AGENDA
Each talk features a presentation followed by live Q&A
8:00 – 9:00 AM PT
REGISTRATION & RESOURCE FAIR
9:00 – 9:15 AM PT
OPENING REMARKS:
Jim McAleer, MPA, Alzheimer’s Orange County | Deborah Levy, Alzheimer's Association, Orange County Chapter | Joshua Grill, PhD, University of California, Irvine (Moderator)
9:15 – 9:35 AM PT
Dementia in Down Syndrome: Differentiating from Sporadic AD
Elizabeth Head, PhD, Professor, Vice Chair for Research, Pathology, University of California, Irvine
9:45 – 10:05 AM PT
Autosomal Dominant AD: Clinical description and efforts toward prevention
Jessica Langbaum, PhD, Co-Director, Alzheimer’s Prevention Initiative, Banner Alzheimer's Institute
10:15 – 10:45 AM PT
RESOURCE FAIR
10:45 – 11:00 AM PT
UCSF Care Ecosystem Program
Katherine Possin, PhD, Associate Professor, Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, Memory and Aging Center
11:00 – 11:15 AM PT
UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Program
Lee A. Jennings, MD, MSHS, Chief and Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Reynolds Section of Geriatric Medicine
11:30 – 11:50 AM PT
Frontotemporal dementias: Clinical description and effort to develop treatments
Peter Ljubenkov, MD, Assistant Professor, Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, Memory and Aging Center
11:50 AM – 12:00 PM PT
Q&A
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PT
LUNCH + RESOURCE FAIR
1:00 PM – 1:20 PM PT
LATE: Identifying clinical and biomarkers of a common neuropathology
S. Ahmad Sajjadi, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Neurology, University of California, Irvine
1:30 PM – 1:50 PM PT
Identifying factors associated with cognitive resilience in older age
Prashanthi Vemuri, PhD, Professor, Radiology, Mayo Clinic
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM PT
RESOURCE FAIR
2:30 PM – 3:10 PM PT
Caregiver Panel
3:10 PM – 3:15 PM PT
Closing Remarks
Joshua Grill, PhD, University of California, Irvine (Moderator)