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Browse the calendar below by the categorized tabs to learn more about upcoming events associated with our center. To learn more about our annual events, explore the pages dedicated to Alzheimer Day and the Alzheimer's Disease Seminar Series.
November 2019
Alzheimer's Disease Seminar Series: Distinct Microscopic Signatures of Tau and TDP-43 Protienopathies in Frontotemporal Dementia Clinical Syndromes
David Irwin, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Neurology | Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics | University of Pennsylvania | Associate Fellow | Institute of Aging | Department of Neurology | University of Pennsylvania
McGaw Pavilion, Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium, 240 E. Huron, Chicago
Alzheimer's Disease Seminar Series
Sterling Johnson, Ph.D. | Professor | Deptarment of Medicine | Geriatrics and Gerontology | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Wm. S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital | Wisconsin Alzheimer s Disease Research Center | Wisconsin Alzheimer s Institute | Wisconsin Institute on Aging | Neuroscience Training Program | Department of Psychology
Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, Baldwin Auditorium, 303 E. Superior, Chicago
December 2019
Alzheimer's Disease Seminar Series
Joe Mazzuli, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | The Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurological Sciences | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Jeff Savas, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | The Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurological Sciences | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
McGaw Pavilion, Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium, 240 E. Huron, Chicago
Alzheimer's Disease Seminar Series
Maria C. Carrillo, Ph.D. | Chief Science Officer | Medical and Scientific Relations | Alzheimer's Association
McGaw Pavilion, Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium, 240 E. Huron, Chicago
January 2020
Alzheimer's Disease Seminar Series
Edward B. Lee, MD, PhD | Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
McGaw Pavilion, Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium, 240 E. Huron, Chicago
February 2020
Alzheimer's Disease Seminar Series: FTLD-TDP Types and Variants
Eileen H Bigio, MD | Paul E Steiner Research Professor of Pathology | Neuropathology Medical Director | Northwestern ADC Neuropathology Core Leader | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
McGaw Pavilion, 240 E. Huron, Chicago
Alzheimer's Disease Seminar Series: Mechanisms in Aging and Dementia (MAD) Training Grant Day
Karen Duff, Ph.D | Deputy Director | Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer s Disease and the Aging Brain | Professor | Department of Pathology and Cell Biology | Columbia University Medical Center | Department of Psychiatry | New York State Psychiatric Institute
McGaw Pavilion, Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium, 240 E. Huron, Chicago
March 2020
Alzheimer's Disease Seminar Series
Julie A. Schneider, MD, MS | Professor of Neuropathology | Neurology | Rush University
Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, Baldwin Auditorium, 303 E. Superior, Chicago
Alzheimer's Disease Seminar Series
Bernardino Ghetti, MD | Distinguished Professor | Indiana University School of Medicine
McGaw Pavilion, Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium, 240 E. Huron, Chicago
May 2020
26th Annual Alzheimer Day
Alzheimer Day features a lecture by an outstanding investigator in the field of neurocognitive studies, followed by poster presentations by Northwestern clinicians and scientists. Scientists and interested members of the community have the opportunity to exchange scientific information and research. An afternoon session including a panel presentation invites audience participation for questions about new treatments and state-of-the-art care.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Feinberg Pavilion, Third-Floor Conference Center, 251 E. Huron, Chicago
October 2019
Younger-Onset Support Group
This monthly support group is for care partners of persons under the age 65 living with a form of dementia such as Alzheimer's disease in the early stage and their family members.
An interview is required to participate. For more information, please contact Kim Sangster at kimberly.sangster@northwestern.edu or 312-503-0604.
FTD/PPA Support Group for Caregivers
This monthly support group is for care partners of persons with Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD) or Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA).
An interview is required to participate. For more information, please contact Kim Sangster at kimberly.sangster@northwestern.edu or 312-503-0604.
November 2019
Younger-Onset Support Group
This monthly support group is for care partners of persons under the age 65 living with a form of dementia such as Alzheimer's disease in the early stage and their family members.
An interview is required to participate. For more information, please contact Kim Sangster at kimberly.sangster@northwestern.edu or 312-503-0604.
FTD/PPA Support Group for Caregivers
This monthly support group is for care partners of persons with Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD) or Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA).
An interview is required to participate. For more information, please contact Kim Sangster at kimberly.sangster@northwestern.edu or 312-503-0604.
October 2019
Alzheimer's Disease Advisory Committee Meeting
The Illinois Department of Public Health will hold its Alzheimer s Disease Advisory Committee (ADAC) meeting on October 28th, 2019 at 12:00 pm in the Rosenstone Conference Room of the Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease.
Tarry Research & Education Building, Rosenstone Conference Room, Tarry 8-780, 300 E. Superior Street, Chicago
November 2019
Alzheimer's Disease Seminar Series: Distinct Microscopic Signatures of Tau and TDP-43 Protienopathies in Frontotemporal Dementia Clinical Syndromes
David Irwin, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Neurology | Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics | University of Pennsylvania | Associate Fellow | Institute of Aging | Department of Neurology | University of Pennsylvania
McGaw Pavilion, Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium, 240 E. Huron, Chicago
Alzheimer's Disease Seminar Series
Sterling Johnson, Ph.D. | Professor | Deptarment of Medicine | Geriatrics and Gerontology | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Wm. S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital | Wisconsin Alzheimer s Disease Research Center | Wisconsin Alzheimer s Institute | Wisconsin Institute on Aging | Neuroscience Training Program | Department of Psychology
Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, Baldwin Auditorium, 303 E. Superior, Chicago
December 2019
Alzheimer's Disease Seminar Series
Joe Mazzuli, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | The Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurological Sciences | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Jeff Savas, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | The Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurological Sciences | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
McGaw Pavilion, Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium, 240 E. Huron, Chicago
Alzheimer's Disease Seminar Series
Maria C. Carrillo, Ph.D. | Chief Science Officer | Medical and Scientific Relations | Alzheimer's Association
McGaw Pavilion, Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium, 240 E. Huron, Chicago
January 2020
Alzheimer's Disease Seminar Series
Edward B. Lee, MD, PhD | Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
McGaw Pavilion, Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium, 240 E. Huron, Chicago
February 2020
Alzheimer's Disease Seminar Series: FTLD-TDP Types and Variants
Eileen H Bigio, MD | Paul E Steiner Research Professor of Pathology | Neuropathology Medical Director | Northwestern ADC Neuropathology Core Leader | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
McGaw Pavilion, 240 E. Huron, Chicago
Alzheimer's Disease Seminar Series: Mechanisms in Aging and Dementia (MAD) Training Grant Day
Karen Duff, Ph.D | Deputy Director | Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer s Disease and the Aging Brain | Professor | Department of Pathology and Cell Biology | Columbia University Medical Center | Department of Psychiatry | New York State Psychiatric Institute
McGaw Pavilion, Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium, 240 E. Huron, Chicago
March 2020
Alzheimer's Disease Seminar Series
Julie A. Schneider, MD, MS | Professor of Neuropathology | Neurology | Rush University
Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, Baldwin Auditorium, 303 E. Superior, Chicago
Alzheimer's Disease Seminar Series
Bernardino Ghetti, MD | Distinguished Professor | Indiana University School of Medicine
McGaw Pavilion, Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium, 240 E. Huron, Chicago
May 2020
26th Annual Alzheimer Day
Alzheimer Day features a lecture by an outstanding investigator in the field of neurocognitive studies, followed by poster presentations by Northwestern clinicians and scientists. Scientists and interested members of the community have the opportunity to exchange scientific information and research. An afternoon session including a panel presentation invites audience participation for questions about new treatments and state-of-the-art care.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Feinberg Pavilion, Third-Floor Conference Center, 251 E. Huron, Chicago