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.

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ISTAART Journal Club: Meet the Author

May 25, 2022
Mareike Ludwig leads a conversation with Anne S Berry and then Tia Lamore leads conversation with Winston Thomas Chu and David E. Vaillancourt
ISTAART Journal Club: Meet the Author PIA - Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems
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Technology and Dementia & Health Policy PIA's - Technology and Policy: A Panel Discussion on How Policy Impacts Our Work and How Our Work Can Impact Policy

May 24, 2022
This webinar helps technology researchers, policymakers and industry stakeholders describe how their work can impact policy. Panelists present their experiences at the intersection of research and policy and engage in a Q&A.
PIA - Health Policy PIA - Technology and Dementia
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Clinical Trials Advancement and Methods & Diversity and Disparities PIAs: Increasing sustained diversity in Alzheimer's disease and related dementia clinical trials.

May 23, 2022
There is a need for AD clinical trials to improve recruitment, enrollment, and retention of diverse populations to ensure potential treatments are safe, effective, accessible, and equitable. Globalization of AD clinical trials is also discussed.
PIA - Diversity and Disparities PIA - Clinical Trials Advancement and Methods
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Neuroimaging PIA: Getting started with connectomics analysis

May 12, 2022
This webinar is a primer on how to setup, generate, review and interpret structural and functional connectivity analyses. Speakers go over best practices and what pitfalls to watch out for with their work.
PIA - Neuroimaging
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Vascular Cognitive Disorders PIA: New advances in biomedical sciences transferable to VCID research?

May 6, 2022
We discuss recent advances in three-photon microscopy and single-molecule imaging as tools to deeper brain regions and intra-cellular dynamics. We focus on the feasibility and transferability of technologies for VCID research.
PIA - Vascular Cognitive Disorders
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Subjective Cognitive Disorders PIA: Subjective complaints in the setting of AD clinical trials

May 5, 2022
We examine subjective complaints in AD clinical trials with an emphasis on the role in trial design, recruitment, and outcome measurement in preclinical AD trials that enroll cognitively unimpaired participants who are biomarker eligible.
PIA - Subjective Cognitive Decline
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PIA to Elevate Early Career Researchers - Early Career Dementia Researchers: Drivers of Discovery

May 4, 2022
How are dementia early career researchers (ECRs) doing? We present results from the 2021 PEERs/UCL global survey of dementia ECRs, covering careers and more.
PIA - PIA to Elevate Early Career Researchers
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Diversity and Disparities PIA & Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology (SBCN): Racial Disparities in Disorders of Cognition

May 3, 2022
We raise awareness for the need of diverse practitioners and how to recruit patients representing underserved populations. We explore how symptoms and treatments vary across populations and how to ensure equitable, accessible care for all.
PIA - Diversity and Disparities
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ISTAART Journal Club: Meet the Author

May 3, 2022
Marta Milà Alomà leads a conversation with Ashvini Keshavan, Jonathan M Schott and Thomas K. Karikari and then Yanaika Hok-A-hin leads conversation with Michelle M Mielke
PIA - Biofluid Based Biomarkers ISTAART Journal Club: Meet the Author
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Nutrition, Metabolism and Dementia PIA: Caffeine consumption and Dementia: Are Lewy Bodies the link?

April 28, 2022
The webinar discusses the use of clinical and postmortem measures of Rush’s Memory and Aging Project and large sample size of the UK Biobank to investigate the association between dietary caffeine intake and cognitive impairment.
PIA - Nutrition,Metabolism and Dementia
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Design and Data Analytics PIA : Power Calculations for Alzheimer's Clinical Trials.

April 27, 2022
Sample size computations for longitudinal AD studies are critical to ensure studies are sufficiently powered to provide reliable/valid inferences. We demonstrate a R Shiny package developed for commonly used formulas for continuous outcomes.
PIA - Design and Data Analytics
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Neuroimaging PIA: Advanced MR imaging in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias

April 21, 2022
The basic principles and latest advances in arterial spin labelling and diffusion weighted imaging discussed in the context of neurodegenerative diseases. The application of these techniques, focusing on scientific research is covered.
PIA - Neuroimaging
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Down Syndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease PIA: Sleep and Alzheimer's Disease in Down Syndrome

April 20, 2022
This webinar presents the latest advances in Sleep and Alzheimer's Disease in Down Syndrome.
PIA - Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease
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ISTAART Journal Club: Meet the Author

April 19, 2022
Sanjna Singh leads conversation with Yin Xu
ISTAART Journal Club: Meet the Author
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Immunity and Neurodegeneration PIA: Roles of the adaptive immune system in neurodegenerative disorders.

April 14, 2022
The CNS barrier tissues are densely populated by adaptive immune cells that are in a constant crosstalk with neurons and glia. Recent evidence highlights the important roles of this neuroimmune communication in numerous neurodegenerative diseases.
PIA - Immunity and Neurodegeneration
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Reserve, Resilience and Protective Factors PIA: Outcomes of the Collaboratory on Research Definitions for Reserve and Resilience in Cognitive Aging and Dementia.

April 13, 2022
Dr. Yaakov Stern describes the process through which this collaboratory has provided a new framework for research terms and gathered resources for human and animal studies. Planned future efforts and potential PIA participation are discussed.
PIA - Reserve,Resilience and Protective Factors
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ISTAART Journal Club: Meet the Author

April 11, 2022
Deepti Putcha leads a conversation with Irene Sintini and Jennifer Whitwell and then Nick Corriveau-Lecavalier leads conversation with Annie Hiniker and David Salmon
ISTAART Journal Club: Meet the Author PIA - Atypical Alzheimer's Disease
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Neuroimaging PIA - PET imaging in ADRD: Beyond amyloid and tau.

March 30, 2022
An overview of how PET imaging can be used to detect changes in neuroinflammation and synaptic density related to Alzheimer’s disease and what it tells us about the disease process.
PIA - Neuroimaging
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Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems PIA: Understanding the biological contributions to the magnetic resonance imaging-contrast of catecholaminergic nuclei

March 28, 2022
MRI scans of catecholaminergic nuclei differ between Alzheimer’s patients and controls. However, we lack a full understanding of the underlying mechanism. We discuss biological correlates of the MRI contrast to help interpreting differences in AD.
PIA - Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems
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ISTAART Journal Club: Meet the Author

March 23, 2022
Silvia Chapman leads a conversation with M Willem S. Eikelboom and Janne M. Papma
PIA - Subjective Cognitive Decline ISTAART Journal Club: Meet the Author
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Atypical Alzheimer's Disease & Frontotemporal Dementia and Related Disorders PIAs: Overlap between the language variant of Alzheimer's disease and primary progressive aphasia

March 21, 2022
This program will cover overlap between the language variant of AD and primary progressive aphasia
PIA - Frontotemporal Dementia & Related Disorders PIA - Atypical Alzheimer's Disease
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Design and Data Analytics PIA - Artificial Intelligence (AI) Application in Dementia Research: An Overview of Literature

March 17, 2022
Attendees enhance their understanding of how AI can be applied to dementia research, including neuroimaging, EEG/retinal imaging, genetic risk profile, biomarkers, and speech and language features.
PIA - Design and Data Analytics
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Biofluid Based Biomarkers and Health Policy PIAs - Global implementation of blood-based biomarkers (BBB) in AD : Part II : Gaps and opportunities

March 10, 2022
This webinar focuses on clinical implementation of BBB. Expert panelists discuss a framework to demonstrate BBB’s value, equity and inclusion in research, & challenges of disclosure in risk prediction. Followed by an interactive discussion.
PIA - Biofluid Based Biomarkers PIA - Health Policy
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ISTAART Guide to Grants - Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)

March 10, 2022
Hear from the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) an introduction and overview of CDMRP global funding opportunities.
ISTAART Guide to Grants
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ISTAART Journal Club: Meet the Author

March 10, 2022
Ece Bayram leads a conversation with Maria C. Gonzalez and then Parichita Choudhury leads a conversation with Vincenzo Donadio and Wenquan Zou.
ISTAART Journal Club: Meet the Author PIA - Lewy Body Dementias