Dr. William R. Markesbery, dead at age 77
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 1, 2010) – Dr. William R. Markesbery, 77, who for
more than 30 years was director of the
University of Kentucky
Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, died Jan. 30 at UK Chandler Hospital
in Lexington.(more)
Dr. Linda Van Eldik named as the new
Director of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging
The University of Kentucky landed another
high-profile researcher to head up one of its major medical divisions,
the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging. She succeeds Dr. William R.
Markesbery, who passed away on January 30th, 2010. Dr. Van
Eldik said she is excited and honored to head up what she called “the
premier center on Aging in the world.” Dr. Van Eldik served as the
associate director of Northwestern University's Cognitive Neurology and
Alzheimer's Disease Center in Chicago. Van Eldik, a Florida native,
received her undergraduate degree at Calvin College in Grand Rapids,
Mich., and her doctorate at Duke University in 1977. Dr. Van Eldik
brings to Lexington her research into degenerative brain disorders and
diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Van Eldik began her tenure at
the Center on Aging on February 1, 2010
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