BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e570fe66a9f1f157f3bd1cad7c83beeb12 CATEGORIES:Educational Events SUMMARY:Emerging Trends in Brain Health: Advancing Research and Equity Across Systems LOCATION:Alzheimer's Association Oregon & Southwest Washington Chapter \, 1650 NW Na ito Pkwy, Suite 190\, Portland, OR 97209 DESCRIPTION:
Bring your lunch and join us f or this event!
Presenter Walter Dawson, PhD, is a health and aging po licy researcher and lifelong advocate for people living with Alzheimer's di sease. Dr. Dawson currently serves as an Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brai n Health with the Global Brain Health Institute at the University of Califo rnia, San Francisco, and is an Adjunct Professor at the Institute on Aging at Portland State University. His research focuses on comparative health po licy, long-term services and supports financing, and public policies and pr ograms that support people living with dementia and their family care partn ers.
The presentation explores the way systems-level interventions in cluding public policies can promote brain health. Dr. Dawson’s research foc uses on reducing the economic burden of dementia on individuals, families, and the public programs that fund care. As an Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health, Dr. Dawson will also discuss the innovative approach of the Global Brain Health Institute, co-located at the University of California, San Francisco and Trinity College Dublin Ireland, to advance equity in brai n health across the world.
Registration Fee:
Parking is free. Registrants will recei ve a link to a printable parking pass in their registration confirmation em ail.
Please register here.
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