Alzheimer's and Dementia Research Webinars

Join the Alzheimer’s Association and ISTAART for a series of webinars that share the latest advances in Alzheimer's and dementia research, as well as strategies for career development.

More information on the types of webinars offered can be found here

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Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems PIA: Year in Review

January 19, 2024
During this webinar speakers will highlight notable publications in the field since January 2023, followed by a panel discussion on predictions for 2024.
PIA - Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems ISTAART Year in Review
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Frontotemporal Dementia and Related Disorders PIA: Year in Review

January 18, 2024
During this webinar speakers will highlight notable publications in the field since January 2023, followed by a panel discussion on predictions for 2024.
PIA - Frontotemporal Dementia & Related Disorders ISTAART Year in Review
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Sleep and Circadian Rhythms PIA: Year in Review

January 17, 2024
During this webinar speakers will highlight notable publications in the field since January 2023, followed by a panel discussion on predictions for 2024.
PIA - Sleep and Circadian Rhythms ISTAART Year in Review
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Nutrition, Metabolism and Dementia PIA: Year in Review

January 16, 2024
During this webinar speakers will highlight notable publications in the field since January 2023, followed by a panel discussion on predictions for 2024.
PIA - Nutrition,Metabolism and Dementia ISTAART Year in Review
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Neuropsychiatric Syndromes PIA: Year in Review

January 11, 2024
During this webinar speakers will highlight notable publications in the field since January 2023, followed by a panel discussion on predictions for 2024.
ISTAART Year in Review PIA - Neuropsychiatric Syndromes
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Reserve, Resilience and Protective Factors PIA: Year in Review

January 10, 2024
During this webinar speakers will highlight notable publications in the field since January 2023, followed by a panel discussion on predictions for 2024.
PIA - Reserve,Resilience and Protective Factors ISTAART Year in Review
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Diversity and Disparities PIA – Bilingualism, Literacy and Language Special Interest Group (SIG): Year in Review

January 5, 2024
During this webinar speakers will highlight notable publications in the field since January 2023, followed by a panel discussion on predictions for 2024.
PIA - Diversity and Disparities ISTAART Year in Review
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Biofluid Based Biomarkers PIA: Year in Review

January 4, 2024
During this webinar speakers will highlight notable publications in the field since January 2023, followed by a panel discussion on predictions for 2024.
PIA - Biofluid Based Biomarkers ISTAART Year in Review
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ISTAART Guide to AAIC: Abstracts

January 4, 2024
Join us for a step-by-step guide, an overview of logistics, and expert insight from Agustin Ibanez
ISTAART Guide to AAIC
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PIA to Elevate Early Career Researchers (PEERs) South America Continent Group: Alzheimer Biomarkers in Latin American

December 15, 2023
Most imaging and fluid biomarker knowledge comes from Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) studies led in high-income countries. We discuss state-of-the-art AD imaging and fluid biomarkers in Latin America, highlighting barriers and potential solutions.
PIA - PIA to Elevate Early Career Researchers
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ISTAART Journal Club: Meet the Author

December 8, 2023
Camila de Avila leads conversation Kanza Khan and Nagalakshmi Balasubramanian
ISTAART Journal Club: Meet the Author PIA - Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems
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Narrative Showcase: Dementia Stories for Impact - Voices from Latin America

December 7, 2023
Storytelling transports us into the lives of others, raises awareness, creates connections, and emphasizes change as needed. We'll focus on Latin American authors and their stories to educate about dementia and advocate for this debilitating disease.
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Clinical Trials Advancement and Methods & Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease PIAs: ADRD trial advancements in Down syndrome

December 6, 2023
Key concepts include use of plasma assays and applications in study design (recruitment/outcomes), open label design, use of trial ready cohorts, stratification by tau at baseline and dose-reduction after prespecified amyloid levels are reached, etc.
PIA - Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease PIA - Clinical Trials Advancement and Methods
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Neuroimaging PIA: Introduction to brain visualization software

December 1, 2023
The webinar provides an overview of three open-access software for brain rendering and visualization (ggseg on R, nilearn on python and the Connectome Workbench). Attendees learn the basic steps to get started on these software.
PIA - Neuroimaging
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Clinical Trials Advancement and Methods PIA & PIA to Elevate Early Career Researchers (PEERs): What I Wish I Knew When Leading Clinical Trials

November 30, 2023
Join us for a conversation with experts in dementia research who offer advice for early-career researchers on how to conduct clinical trials in neurodegenerative diseases.
PIA - PIA to Elevate Early Career Researchers PIA - Clinical Trials Advancement and Methods
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ISTAART Guide to AAIC: Perspectives and Featured Research Sessions

November 30, 2023
Join us for a step-by-step guide, an overview of logistics, and expert insight from Paulo Caramelli.
ISTAART Guide to AAIC
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Neuroimaging PIA: Brain imaging genetics in Alzheimer's Disease

November 29, 2023
The webinar provides an overview of the history and advancements in brain imaging genetics within the continuum of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and how AI techniques can be seamlessly incorporated into brain imaging genetics research for AD.
PIA - Neuroimaging
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Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease & Reserve, Resilience and Protective Factors PIAs: Cognitive Reserve in Adults with Down Syndrome

November 28, 2023
The webinar debates how concepts within the framework of cognitive reserve and brain resilience can be applied in Down Syndrome (DS), with the overarching goal of extending the period of mild AD-symptoms and increase the overall quality of life.
PIA - Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease PIA - Reserve,Resilience and Protective Factors
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Diversity and Disparities PIA: Alzheimer’s disease across languages

November 17, 2023
How do linguistic deficits in Alzheimer’s disease vary across languages? And what are the key challenges for developing cross-linguistically valid tests? Join us for an exciting discussion panel around these questions and more.
PIA - Diversity and Disparities
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Latin America and the Caribbean Consortium on Dementia: Epigenetics and social determinants of health

November 16, 2023
Epigenetics explores how environmental factors can modify gene expression without altering the DNA sequence, influencing health outcomes.
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Vascular Cognitive Disorders PIA: Vascular Consequences of TBI and Implications for Aging

November 16, 2023
Evidence suggests that TBI can progress to accelerated aging and Alzheimer’s Disease. Vascular perturbations in TBI and AD also share similarities. Using a range of methods, we highlight vascular structure function alterations in TBI and AD.
PIA - Vascular Cognitive Disorders
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Cognition & Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems PIAs: Roles of subcortical neural dysfunction in AD

November 9, 2023
Speakers present that substantia nigra integrity associates with poorer recognition memory for novel stimuli in early AD and that reduced LC-transentorhinal cortex connections in DTI relate to higher CSF tau burden in healthy older individuals.
PIA - Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems PIA - Cognition
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Biofluid Based Biomarkers in Neuropsychiatric Syndromes - The Diagnostic Challenges Webinar

November 8, 2023
Biomarkers and behavioural features may signal dementia onset or differential diagnosis between dementia syndromes, though sensitivity and specificity are highly variable. We address such diagnostic challenges in this interactive webinar.
PIA - Biofluid Based Biomarkers PIA - Neuropsychiatric Syndromes
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Frontotemporal Dementia and Related Disorders PIA: Past, present and future of FTD Genetics

November 7, 2023
This webinar is intended for FTD researchers and covers the basics of FTD genetics (from Mendelian genes to risk factors), the cohorts currently available for genetic studies as well as ongoing projects to recruit more and diverse participants.
PIA - Frontotemporal Dementia & Related Disorders
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Electrophysiology & Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems PIAs: Tracking subcortical activity in Alzheimer’s disease

November 6, 2023
Learn how the Alzheimer’s risk variant TREM2 promotes network hyperexcitability in a thalamocortical circuit, and how aging impacts associations between locus coeruleus functional connectivity and cognitive and affective functions.
PIA - Electrophysiology PIA - Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems