-tax/senior-centers/) - [Governmental Offices](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/partners-tax/governmental-offices/) - [Other](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/partners-tax/other/) - [Programming Partners](https://brainhealth.rutgers.edu/partners-tax/programming-partners/)