In the Media

Best practices for measuring hearing in large population-based studies

Source: NIA Biomarker Network, October 22, 2025

Allison Aiello shares her experience incorporating hearing testing into Add Health Wave VI. (Presentation begins at 41:35)


Do Antiaging Supplements Really Slow Your Biological Clock?

Source: TODAY, August 22, 2025

Everyone ages chronically at the same rate, but we can age differently biologically at a cellular level. 


It may be possible to detect Alzheimer’s risk sooner—as early as your 20s

Source: National Geographic, July 7, 2025

It may be possible to detect Alzheimer’s risk sooner—as early as your 20s.


Can Doctors Predict Your Alzheimer’s Risk in Your 20s?

Source: Medical News Today, April 30, 2025

Allison Aiello’s work shows that biological processes related to Alzheimer’s disease develop decades before clinical symptoms arise.


What Are the Indicators of Alzheimer's in Young Adults?

Source: CBS News, April 28, 2025

Coverage of Allison Aiello’s findings on when cognitive changes begin to develop biologically prior to clinical signs.


Signs Of Dementia, Alzheimer's Can Appear Prior To Middle Age

Source: HealthDay News, April 25, 2025

Aiello study is the first study to look at risk factors of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in a large group of generally healthy younger adults and the findings are surprising.


Early Alzheimer’s Clues Found in Adults as Young as 24

Source: Neuroscience News, April 21, 2025

Aiello study finds cognitive changes tied to Alzheimer’s risk factors begin as early as age 24.


Shingles vaccine may protect against dementia, new study suggests

Source: NBC News, April 2, 2025

Allison Aiello comments on a new study showing that the shingles vaccine protects against dementia noting this fits with other research that suggests the herpes viruses might influence dementia.


Do We Age Steadily, or in Bursts?

Source: The New York Times, March 6, 2025

Allison Aiello on how to measure if aging is linear or if it occurs in spurts.


Use of race and ethnicity is sometimes ‘harmful’ in medical research, says new report

Source: CNN, October 30, 2024

Allison E. Aiello participated in a study that race and ethnicity in biomedical research are sometimes used in harmful ways.