Today, we chat with Dr. Emily Rogalski about the Healthy Aging & Alzheimer’s Research Care Center, or HAARC, at the University of Chicago. She also provides a brief update about her SuperAging research.
About Emily
Emily Rogalski, PhD, is the Rosalind Franklin Professor of Neurology and Director of the Healthy Aging & Alzheimer’s Research Care (HAARC) Center at the University of Chicago. She is a clinical and cognitive neuroscientist whose research focuses on primary progressive aphasia (PPA), Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, and exceptional cognitive aging. Dr. Rogalski is known for her work characterizing the clinical, neuroimaging, and biomarker features of PPA, as well as for pioneering research in SuperAging to better understand resilience to age-related memory decline. She also developed Communication Bridge, a person-centered speech-language intervention for individuals with PPA and their communication partners, and leads interdisciplinary, community-engaged research aimed at improving diagnosis, care, and quality of life across neurodegenerative disease.