UWeek Vol.15, No.35 August 20, 1998

Grant for more than $6 million will establish center on kid’s risks from pesticides

Sir Roy Calne to give Strauss Lecture

European diabetes group holds course here next week

Dentistry schedules Research Day ’98

Medical school names assistant dean for curriculum

Harvard neurobiologist to give Pain Center’s Gunn-Loke Lecture

Alzheimer’s disease public forum planned Sept. 9

Eye surgeon becomes chair of Ophthalmology

Alzheimer’s disease public forum planned Sept. 9

A free public forum on “Alzheimer’s Disease: Current Advances in Clinical Care and Research” will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, in Kane Hall, room 101, on campus.

The forum is sponsored by the UW Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and the UW School of Nursing’s de Tornyay Center on Healthy Aging.

Speakers and topics include:

Dr. Tom Bird, “Is Alzheimer’s Disease Inherited? Update on What We Know about the Genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease.”

Dr. Jay Uomoto, “Is Alzheimer’s Disease Different in Different Peoples? Research Findings in Cross-Cultural Research on Alzheimer’s Disease.”

Dr. Elaine Peskind, “Treatments on the Horizon: Current and Anticipated Medications for Alzheimer’s Disease.”

Dr. Linda Teri, “Treatments on the Horizon: Strategies for Families Caring for Alzheimer’s Patients.”

For more information, call Marie Kirkman at 685-9114. ¶

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August 20, 1998