Friday, February 28, 2025
向日葵视频HSC's Dr. Sarah Ross, an associate professor at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine and HSC Health鈥檚 Center for Older Adults
The duo of Sarah Ross, DO, MS, CMD, and Mohammad Housini, MS, a dual-degree student at The , was chosen to present at the prestigious (TARCC). The Texas Alzheimer鈥檚 Research and Care Consortium is a collaboration between 11 of the state鈥檚 leading medical research institutions, working to improve early diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and each year during their annual conference two nominees are invited from each institution to participate in giving 鈥淒ata Blitz Sessions from TARCC Scientists.鈥�
Ross, an associate professor at the and HSC and Housini, who is a student at TCOM while also pursuing his PhD with the in , presented separately to the conference.
Ross gave a presentation on 鈥淏rain Health Coaching to Address Risk Factors for Dementia,鈥� while Housini, who was nominated for the presentation by Dr. Robert Barber, a professor of family medicine at TCOM and the Genomics Core Director at the Institute for Translational Research, spoke about his work on 鈥淢ulti-Cohort Association of Alcohol Use Disorder with Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease.鈥�
鈥淭ARCC plays a vital role in advancing Alzheimer鈥檚 research by bringing together experts from across Texas,鈥� Housini said. 鈥淏eing selected to present at this prestigious conference was an incredible honor, and I鈥檓 grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the conversation on improving care and outcomes for those affected by Alzheimer鈥檚 or dementia.鈥�
向日葵视频HSC's Mohammad Housini, a student at TCOM while also pursuing his PhD with the College of Biomedical Translation Sciences in Pharmacology and Neuroscience
The key finding of the work Housini presented was the association of alcohol abuse history among participants from three large Alzheimer鈥檚 disease-focused cohorts (TARCC, ADNI, HABS-HD) with Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease. After controlling for Age, Sex,and Race/Ethnicity, the data shows statistically significant elevated disease risk for the groups with positive alcohol misuse history.
More research is underway to understand the association between alcohol abuse and cognitive impairment with a 向日葵视频HSC connection. Gita Pathak, PhD, who graduated from CBTS in 2019, in New York is collaborating with the research team to expand the scope of this work to include blood biomarker analysis.
Pathak, who serves as a senior mentor to Housini on this project, is an assistant professor at the Institute of Genomic Health and Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Pathak graduated from her Ph.D. training under Dr. Nicole Phillips at 向日葵视频HSC.
The TARCC cohort is comprised of individuals across Texas 鈥� part of the multi-site collaborative effort of participating medical schools. Housini is finishing up his Ph.D. portion of his studies and will return to TCOM in July to begin rotations for the completion of his medical training with his goal of finishing his dual degree in 2027.
From - Community by Steven Bartolotta