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Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease Research Conference

 

The annual Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease Research Conference, now in partnership with Alzheimer’s Orange County and Alzheimer’s Association Orange County Chapter, shares the latest advances in research and care with the local community. Reaching a diverse audience of hundreds of clinicians, researchers, students, aging-services providers, and caregivers, the conference brings together internationally renowned experts on a unique theme each year to address our nation’s progress in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

The 34th annual conference, “Sex and Gender in Dementia Research and Care,” will be a hybrid event held on Friday, August 25, 2023. Learn more at conference.mind.uci.edu.

Topics & Speakers:

34th Annual Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease Research Conference
“Sex and Gender in Dementia Research and Care”

  • Opening Remarks:
    Jim McAleer, MPA, Alzheimer’s Orange County | Deborah Levy, Alzheimer’s Association, Orange County Chapter | Joshua Grill, PhD, University of California, Irvine
  • Incidence and prevalence of AD and ADRD among men and women
    Michelle Mielke, PhD, Wake Forest University
  • The role of sex in AD in men and women
    Tim Hohman, PhD, Vanderbilt University
  • Sex differences in AD biomarker progression: the role of APOE
    Beth Mormino, PhD, Stanford University
  • Sex differences in AD biomarker progression: Sensitive measures of cognition
    Sarah Banks, PhD, University of California, San Diego
  • Spatial cognition in men and women in age and AD
    Liz Chrastil, PhD, University of California, Irvine
  • Sex differences in AD treatments?
    Amanda Smith, MD, University of South Florida
  • Sex, gender, and dementia caregiving
    Jason Flatt, PhD, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • Caregiver Panel with Joshua Grill, PhD, University of California, Irvine (Moderator)
  • Closing Remarks
    Joshua Grill, PhD, University of California, Irvine

33rd Annual Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease Research Conference
“Dementia across the lifespan”

32nd Annual Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease Research Conference
“Alzheimer’s from all angles”

  • WELCOME: THE STATE OF DEMENTIA RESEARCH & CARE IN 2021: Joshua Grill, PhD, University of California, Irvine (Moderator) | Jim McAleer, MPA, Alzheimer’s Orange County
  • BLOOD TESTS FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: CLOSER BUT STILL NOT THERE (slides): Sid O’Bryant, PhD, University of North Texas
  • EXPLORING SEX DIFFERENCES & THE POSSIBILITY OF PROTECTIVE GENES: Dena Dubal, MD, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
  • VIRAL INFECTIONS & ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE (slides): Thomas Lane, PhD, University of California, Irvine
  • NEIGHBORHOOD DISPARITIES: HOW WHERE YOU LIVE MIGHT IMPACT YOUR BRAIN HEALTH (slides): Amy Kind, MD, PhD, University of Wisconsin
  • FUTURE FOCUSED: TREATMENT ADVANCEMENTS IN ALZHEIMER’S (slides): Gregory Jicha, MD, PhD, University of Kentucky

31st Annual Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease Research Conference
“tackling DEMENTIA with TECHNOLOGY”

30th Annual Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease Research Conference
“30 Years of Discovery: Hope on the Horizon”

29th Annual Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease Research Conference
“Trials Today, Treatments Tomorrow”

28th Annual Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease Research Conference
“The Elephant in the Room: Sensitive Subjects in Dementia Care”