News: Department of Brain Health
A collection of news stories featuring collaboration and reflection at UNLV.
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Study, published this month in Communications Biology, reveals that chronic hyperglycemia impairs memory.
A collection of news stories highlighting community and perseverance at UNLV.
![A student practices using a balance beam which is surrounded by rainbow-colored gym mats, while another student spots her.](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/D73697_001.jpg?itok=gEOh1Map)
Program to help fill critical health care shortage in Nevada; living lab in Las Vegas Medical District houses program, with first cohort set to graduate in spring 2023.
![U.N.L.V. nursing student in red shirt reviewing slide sample with peer](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/Newsmakers_nursecamp.jpg?itok=O2TUMXO3)
A collection of news stories highlighting research, health, and community at UNLV.
![Portrait of Jefferson W. Kinney, Ph.D. Professor and Reg Grundy and Joy Chambers-Grundy Chair for Brain Health](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/jkD73630_017.jpg?itok=qroZXbz5)
The longtime UNLV researcher on youthful curiosity, the brain, and sports.
A collection of news stories highlighting remembrance and improvement at UNLV.
![Jeffrey L. Cummings pictured in a white lab coat in his lab on UNLV's campus](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/D72855_001.jpg?itok=9WPHzqnf)
UNLV research professor Jeffrey L. Cummings examines Alzheimer's clinical trials pipeline in two new studies.
![Dr. Jeffrey Cummings is pictured in a white lab coat in his lab, with his image reflected in a mirror](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/Cummings%201.jpg?itok=YyvVTKvD)
Dr. Jeffrey Cummings and multidisciplinary research team to expand UNLV’s clinical trials observatory with $3 million grant.
A yearlong collection of UNLV faculty making the news for their discoveries and contributions to the community.
![brain scan imaging](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/shutterstock_107572736.jpg?itok=beuYecFo)
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has barred neuroscience Ph.D. student Andrew Ortiz from the lab, he continues to research diseases that affect millions of Americans.
Coming to UNLV at a most unusual time, President Keith E. Whitfield remains undaunted and ready to make his mark as a Rebel.