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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) <https://www.ninds.nih.gov/>
National Institute on Aging (NIA) <https://www.nia.nih.gov/>
For Immediate Release: Monday, March 14, 2022
CONTACTS: NINDS Press Team, 301-496-5751, <e-mail:NINDSPressTeam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
NIA Press Team, 301-496-1752, <e-mail:NIAPressTeam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
MEDIA ADVISORY
MEDIA BRIEFING: KEY DEMENTIA RESEARCH PRESENTED AT THE 2022 ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE-RELATED DEMENTIAS (ADRD) SUMMIT
WHAT:
Leaders from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA) will brief reporters on advances in dementia research and top scientific priorities as part of the Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementias (ADRD) Summit 2022. Focusing on Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementias (AD/ADRD), topics will include approaches to reducing risk of developing these diseases; COVID-19 and dementia; health equity in diagnosis and treatment; and the emerging understanding that, in any individual affected by dementia, there are typically multiple contributing disease processes in the brain. NINDS and NIA are parts of the National Institutes of Health.
WHO:
Remarks:
-- Walter Koroshetz, M.D., Director, NINDS
-- Eliezer Masliah, M.D., Director, Division of Neuroscience, NIA
-- Natalia Rost, M.D., M.P.H., ADRD Summit Scientific Chair; Stroke Division Chief, Massachusetts General Hospital
-- Roderick Corriveau, Ph.D., Program Director, NINDS
WHEN:
Wednesday, March 23, 2022, from 9-9:45 a.m. EDT
HOW:
The press briefing will be conducted via Zoom Webinar. To register for the briefing, please visit: <https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_yC3G6EBDS3qtSzqB6U9kNw>. It is recommended that you register no later than 20 minutes before the event.
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