The Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Presents the 29th Annual Alzheimer Day
Save the date for the 29th Annual Alzheimer Day
Thursday, May 11, 2023
Feinberg Pavilion Conference Center
251 E. Huron St, 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60611
About Alzheimer Day
2023 Schedule At-A-Glance
9:00 - 10:00 AM
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Registration and Vendor Fair
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10:00 - 10:30 AM
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Welcome, State of the Center, and Duncan Prize
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10:30 - 11:30 AM
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Mendelson Lecture
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“New Insights into Alzheimer's Disease: Will they give us new treatments?”William Jagust, MD |
11:30 - 11:45 AM
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Break
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11:45 AM - 1:00 PM |
Quality of Life Symposium |
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1:00 - 2:30 PM |
Lunch, Research Poster Session, and Vendor Fair |
Mendelson Lecture Speaker
William Jagust, MD
Professor of Neuroscience and Public Health at University of California, Berkeley
Faculty Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Alzheimer Day 2022
On May 5, 2022 we hosted our 28th Annual Alzheimer Day, returning to campus for the first time in three years. The keynote Mendelson Lecture was delivered by Lisa Barnes, PhD, professor of Neurological Sciences at Rush Medical College, who spoke about social and environmental factors that impact cognitive aging in racial and ethnic minority patients.
The day concluded with a celebration of 25th anniversary of the Glen and Wendy Miller Family Buddy Program, which matches first-year medical students with patients diagnosed with early Alzheimer’s disease or related illnesses.
2022 Abstract Book
As a part of our annual event we featured the latest cognitive aging, dementia and neuroscience research at Northwestern University. 46 posters were selected to present. Learn more about these projects and the speakers at the event.
2022 Marie and Carl Duncan Prize in Memory Disorders Research
Congratulations to the 2022 winners of the Marie and Carl Duncan Prize in Memory Disorders Research:
- Rachel Keszycki: Characterization of apathy-like behaviors and their relationship to Aβ pathology in5xFAD mice and Characterization of Distinct NeuropsychiatricTrajectoriesin FTLD-tauopathies
- Allegra Kawles: Concordance between Neocortical Distribution of Pick’s Disease and the Salience of Distinct Dementia Phenotypes