Program Kickoff and Brainstorming Retreat on Alzheimer's Care
April 30, 2004 at Scheie Eye Institute Auditorium
Presbyterian Medical Center
University of Pennsylvania
39th and Market Streets, Philadelphia, PA
Hosted by:
University of Pennsylvania Institute on Aging and
the Pennsylvania Department of Aging
Sponsored by:
Marian S. Ware Alzheimer Program, Institute on Aging, Pennsylvania Department of Aging, Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, School of Nursing, Penn Alzheimer's Disease Center/Memory Disorders Clinic, The Rand/Hartford Center for Interdisciplinary Geriatric Health Care Research
Facilitated by:
Dr. John Trojanowski and
Pennsylvania Secretary of Aging Nora Dowd Eisenhower, JD
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:
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| 8:30 - 9:00 | Registration and Breakfast buffet |
| 9:00 - 9:10 | Opening Remarks Arthur Rubenstein, MBBCh, Dean, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Executive Vice President, University of Pennsylvania for the Health System Afaf Meleis, Ph.D., DrPS(hon), FAAN, Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing |
| 9:10 - 9:25 | Overview of the Brainstorming Retreat John Trojanowski, MD, PhD, William Maul Measey - Truman G. Schnabel, Jr. MD Professor of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Director of the Institute on Aging, Co-Director of the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Nora Dowd Eisenhower, JD, Secretary, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Aging |
| 9:25 - 9:40 | National Perspective on AD: Update on AD Programs from Around the Country Wendy L. Campbell, President, Alzheimer's Association, Delaware Valley Chapter |
| 9:40 - 10:00 | Development of an Alzheimer's disease (AD) Drug Discovery Program Virginia M.-Y. Lee, PhD, MBA, John H. Ware 3rd Professor in Alzheimer's Research and Director of the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Discussion |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | Development of an AD Diagnostic Biomarker Program Christopher Clark, MD, Department of Neurology, Penn Alzheimer's Disease Center/Memory Disorders Clinic, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Discussion |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Break |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | Development of a Healthy Brain Aging Program Kathryn Jedrziewski, PhD, Deputy Director of the Institute on Aging, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
| 11:40 - Noon | Discussion |
| Noon - 12:20 | Development of AD Clinical Trial Program Jason Karlawish, MD, Virginia Brown Fellow for Aging and Stroke Research, Division of Geriatrics, Penn Alzheimer's Disease Center/Memory Disorders Clinic, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
| 12:20 - 12:40 | Discussion |
| 12:40 - 1:40 | Lunch |
| 1:40 - 2:00 | Development of an AD Patient Care Program Mary Naylor, PhD, RN, Marian S. Ware Professor in Gerontology, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing |
| 2:00 - 2:20 | Discussion |
| 2:20 - 3:00 | Wrap up and summary of next steps Nora Dowd Eisenhower John Trojanowski, MD, PhD |




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