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Virginia Tech: When Memory Fades - Researcher Seeks to Understand Aging
October 14, 2025
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 14 -- Virginia Tech issued the following Q&A on Oct. 13, 2025, by Lon Wagner with Brieann Brown, a graduate student in the School of Neuroscience:

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When memory fades: A researcher seeks to understand aging

Inspired by her family's experience with dementia, graduate student Brieann Brown is exploring how something called epigenetics could protect memory and improve quality of life for future generations.

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