The Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Annual Fall Lecture is held each fall in Madison, Wisconsin. This free community education event offers news about cutting-edge research in Alzheimer's disease and provides information to help people improve brain heath and live healthier lives. The event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Geriatric Education Center (WGEC).
This free community event will showcased cutting-edge research in Alzheimer's disease and provided information to help people improve brain health and live healthier lives. The theme was prevention, and the speakers focused on the science behind Alzheimer's disease and dementia risk and delaying and preventing the onset of the disease.
Watch presentations from this event
Sanjay Asthana, MD, director, Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
"News from the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center"
Martha Clare Morris, ScD, Rush University, an authority on nutrition and aging and the creator of the MIND diet for healthy brain aging
"Nutrition and Dementia: The MIND Diet"
Heather Johnson, MD, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
"Keys to a Healthy Heart and a Healthy Mind"
Jill Barnes, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Kinesiology
"The Role of Exercise in Healthy Aging"
Additional resources
Answers to question from the event Q&A
View the 2017 Fall Lecture program.
