BLC Panel: Healthy Brain Aging 2/28/12

BLC Event: Healthy Brain Aging
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
6:00 p.m. Networking
6:45 p.m. Panel Presentation
8:00 p.m. More Networking
No matter what your age, it’s essential to understand the factors that enable us to maintain a healthy mind. The latest studies show that both genes and environment explain why some people’s brains age better than others. Can cognitive decline be predicted, and what can we do to stop it?
MODERATOR
Janice Schwartz, MD, Director of Research, Jewish Home
SPEAKERS
Adam Boxer, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurology, UCSF
Gregory J. Tranah, PhD, Scientist, California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute
Kristine Yaffe, MD, Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology and Epidemiology, UCSF; Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry and Director of the Memory Disorders Clinic, San Francisco VA Medical Center
At Morrison & Foerster, 425 Market Street, 33rd Floor, San Francisco