Assistant Professor - with a passion for Nutrition & Brain health - Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative diseases - UT Health San Antonio

Joined October 2019
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Debora Melo van Lent retweeted
Please join @NutritionPIA on March 28 at 11:30am CT as Dr. Sullivan presents how Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy is used to study the influence of diet on brain health! Panelist: Owen Carmichael Moderators : @AaronSmithRD , @Vee_0111 Join here --> alz-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Debora Melo van Lent retweeted
Congrats! to @AaronSmithRD on defending his dissertation and being awarded a TL1 postdoc grant through @FrontiersCTSI! He'll continue at @KUMedCenter, researching the link between skeletal muscle and brain health. He will be mentored by @mktaylor23 and @john_thyfault. 🧠💪

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Epi-Lifestyle ‘24 - wonderful time to meet old and new friends from ‘home’🇳🇱 @UTHSAResearch #biggs_institute @FraminghamStudy #ARIC #Rotterdamstudy #hoornstudy @AHAMeetings @trudyvoortman
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Debora Melo van Lent retweeted
Henrich was a ‘giant’ who guided UT Health San Antonio through growth, pandemic expressnews.com/news/article… via @expressnews An irreplaceable loss..

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Replying to @NutritionPIA
@NutritionPIA will have Data Blitz for @ISTAART #PIAday #AAIC2024. Submit your abstract: alz.surveymonkey.com/r/N2V2K… Abstracts selected will also be eligible for the Martha Clare Morris PIA Day Award in Nutrition Metabolism and Dementia
Please submit your abstracts for Data Blitz presentations for NMD PIA Day for AAIC 2024! Submissions should include title, author list, maximum of 350 words w/background, methods, results, & conclusions of your research. Specify your level of training! alz.surveymonkey.com/r/N2V2K…
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👋 Join us this Friday, FEB 23, 10am CT to discuss 🥕 Food 🧪 Chemical contaminants 🧠 Dementia risk Speaker: Dr Lefevre-Arbogast Moderator: Dr @maude_wagner2 Registration: tinyurl.com/237em2rp @DesignDataPIA @NutritionPIA @ISTAART @PujaAgarwal1902 @DrAnaCapuano @DebMvL
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Iam thrilled to announce I have been awarded the AARG 🎉 an @alzassociation grant to create metabolomic signatures of the MIND diet in @FraminghamStudy Such a joy to work with @sudha_md, @JJHimali and Boston University team #Biggs @UTHSAResearch @ISTAART @NutritionPIA #ENDALZ
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Before you speak: THINK T : Is it true? H : Is it helpful? I : Is it inspiring? N : Is it necessary? K : Is it kind?
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Join our NMD PIA webinar @ISTAART
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The South Texas ADRC/ Biggs_Institute team at the Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium 2024; great posters, talks ⁦@Frutiloopz⁩ and others!!
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Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium ‘24 - @UTHSAResearch #biggs_institute @Frutiloopz
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Debora Melo van Lent retweeted
Absolutely thrilled to celebrate my first-year PhD student's successful talk at #TARCC24! 🎉 Mariam Mojtabai presented our latest findings in postmortem MRI studies with insight, showcasing the promising future of our research. The journey is just beginning! Great Mariam #ENDALZ
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Debora Melo van Lent retweeted
Researchers at @UTHealthSA are now studying the risk of and resilience to cognitive decline in Mexican-American adults with real-world physical and cognitive patterns. Healthy volunteers are needed to advance the findings. biggsinstitute.org/clinical-…
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🙌 Dear all - join us this Friday, Feb 9, at 10 a.m. CT to know more about "Healthy Diets, Omics Pathways, and Cognition" 🥕Speaker @JunLi47127477 🧬Moderator @PujaAgarwal1902 🧠Registration alz-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi… @ISTAART @alzassociation @NutritionPIA @DrAnaCapuano @DebMvL

🙌 @DesignDataPIA & @NutritionPIA worked together to offer you two Webinars on the theme of innovative statistical approaches to study the role of #Nutrition in #CognitiveAging. Join us on Feb 9 and 23!! 😎 @alzassociation @PujaAgarwal1902 @maude_wagner2 @DrAnaCapuano @DebMvL
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Debora Melo van Lent retweeted
“We see indications that eating a low-inflammatory diet is good for the brain. That is a worthy New Year’s resolution.” — Debora Melo van Lent, PhD Learn how researchers at UT Health San Antonio are improving brain health, one bite at a time. news.uthscsa.edu/healthy-die…
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Debora Melo van Lent retweeted
Today is the @NutritionPIA Year In Review …
Join us on Tuesday, January 16th, 2023 at 11:00 A.M. Central Time for our “Year in Review" webinar. The webinar will highlight notable publications from the year 2023, followed by a panel discussion from experts in the field. Link to register: lnkd.in/gkRhE5tA
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Learn how #research conducted by @UTHealthSA investigators at the #Biggs Institute are learning key insights on the benefits of a healthy diet and a healthy brain being a great combination to help improve #community health. sanantonioreport.org/healthy… @UTPubHealthSA @utsystem
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Debora Melo van Lent retweeted
Happy #2024NewYear Important update: @NutritionPIA @ImmunityPIA The new deadline for FRS abstracts is January 8th, 2024. Please submit using the link below: alz.surveymonkey.com/r/PTRRV… for questions contact me or @wade_self

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@NutritionPIA @ImmunityPIA seeking abstracts for FRS @alzassociation #AAIC2024 on "Mechanisms that drive the associations of diet with AD/ADRD traits-Gut-brain axis/metabolome; neuroimaging biomarkers; or Systemic Biomarkers of AD/ADRD. contact me or @wade_self for questions.
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Debora Melo van Lent retweeted
What a wonderful week it has been to start off the holidays and round up the year!! Last week our new PRISMA was delivered on schedule, adding to our heft for the many imaging studies we are doing: markVCID, DIVERSE-VCID, DISCOVERY, CADASIL, CLARiTi, ADNI4
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