Update on Alzheimer's Disease Featuring Dr. Rachelle Doody

Area: Greater Houston
Audience: Community, Caregiver
Location: IMAX Theater
Natural Science Museum
5555 Hermann Park Drive
Houston Texas 77030

Time: 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM

Registration Closed

Sign-in begins at 5:30pm

Advocacy Forum, 6pm-7pm, Make Your Voice Count!

Officials creating the National Alzheimer?????????????s Plan need to hear from people like you! Come out to this public forum and tell them what you want to see in a national strategy to help those affected by Alzheimer?????????????s disease.

Research Update Feauturing Dr. Rachelle Doody, 7pm-8:30pm

Dr. Doody is the Effie Marie Cain Chair in Alzheimer?????????????s Disease Research and Professor of Neurology at Baylor College of Medicine, where she directs the Alzheimer?????????????s Disease and Memory Disorders Center (ADMDC). She received a B.A. from Rice University, a M.D. from Baylor College of Medicine, and completed internship and residency training at the Royal Victoria Hospital and Montreal Neurologic Institute in Montreal, and at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Doody has a Ph.D. in Cognitive Anthropology from Rice University where she studied the brain and language. She has published over 135 original articles, most of which deal with the diagnosis, progression, or treatment of Alzheimer's Disease. She has received multiple research grants, including a Zenith Award from the National Alzheimer?????????????s Association, and conducted numerous clinical trials of Alzheimer's Disease therapies. She participates in National and International collaborative efforts, review boards, and advisory boards including Steering Committees for NIH AD Cooperative Study and AD Neuroimaging Initiative. Current research interests include studies to understand and model the progression of Alzheimer's Disease, studies of clinical heterogeneity, and research and development of new medications to treat Alzheimer's Disease. Dr. Doody has served on the Texas Council on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, the Board of Directors for the Houston and Southeast Texas Chapter of the Alzheimer?????????????s Association and is listed in Best Doctors in America. She received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Rice University in 2009.