Adrienne Johnson guest on Dementia Matters podcast
Adrienne Johnson, PhD, assistant scientist at the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention and a member of the Gleason Lab, was a guest on Dementia Matters, a podcast from the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. Dr. Johnson discussed her research on cigarette smoking and risk for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. She touched on the following topics:
- A 2021 study in which she found a person’s risk for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease can be affected by how recently they’ve smoked
- Affects of smoking on different communities
- Resources to support current smokers as they quit
- Impact of smoking on the brain
- Her work to develop new interventions to motivate smokers to quit for good