7th Annual Alzheimer's Research Symposium "From Clinic to Communities: Prevention and Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease"

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Event Date

Location
UC Davis Conference and Events Center

Dr. Whitmer will be presenting her talk "Brain Health: Looking Back to Move Forward" during the 7th Annual Alzheimer's Disease Center Symposium. 

 

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Agenda:

10:00 Welcome Kumar B. Rajan, PhD
10:05 Cognitive Aging in Older African Americans and Whites: Lessons Learned from Rush Cohort Studies Lisa L. Barnes, PhD
10:45 UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Center Overview

Charles DeCarli, MD

11:05 Break  
11:20 Novel Compounds in Reducing Oxidative Stress and Amyloid Load in Cell Culture and In Vivo Silvia Hilt, PhD
11:35 Age-Related Changes in Neural Event Processing and Segmentation Zachariah Reagh, PhD
11:50 Variations in the Flexible Use of Environment-Specific Representations in Aging Martha Forloins, PhD
12:05  Lunch and Poster Session  
1:20 Alzheimer's Disease Funding Opportunities Charles DeCarli, MD
1:40 Brain Health: Looking Back to Move Forward Rachel Whitmer, PhD
2:00 Vascular Contributions to Brain Aging Joel Kramer, PsyD
2:20 Break  
2:35 Alzheimer's Biospecimen Resources Brittany Dugger, PhD
2:55 Dietary-Modulated Bile Acid Signaling in Regulating Cognitive Health and Dysfunction Prasant Jena, PhD
3:10 Does Traffic-Related Air Pollution Increase the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease in a Generally Susceptible Rat Model? Kelley Patten, GSR
3:25 Closing Remarks and Poster Awards Charles DeCarli, MD