6. Trainees Our McKnight Brain Institute received funds in 2020 to support an Evelyn F. McKnight Neurocognitive Scholar. After a competitive search, Dr. Christian Agudelo, MD was selected to be the first Evelyn F. McKnight Neurocognitive Scholar. He joined our MBI in July 2020. He is a trained neurologist who has completed a sleep fellowship at UM. His interest is to investigate sleep as an important and modifiable factor for sustained cognitive resilience and brain health. He has had very productive 6 months of his scholarship. One of the scientific achievements is his manuscript on sleep and cognition that was accepted for publication in the journal Alzheimer’s and Dementia (impact factor 17). He has started to establish his national scientific and professional reputation by being invited to review manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals (he has reviewed 3 manuscripts since August 2020). He has submitted an application for the NIH Loan Repayment Program award that provides up to $50,000 per year to pay for educational debt. A separate report highlighting Dr. Agudelo’s work is provided in Appendix III.
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