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Dr. Kristen Jacklin to Lead Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team

We are delighted to announce that starting June 1, the Medical Discovery Team on Rural and American Indian Health Equity (Memory Keepers) in Duluth will be led by Kristen Jacklin, PhD, MA.
Memory Keepers Receive Grant to Optimize Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease

The Memory Keepers-Medical Discovery Team (MK-MDT), has been awarded $440,000 through a National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging R21 research grant. 
Dr. Jordan Lewis Awarded $1 Million from the National Science Foundation to Study Alaska Native Successful Aging

Memory Keepers-Medical Discovery Team (MK-MDT) Professor and Faculty Investigator, Jordan Lewis, PhD, MSW,  has been awarded over $1.04 million for three years in National Science Foundation (NSF).
Medical Discovery Team Awarded $7.5M to Improve Knowledge of Indigenous Cultural Understandings of Dementia Care

To preserve brain health and healthy aging in Indigenous populations, the Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team (MK-MDT), housed on the Medical School's Duluth campus, was awarded over $7.5 million by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) for their grant.