Brain

BIO5 member Gene Alexander contributed to a University of Arizona study that found three common sleep habits—sleeping outside the recommended seven to nine hours, frequent daytime napping and sleeplessness—were linked to signs of brain aging associated with increased dementia risk.

BIO5 member Michael Grandner is leading new University of Arizona research supported by a $3.8 million National Institutes of Health grant exploring how being awake in the middle of the night may affect decision-making and suicide risk.

BIO5 member Ayman Fanous led the largest genetic study of schizophrenia in people of African ancestry, identifying more than 100 new genome regions linked to the condition and advancing understanding across populations.