2024 4th Annual FHS-BAP Symposium

Hosts

Lindsay Farrer, PhD – Professor at Boston University Schools of Medicine & Public Health, PI of Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program

Rhoda Au, PhD – Professor at Boston University, Director of Neuropsychology, and PI of Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program

Agenda & Speakers

Welcome – Lindsay Farrer, PhD & Rhoda Au, PhD

12:30 PM – Blood and innate immunity in neurodegeneration: Mechanism, imaging, therapeutics – Katerina Akassoglou, PhD

1:00 PM – Does complement play a role in anti-amyloid antibody-induced vascular side effects in Alzheimer’s disease? – Cynthia Lemere, PhD

1:30 PM – Microglia: Key regulators of inflammatory signaling cascades during neurodegeneration – Dorothy Schafer, PhD

2:00 PM – The link between common, chronic viral infections and Alzheimer's disease – Richard Sherva, PhD

2:30 PM – Targeting chronic peripheral inflammation to reduce risk for age-related neurodegenerative diseases – Malú Tansey, PhD

3:00 PM – Discovery and development of novel small molecule candidates for altering the neuroinflammation-synaptic dysfunction axis – Daniel Watterson, PhD

4:00 PM – Panel Discussion & Closing