Training the Next Generation: How the Research Education Component Supports Early Career Researchers
Dementia Matters23 Apr 2025

Training the Next Generation: How the Research Education Component Supports Early Career Researchers

The Research Education Component (REC) focuses on educating, mentoring and training the next generation of researchers at the over 30 Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers (ADRCs) across the United States, offering a range of fellowships, educational activities and events like the annual Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) Research Day. In honor of this year’s ADRD Research Day, early career researchers Isa Hayde and Dr. Yang Yeh join the podcast to discuss how REC has impacted their research journeys, as well as share a preview of their lightning presentations.

Guests: Isa Hayde, undergraduate student, Clark Lab, and Yang Yeh, PhD, postdoctoral fellow, Lamming Lab

Show Notes

Learn more about REC and the Wisconsin ADRC’s Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Research Day on our website.

Listen to the podcast with Drs. Barb Bendlin and Tyler Ulland, “Gut Feelings: The Links Between Gut Health and Alzheimer’s Disease,” mentioned by Dr. Chin at 5:30, on our website, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and all other major podcast platforms.

Learn more about Dr. Yang Yeh and the Lamming Lab on the Lamming Lab website.

Learn more about Dr. Lindsay Clark’s lab on their website.

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Find transcripts and more at our website.

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