2008 Spring ADRC Meeting

Note: Following are links to available presentations from the meeting. The full agendas can be found here.

Directors meeting

Updates

NIA: Taylor Harden, PhD — Acting Deputy Director
Clinical Task Force.: John Morris, MD — Chair; Director, Washington University
ADGC.: Gerard Schellenberg, PhD — Project Director

New approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of dementia

Tau mechanism in dementia.: Lennart Mucke, MD — Professor, University of California, San Francisco
Microglia: Friend or foe?: Li Gan, PhD — Asst. Professor, University of California, San Francisco

Clinical core leaders meeting

Initial UDS Neuropsychological Battery findings.: Sandra Weintraub, PhD — Clinical Core Leader, Northwestern University
UDS 2.0 review: Extended CDR® for FTD.: David Knopman, MD — Clinical Core Leader, Mayo Clinic

Administrators meeting

Welcome.: Virginia Buckles, PhD — Chair, Administrators Steering Committee
NIA Review Procedures.: Robin Barr, D Phil — Office of Extramural Affairs, NIA
Summary (Pink) Sheet Comments — Dos and Don'ts from "Last Time".: Judy DeCarteret — Administrator, Boston University

Panel: Alzheimer’s Disease Centers’ Infrastructures & Scientific Missions: Windows of Opportunity from Coast to Coast

Moderator: Liang Yap, PhD.: Administrator, Massachusetts ADRC
Dana Swenson-Dravis, MA.: Administrator, Mayo Clinic
Annie Barz, MS.: Administrator, Rush University
Jayne LaGrande, MBA.: Administrator, University of California, Davis