UWM research is making a difference, and UWM Chancellor Mark Mone is sharing what’s happening in a series of Chancellor Chats.
Karyn Frick, distinguished professor of psychology, joined Mone for the inaugural chat on Wednesday, Feb. 14. The two discussed Frick’s groundbreaking research on the impact of estrogens in regulating memory formation and brain function. Future chats will include other researchers, scientists, alumni and partners.
Mone and Frick talked about her work and offered the roomful of listeners, who gathered in the UWM Student Union’s Alumni Fireside Lounge, the chance to ask questions about aging, brain function and dementia.
“Our memories make us who we are,” Frick said. “Everyone has different memories. That’s what makes us all unique.”
Frick’s Neuroendocrinology of Memory Lab focuses on understanding the brain mechanisms that underlie memory formation so that she can use this information to develop treatments that reduce age-related memory loss and dementia in Alzheimer’s disease. She is primarily interested in how estrogens enhance memory formation and how estrogen loss at menopause leads to symptoms like memory loss and hot flashes.
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By Kathy Quirk, Marketing & Communications