Thursday, May 17, 2011: Luncheon
meeting, No-Host Bar: 11:30 AM; Lunch Served: 12:00 PM
Location: Berkeley Yacht Club, 1 Seawall Drive
Guest Speaker: Dr. William Jagust, MD, Prof. & Head of the Division of Community Health & Human Development, UC Berkeley and LBNL Faculty Senior Scientist.
Title: Amyloid, Aging and Alzheimer's Disease
Topic: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an increasingly important factor for our aging population where experts estimate that 5.1 million Americans have AD. Unless AD can be treated or prevented, the number of people with the disease will increase dramatically since the disease is age related and the U.S. population is aging. The number of afflicted people is expected to double for every 5 year interval after age 65. This talk will examine how amyloid-PET imaging has informed our thinking about AD by exploring several specific questions. The first is an examination of normal aging, asking whether healthy older people with evidence of substantial Aβ deposition are destined to develop AD and if not, how is it avoided? A second question involves an examination of how amyloid imaging has changed our conceptualization of the cause and progression of AD. Finally, the talk will explore how these insights are useful for developing therapeutic approaches to AD. (See newsletter article for full details.)
Thursday, July 12, 2012: Board of
Directors meeting, 3:00 p.m.
Location: Bldg. 70 Room 191
Thursday, August 16, 2011: Luncheon
meeting, No-Host Bar: 11:30 AM; Lunch Served: 12:00 PM
Location: Spengers 1919 Fourth Street
Guest Speaker: To be announced
Title: To be announced
Topic: To be announced
Thursday, October 11, 2012: Board of
Directors meeting, 3:00 p.m.
Location: To be announced
Thursday, November 15, 2011: Luncheon
meeting, No-Host Bar: 11:30 AM; Lunch Served: 12:00 PM
Location: Berkeley Yacht Club, 1 Seawall Drive
Guest Speaker: To be announced
Title: To be announced
Topic: To be announced
Visit the UC Berkeley Retirement Center web site for events that LBL retirees are also elgible to attend.
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