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Mentor Name: Mentor Department Title of Proposed Project Hypothesis/Specific Aim Rami Hallac Analytical Imaging and Modeling Automatic Classification of Normal and Cleft Lip Photos using Computer Vision Hypothesis Compared to manual human segmentation, the CADe system will accurately s…

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL SCHOOL Electronic Thesis Submission Checklist _____________________________________________________________________________________ Part I: The Distinction graduate should complete this section of the form and t…

UT Southwestern is moving rapidly toward becoming a leader in unraveling the mechanisms of neurodegenerative disease and working toward treatment of these diseases. This is an opportunity to learn about your colleagues’ ground-breaking research, to interact with them, to develop and explore your ow…

Scientists have made remarkable advances toward developing effec- tive therapies for Alzheimer’s disease in the past year. There is a broad consensus now that amyloid and its most toxic form, Aß42, is directly responsible in part for the dementia of Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers in Iceland…

Eight of Lonna Atkins’ 11 sib- lings developed Alzheimer’s disease, so the Dallas wife and mother always figured that one day she’d be next. “She was prepared to have Al- zheimer’s disease,” said Jim Atkins, her husband of 52 years and now her primary caregiver. “She thought she would have it.…

When Alzheimer’s disease started its devastating spiral of progression in Guinevere Blackstone, her hus- band Edward searched the country for the best treatment facility. Her doctor had one recommendation: UT Southwestern Medical Center. “She said the Alzheimer’s Disease Center at UT Southwes…

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Sheila Jack referred to it as her “disconnect”– those odd moments when she’d try and fail to remember the name of an old friend who was speaking to her. Or those times, when sitting at her computer, she would forget how to work the same software program she had been using for a decade. “I wo…

Life’s adversities become a hardship and heartache for some, but Dr. David Ford turned those trying times into a chance to serve and teach his community about Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Ford, a professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, went through the same pain as any devoted son would,…