2025 5th 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

12:00 PM – Using High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry to Study Alzheimer’s Disease – Gary Miller, PhD

12:30 PM – Some Dirt Might Hurt: What We Know About the Effects of Common Environmental Exposures on Dementia Risk – Jennifer Weuve, MPH, ScD

1:00 PM – Unraveling Environmental Contributions to Alzheimer’s Disease: A Closer Look at the Exposome – Richard Kwok, PhD

1:30 PM – Impact of the Adverse Social Exposome on Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias – Amy Kind, MD, PhD

2:00 PM – Neural Exposome Factors in the Onset and Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias: Experimental Approaches and Clinical Implications – Giulio Pasinetti, MD, PhD

2:30 PM – Resilience and Risk to Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias; Lifecourse Contributions to Disparities in Brain Health – Rachel Whitmer, PhD

3:00 PM – Panel Discussion & Closing