Kristen Funk Quoted in article on dementia risk from infections
Kristen Funk, Ph.D., assistant professor of biological sciences, was quoted in an article from the Washington Post on some new research that links an increased risk of dementia to serious infections including flu, herpes and respiratory tract infections. Funk weighed in on the findings from other researchers as an expert on neuroinflammation of neuroinfectious and neurodegenerative diseases.
“Vaccines are going to be the most protection against both the acute infections as well as these post-infectious effects,” said Funk.