Daniel Czyz, Ph.D., assistant professor at the University of Florida, is one of 10 researchers exploring the link between an infectious agent and Alzheimer’s disease who have each been awarded $100,000 research grants through the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Foundation’s Microbial Pathogenesis in Alzheimer’s Disease Grant program. Since the program was established in 2018, the IDSA Foundation has provided more than $600,000 to seven researchers, making the 2020 awardees the largest recipient pool to date. The program will provide an additional pilot grant of $8,000 to begin research and initial data collection for a dementia study in Uganda.
Based on early evidence, experts believe an infectious agent or a microbial mechanism may have a connection to Alzheimer’s disease, according to a news release from IDSA. To advance research that could shed light and provide hope to the more than 5.7 million Americans and 47 million people worldwide living with the