index.html

---
layout: default
---

<div class="home">

  <h1 class="main">A Brief Overview</h1>

  <p>The <b>Wingo Lab</b> is a genetics laboratory at the
    <a href="http://www.atlanta.va.gov/">Atlanta Veterans Administration</a>
    and <a href="http://www.cnd.emory.edu/">Emory Unversity's Center for
    Neurodegenerative Disease</a> led by <b><a href="people/">Aliza Wingo, M.D.,
    M.Sc.</a></b> and <b><a href="people/">Thomas Wingo, M.D.</a></b>.</p>

  <p>The primary focus of the lab is to understand the genetic basis of
  Alzheimer's Disease, psychological well-being, and psychological resilience.</p>

  <p>Our work has been featured in the
    <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/593de662e4b0b65670e56be6">
      Huffington Post</a>, the
    <a href="http://emoryhealthmagazine.emory.edu/issues/2016/winter/features/blessing-from-a-curse/index.html">
      Emory Health Magazine</a>, and
    <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/06/health/education-dementia-study/index.html">CNN</a>.

  <p>We gratefully acknowledge our funders: Veterans Administration, National
    Institutes of Health, Emory University, To Remember Foundation,
    American Psychiatric Association, and the Brain and Behavior Foundation
    (formerly NARSAD).</p>

</div>