捆绑SM社区 Cares: Understanding Early Onset Dementia
Join us on聽July 7, 2021聽at noon for the next webcast in our biweekly series,聽捆绑SM社区 Cares, designed to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster, Alzheimer Care Consultant and Founder of the 捆绑SM社区 Dementia Education Program, will explore topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.
Understanding Early Onset Dementia
Dr. Pedro Rosa-Neto is a Professor in the Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery and Psychiatry at 捆绑SM社区 and the Director of the 捆绑SM社区 Research Centre for Studies in Aging. He was recently named Adjunct Professor at the Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology. He is a Clinical Neurologist with expertise in the quantification of dementia pathophysiology and preclinical diagnosis of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease using biomarkers. He has been recognized by the Fonds de la recherche en sant茅 du Qu茅bec (FRSQ) as a Senior Scholar and has a leadership role in the Team II Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR-CCNA).
Dr. Rosa-Neto will speak about early onset dementia, focusing on how and when it is diagnosed, the specific issues faced by those receiving the diagnosis, whether any measures can be taken to delay progression and possible treatments on the horizon.
This webcast is free and open to the public.
beginning at 12:00 pm EDT on Wednesday, July 7th.
