Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman's research at the Center for BrainHealth at the University of Texas at Dallas explores how to improve brain health and increase resilience against cognitive decline. 

This study on the REST protein led by Dr. Bruce Yankner, of the Harvard University Medical School, is a huge breakthrough in our understanding of how the brain works. 

Dr. Reisa Sperling is leading a study into a new drug treatment that could prevent memory loss before symptoms show. The changes in the brain that lead to Alzheimer’s occur years before symptoms, such as forgetfulness, appear. Dr. Sperling is leading the Anti-Amyloid Treatment in Asymptomatic Alzheimer’s (A4 for short) study which targets amyloid, a protein that builds up in the brain and that some researchers believe leads to memory loss. One thousand men and women are needed to participate in this three-year study, which has over 60 site locations. This call was made possible by the generous support of the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation.

Researchers have discovered a first-of-its-kind blood test for Alzheimer's disease that can predict - with 90 percent accuracy - if a healthy person will develop this cruel disease within three years. Dr. Howard Federoff, the Executive Vice President for Health Sciences at Georgetown University Medical Center and Executive Dean of Georgetown University School of Medicine, led the team and briefed us on why his biomarker study is a potential game-changer. This call was made possible by the generous support of the Zickler Family Foundation. 

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A discussion with Bernard Munos, Founder of InnoThink, and named one of the 25 most influential people in biopharma by FiercePharma. He discussed his analysis of the drug pipeline, its status and the drugs in it, as well as his recommendations for how we can organize research more effectively and lower the cost of innovation and reduce the risk of failure so that we can get to a cure faster and at lower cost.This call was made possible by the generous support of the Zickler Family Foundation.

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