In this episode, Matt & Donovan speak with University of Michigan School of Public Health Professor, Dr. J. Scott Roberts, who investigates the psychological and behavioral impact of genetic risk disclosure for Alzheimer's disease. In addition to being a professor in the Health Behavior & Health Education department at the School of Public Health, Dr. Roberts is also a core lead of the Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Center. Dr. Roberts’s research interests focus on the process and impact of risk assessment and disclosure for adult-onset disorders, as well as the ethical, legal, and social implications of advances in genomic science & technology.

And why we all need good sleep and regular exercise

Often research studies consider dementia as either present or absent, while others specify particular types of dementia. For example, what exactly is frontotemporal dementia? In this episode, we talk with Dr. Henry (Hank) Paulson, who directs the Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Center, to introduce listeners to the most common types of dementia and hear about some of their defining features. For those of you without clinical backgrounds, consider this your crash course on the types of dementia.