Markesbery Symposium on Aging & Dementia Community Session

About this event

Join the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging for the 16th annual Markesbery Symposium on Aging and Dementia, Community Session!

The Markesbery Symposium is held annually in memory of the late William R. Markesbery, M.D., founding director of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. Dr. Markesbery’s legacy of groundbreaking research has formed the bedrock for our quest to understand and treat Alzheimer’s disease and to improve the quality of life of older adults.

Clinicians and researchers from Boston University and the U.K. Sanders-Brown Center on Aging will come together to share current findings, trends, and updates on dementia, particularly as they relate to Alzheimer’s disease and healthy brain aging. Rhoda Au, Ph.D., Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Neurology, Medicine and Epidemiology at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and School of Public Health will share “Precision AD: Where We Are and Where We Could Be.” Sanders-Brown Center on Aging researchers including Peter Nelson, M.D., Ph.D., Gregory Jicha, M.D., Ph.D., and Sarah Hatch, Clinical Social Worker will also share.

FREE registration and continental breakfast begin at 8 a.m. Talks begin at 9 a.m.

Bring your questions for the panel discussion with the experts!