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THE NEW ISSUE IS IN!!!
2006 Spring Issue of the MRC Communicator

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Calendar of Events

February 2006

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Tuesday Seminar Series

"The Stigma of Alzheimer’s Disease: Perceptions of African American Community Leaders and Members"

Snigdha Mukherjee, PhD

Assistant Professor, Division of Health Services Research

UAMS

Time: 12 noon

Location: UAMS ACRC 10th Floor Auditorium

Lunch provided to the first 50 attendees

For more information, contact Marian Hart at 501-603-1294

 

March 2006

Wednesday, March 1, 2006

Liberty Hill Baptist Church Series on Aging and Dementia

"Overview of Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia"

Presenter: K. Morgan Sauer, M.D.

                   Assistant Professor, UAMS Dept. of Geriatrics

Time: 6:30-7:30pm

Location: Liberty Hill Baptist Church Fellowship Hall

                1215 S. Schiller

                Little Rock, AR  72202

                Click here for directions and map

No registration required; refreshments & parking provided

 

Wednesday, March 8, 2006

Liberty Hill Baptist Church Series on Aging and Dementia

"Mind Games: Making the Memory Work"

Presenter: Priscilla Pittman, Program Coordinator

                   Alzheimer's Arkansas Programs and Services

Time: 6:30-7:30pm

Location: Liberty Hill Baptist Church Fellowship Hall

                1215 S. Schiller

                Little Rock, AR  72202

                Click here for directions and map

No registration required; refreshments & parking provided

 

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Tuesday Seminar Series

"Biomarkers of Preclinical and Early Stage Alzheimer's Disease: 

The Promise of Old Stand-bys and Emerging Technologies"

Anne Fagan, PhD

Research Associate Professor of Neurology

Washington University, St. Louis

Time: 12 noon

Location: UAMS ACRC 10th Floor Auditorium

Lunch provided to the first 60 attendees

For more information, contact Marian Hart at 501-603-1294

 

Wednesday, March 15 , 2006

Liberty Hill Baptist Church Series on Aging and Dementia

"Caring for the Person with Dementia"

Presenter: Edith Altheimer, PhD

                   Chief of Social Work Services

                   Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System

Time: 6:30-7:30pm

Location: Liberty Hill Baptist Church Fellowship Hall

                1215 S. Schiller

                Little Rock, AR  72202

                Click here for directions and map

No registration required; refreshments & parking provided

 

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Liberty Hill Baptist Church Series on Aging and Dementia

"Legal Issues in Caregiving"

Presenter: Raymon B. Harvey, PA, JD

                  Elder and Disability Law

Time: 6:30-7:30pm

Location: Liberty Hill Baptist Church Fellowship Hall

                1215 S. Schiller

                Little Rock, AR  72202

                Click here for directions and map

No registration required; refreshments & parking provided

 

Friday, March 31, 2006

4th Annual Alzheimer's Caregiver Symposium

Hope for the Future

Location: Geyer Springs First Baptist Church

                Fellowship Hall/Adult Education Building

                12400 Interstate 30, Exit 128

                 Little Rock, AR

Keynote speakers include Naomi Feil, founder of Validation, and Dr. Mark Pippenger.

For more information, please contact Stephanie Hull at 501-224-0021 or 800-689-6090. You can also visit the Alzheimer's Arkansas Programs and Services website at www.alzark.org.

April 2006

Saturday, April 8, 2006

Alzheimer's Association Central Arkansas Regional Center

Memory Walk

Location: Arkansas State University Courtyard

                Jonesboro, AR

Time: Registration begins at 9am; Walk begins at 10a.

For more information, please contact Kathleen Veleck at 501-265-0027.

 

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Tuesday Seminar Series

"How Neurons Die in Alzheimer's Disease"

Rachael Lee Neve, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Harvard Medical School

Time: 12 noon

Location: UAMS ACRC 10th Floor Auditorium

Lunch provided to the first 60 attendees

For more information, contact Marian Hart at 501-603-1294

 

May 2006

Tuesday, May 9, 2006

Tuesday Seminar Series

Mohit Chopra, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry

UAMS

Time: 12 noon

Location: UAMS ACRC 10th Floor Auditorium

Lunch provided to the first 60 attendees

For more information, contact Marian Hart at 501-603-1294

 

 

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