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Barbara Bendlin is a Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She serves as the Director of the UW-Madison Neuroscience Public Policy Program. Her research focuses on the relationship between insulin resistance and brain changes associated with aging and dementia, specifically highlighting how insulin resistance may contribute to dementia risk through vascular pathways. Bendlin's lab has conducted a pilot clinical trial centered around reversing pre-diabetes through lifestyle interventions in middle-aged adults, demonstrating potential improvements in brain blood flow. In addition to insulin resistance, she has also examined related conditions such as metabolic syndrome and obesity, collaborating with investigators on projects intended to understand how metabolic dysfunction affects brain health. Furthermore, her work has extended to the gut microbiome and its links to type 2 diabetes, and she has participated in collaborative research efforts related to cognitive decline in diabetes in Israel.
Department: Department of Computer Sciences