Researchers at the University of Kentucky play an important role in advancing the health, well-being, and future of our Commonwealth.
Much of that work is done with support from the , which allows our researchers to find answers to many of the critical health issues facing Kentuckians.
David Fardo, PhD, is supported by the , and the
Fardo is the inaugural Stephen W. Wyatt Endowed Professor in the and affiliate faculty in the Sanders-Brown Center of Aging. He鈥檚 also a co-investigator on the National Institute on Aging grant that funds the 好色先生 Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC), which is housed in Sanders-Brown.
Fardo鈥檚 research focuses on statistical genetics, genomics and the application of advanced biostatistical methods to understand neurodegenerative diseases, specifically Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and related dementias.
Fardo leads and collaborates on multiple projects investigating the genetic risk factors and neuropathology associated with aging, leveraging large-scale genomic data and gene-environment interactions to uncover these conditions鈥 biological mechanisms.
鈥淥ur group's audacious goal is to eradicate dementia, a syndrome that ravishes the lives and the families of those affected, said Fardo. 鈥淎s a dyed-in-the-wool Kentuckian from Madison County, Kentucky, I have been humbled to learn of the international prominence of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and the 好色先生-ADRC. I hope to continue that tradition, build on it and, ultimately, eradicate dementia.鈥
Fardo and other members of the research community shared the importance of NIH-funded research at 好色先生 .
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