Gallery: Root Causes

07/15/25
Emily Salvador conducts cutting-edge research on the relationship between sleep quality, memory-related activity patterns during sleep and Alzheimer's disease. She uses these high-resolution, 3D-printed recording arrays to measure the electrical activity of brain cells. Photo by Devin Bittner.
Wilber Lab members present their research on the relationship between spatial navigation and spatial memory at the 2024 Society for Neuroscience Conference in Chicago, Illinois. From left: Leslie Alday, Emily Salvador, Khari Hardin, associate professor of psychology Aaron Wilber and Yicheng Zheng. Courtesy photo.
During the 2024 Society for Neuroscience Conference in Chicago, Illinois, second-year doctoral student in neuroscience Emily Salvador presents her research on how disruptions in the brain’s waste-management process may impair neurological function in the context of Alzheimer’s disease. Courtesy photo.
Under the mentorship of associate professor of psychology Aaron Wilber (right), second-year doctoral student Emily Salvador (left) investigates the relationship between sleep quality and Alzheimer's disease, a progressive form of dementia affecting one in 13 people ages 65 to 84 according to the National Institute on Aging. Photo by Devin Bittner.