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	Kulynych Research Center   Directors' Message   Our Story   Mission & Purpose   Aims of the Program   Memory Assessment Clinic   Types of Memory Loss   Clinical Trials   Faculty Profiles   Friends of the Center   Contact Us	Our clinical care and research is focused on understanding early changes in cognition and memory in older people and currently targets the following areas: • The relationship between chronic diseases (such as diabetes) and memory decline • The impact of medications on memory decline and memory preservation • Understanding basic mechanisms of memory loss • Evaluation and treatment of early memory decline in older adults The Goal: to translate discoveries about preventing memory decline into helping older adults maintain independence as long as possible, and to compress disability into the shortest possible period of time. Kulynych Center chosen for Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) Study – one of the few Geriatric Medicine sites in the nation.  Dr. Jeff D. Williamson named the head of the Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine in the department of Internal Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.   Dr. Maya Angelou partners with Kulynych Research Center to support ADNI Study for Alzheimer's research. Article on "Pharmacological Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia", written by Dr. Kaycee Sink, is most frequently cited [article] in 2005.

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