Easton-BRI Dementia Colloquium

Easton-BRI Dementia Colloquium is a monthly academic conference held jointly by the Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer's Research and Care at UCLA (Easton Center) and the UCLA Brain Research Institute (BRI).  

Easton-BRI Dementia Colloquium

presents:

[Part A]

Title: “Social Ties to Brain Integrity in Older Black Adults”

Kacie Deters, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

and

Title: “Investigating the Intersection of Genetic and Social Factors on Cognitive Decline in Older Black Adults”

Katelyn Mooney, PhD Candidate, Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program, Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

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[Part B]

Title: “New Mouse Genetic Tools to Dissect Alzheimer’s Pathologies at Single-Neuron Resolution”

X. William Yang, MD, PhD, Professor, Terry Semel Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Treatment Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics, Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior; Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

and

Title: “Probing a Neuroprotective PLCG2 Variant in AD, Aging, and Therapeutics”

C.Y. Daniel Lee, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics, Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior; Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA