Alzheimer’s Association

May 13, 2026

UAMS Opens New Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center in Springdale

David Wise

Doug Thompson, a reporter with the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette, tries out a virtual reality headset that simulates the dementia experience.

The UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging’s Centers on Aging and the Alzheimer’s Association, Arkansas Chapter, have opened the state’s first Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center, a new collaboration located at the UAMS Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education in Springdale.

November 14, 2017

STOP Alzheimer’s Forum Discusses Latest Developments

Benjamin Waldrum

Harry Johns, left, with Jeanne Wei, M.D., Ph.D., Sue Griffin, Ph.D., and Steve Barger, Ph.D. at a reception prior to the STOP Alzheimer's Forum on Oct. 30.

Nov. 14, 2017 | The head of the world’s leading voluntary health association in Alzheimer’s care, support and research had a message for a STOP Alzheimer’s education forum: stay the course. Several dozen people filled the Jo Ellen Ford Auditorium at the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging on Oct. 30 to hear Harry…

July 25, 2016

UAMS’ Sue Griffin, Ph.D., Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award by Alzheimer’s Association

Ben Boulden

July 25, 2016 | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher Sue T. Griffin, Ph.D., recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alzheimer’s Association at its International Conference in Toronto. Griffin has made groundbreaking contributions in the study of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions. She is the Alexa and William T. Dillard professor…