IOA Events

IOA Visiting Scholars Series and Neurodegenerative Disease Grand Rounds Lectures

Internal speakers (Penn) are considered Neurodegenerative Disease Grand Round lectures. External speakers are IOA Visiting Scholars and Grand rounds combined. These lectures take place every other Tuesday around noon in the Biomedical Research Building unless otherwise noted. Lunch will be provided. 
 

  • January 14, 2025
    AI-driven spatial comics
    Mingyao Li, PhD

    University of Pennsylvania, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics
    12:00pm  |  Biomedical Research Building Room 252 and online
    Register at: bit.ly/Grand-Rounds-2025

  • January 28, 2025
    “Primary and Secondary Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease: Latest updates from the field”
    Jessica Langbaum, PhD
    Senior Director, Research Strategy, Banner Alzheimer’s Institute (BAI)
    12:00pm  |  Biomedical Research Building Room 252 and online
    Register here.

  • February 11, 2025
    “Vulnerability of TDP-43 deficient neurons to caspase 3 in an MED mouse model contributes to exacerbated tauopathy”
    Philip Wong, PhD
    Professor, Departments of Pathology and Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins Medicine
    12:00 PM  |  John Morgan Building (JMB), The Class OF 1962 Auditorium & Online
    Registration coming soon

The Sylvan M. Cohen Annual Retreat and Poster Session
  • March 11, 2025

    Co-sponsored by Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology
    "Environmental Impacts on Neurodegeneration"
    8:30am – 4:30pm  |  Biomedical Research Building
    Learn more here.

The Mary and Joseph Pignolo Lectureship
  • April 22, 2025
    Dena Dubal, MD, PhD  |  2024 Awardee
    Professor, Neurology, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences
    1:00 – 3:30pm  |  Biomedical Research Building
    Lecture 1-2pm, Reception 2-3:30pm