Barb Bendlin, PhD, was the keynote speaker at the Alzheimer’s Association Wisconsin Chapter’s 37th Annual Wisconsin State Conference, held May 21-22, 2023, at the Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin Dells, WI. Each year, the Wisconsin State Conference conference attracts hundreds of professional and family care providers and is one of the largest and most comprehensive statewide conferences dedicated to Alzheimer's and dementia.
Bendlin’s talk, “Detection, diagnosis, and drug treatment: What is the role of Alzheimer's disease biomarkers?” highlighted the range of biomarkers that are used to identify Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. She also discussed different drug treatments that are in various stages of development, such as aducanumab, lecanemab and donanemab.
Other staff members from the Wisconsin ADRC led workshops at the conference, including Sacheen Lawrence, Native American Outreach Specialist, who co-led “Addressing barriers in Indigenous participation in Alzheimer’s research,” a workshop discussing the barriers Indigenous people face.
