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Dumas Discusses Research on Fatty Acids in WCAX Interview

March 26, 2024 by Lucy Gardner Carson

(MARCH 26, 2024) Julie Dumas, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry, spoke with WCAX-TV about a new $3.3 million grant from the National Institute on Aging that will enable researchers to explore the impact that fatty acids we eat have on brain health in seniors.

Julie Dumas, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry

(MARCH 26, 2024) Julie Dumas, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry, spoke with WCAX-TV about a new $3.3 million grant from the National Institute on Aging that will enable researchers to explore the impact that fatty acids we eat have on brain health in seniors.

The research aims to better understand how substituting saturated fats with monounsaturated fats can improve cognition on a short timescale.

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