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Alzheimer’s Association awards $790K in grants to University of Pennsylvania researchers

The grants will fund research on cognitive testing, genetics and a form of cognitive dysfunction called SNAP.

Pictured from left to right are Rebecca Edelmayer, Alzheimer's Association director of scientific engagement;  Dawn Mechanic-Hamilton;  John Trojanowski, 
 co-director of the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (CNDR) at 
 Penn; Laura Wisse; Yuk Yee Leung;  Virginia Lee, director of CNDR, and Kristina Fransel, Alzheimer's Association Delaware Valley Chapter executive director.
Pictured from left to right are Rebecca Edelmayer, Alzheimer's Association director of scientific engagement; Dawn Mechanic-Hamilton; John Trojanowski, co-director of the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (CNDR) at Penn; Laura Wisse; Yuk Yee Leung; Virginia Lee, director of CNDR, and Kristina Fransel, Alzheimer's Association Delaware Valley Chapter executive director.Read moreCourtesy of University of Pennsylvania