News

In May 2026 Dr. Sharon Sanz Simon received a new grant from the Applebaum Foundation to study Exercise effects on Women post-menopause.

 

Stay tuned, in the fall of 2026, the EngAGING Lab will launch the ACTIVE-BrainWoMen Trial, (Aerobic-Resistance ExerCise Trial Investigating Vital Effects on Brain in Women at Menopause)

Together, let’s advance Women’s Brain Health! 

 

 

 

  The MUST Study is launched in 2026!

                                   

 

We are recruiting participants!

 

Want to know more about the study? Click here!

 

Contact us: must.study@njms.rutgers.edu

 

 

 

 

The BRAINY-NJ Study is launched in Spring 2025!

(ends spring 2027) 

 (Brazilian Aging in New York – New Jersey Study)

 

We are recruiting participants / Estamos recrutando participantes

 

Contact us: brainy-nj@njms.rutgers.edu

 

 

More infos in the website: https://www.brainystudy.org

 

 

 

EngAGING Lab received the BHI-CAHBIR Pilot Grant 2024

 

Thank you Brain Health Institute-Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research (BHI-CAHBIR) for providing extra funding to add neuroimaging data to the BRAINY-NJ Study!

 

Prof. Sharon Sanz Simon and Prof. Andrea Spaeth (Principal Investigators), together with Prof. Michal Beeri (co-investigator), will investigate the role of sleep health on brain health (neuroimaging metrics), cognitive functioning, and Alzheimer’s risk.

 

 

Community event in November 2024

 

A partnership between the Rutgers Krieger Klein Alzheimer’s Research Center, EngAGING Lab, Alzheimer’s Association New Jersey Chapter, and local Brazilian organizations

(Mantena Global Care and Women’s of Brazil – NY Chapter)

 

Thank you all for the participation, engagement and the great Brazilian live music and food!

 

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