Leah R. Hanson, PhD
Senior Director, Neuroscience Research, and Senior Investigator, HealthPartners Institute

About

Education and training: PhD, neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Overview/research interests: The prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders; how lifestyle changes, including exercise of the body and mind, can prevent memory loss associated with aging.

Current research activities and funding: The Minnesota Memory Project.

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  • Minnesota  State or Province
  • Affiliation

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    Publications While At HealthPartners

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    Journal Article
  • Acupuncture treatment for chronic post-traumatic headache in individuals with mild traumatic brain injury: a pilot study
    Journal of Neurotrauma. 2025
  • Low-dose intranasal deferoxamine modulates memory, neuroinflammation, and the neuronal transcriptome in the streptozotocin rodent model of Alzheimer's disease
    Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2025
  • Confidence in diagnosing and managing care for cognitive impairment in primary care: a survey comparing barriers by primary care clinician type
    Family Practice. 2024
  • How do researchers identify and recruit dementia caregivers? A scoping review
    The Gerontologist. 2024
  • Identifying racial and ethnic disparities in acute inpatient rehabilitation
    Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2024
  • Editorial Article
    Conference Poster
  • Outcomes of an embedded resource and education program for patients and families with memory loss [poster]
    2017
  • Performance on cognitive screening is associated with increased retrospective healthcare utilization [poster]
    2015
  • Pharmacokinetics of a diazepam prodrug/enzyme combination following nasal administration in rats for treatment of seizure emergencies [poster]
    2015
  • Routine cognitive screening in a neurology practice: impact on physician behavior [poster]
    2015
  • The Minnesota Memory Project: baseline data from a longitudinal observational study of aging [poster]
    2015
  • Abstract
  • IMPACT Learning Health Network: transforming care through embedded pragmatic clinical trials in health care settings that serve people with dementia [abstract]
    Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2021
  • The NIA IMPACT Collaboratory: transforming dementia care rhrough embedded pragmatic clinical trials [abstract]
    2020
  • Implementation of a mindfulness based dementia-care program within a healthcare system [abstract]
    Innovation in aging. 2019
  • Chord Study: the power of music through participation in the giving voice chorus [abstract]
    Alzheimer's & dementia. 2018
  • Correlation between evaluation and documentation of neurologic deficit by EMS and ED of patients with acute ischemic stroke [abstract]
    Neurology. 2018
  • presentations

    Presentation
  • Challenges in recruiting family caregivers to a clinical trial on MBSR (mindfulness-based stress reduction) for stress reduction [presentation], Gerontological Society of America 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting
  • Identification of multiple chronic conditions that yield the highest impact of cognitive screening [presentation], HMO Research Network (HMORN) 21st Annual Conference: Care Improvement Research: Partnering with Patients, Providers and Operational Leaders
  • Intranasal deferoxamine improves spatial memory through a non-amyloid mechanism in APP/PS1 mice [presentation], Society of Neuroscience Meeting
  • Intranasal deferoxamine prevents memory loss in the intracerebroventricular streptozotocin rat [presentation], International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease Annual Meeting
  • Lavendar essential oil improved sleep in residents of a memory care assisted-living facility [presentation], Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC)
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