Dementia/Alzheimers Survivors

Dementia Survivors Support Group

Event by Bliley’s and Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Richmond

FEBRUARY 21, 2022 AT 1 PM – 3 PM

3801 Augusta Ave, Richmond

Tickets:
 https://forms.gle/Cz71v4uwxqRB5RdWA

Uncovering the unique grief of losing a loved one to a Dementia related disease. This group is open to anyone who has lost a loved one to a Dementia related disease.

This group will be held in person.


Tau2022 Global Conference

About the Conference:

Leading tau experts will convene for the Tau2022 Global Conference to collaborate and discuss key issues impacting the tau research community. This hybrid conference, held in Washington, D.C., and online, provides a forum for members of academia, industry, philanthropy and government to:

  • Discuss tau-based biology, biomarkers, therapeutics and phenotypes.
  • Attract talent and funding to the study of tauopathies, particularly among early career researchers.
  • Increase interdisciplinary alignment and collaboration around challenges in tau research.

Feb. 22-23, 2022
 JW Marriott Washington, D.C. and online

  • Professionals: $100 in-person attendance; $25 virtual attendance.
  • Students and postdoctoral researchers: $50 in-person attendance; free virtual attendance.

REGISTER BELOW:

  https://www.intheorious.com/alz/pub/tau2022a/

The Mission of the Tau Consortium is to accelerate the development of new treatments for tauopathies, such as Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Frontotemporal Dementias, Alzheimer’s Disease, and other neurodegenerative diseases associated with neuropathological dysfunction of the tau protein.

Agenda:

  • Phenotypes and Subtypes, featuring Bruce Miller, Chiadi Onyike, Gesine Respondek, Jonathan Rohrer, Diana Matallana, Suzee Lee and Julie Schneider.
  • Biomarkers and Diagnosis, featuring Yakeel Quiroz, Oskar Hansson, Renaud La Joie, Charlotte Teunissen, Suzanne Schindler, Jeffrey Dage, Anne Cohen and Gal Bitan.
  • Genetics, featuring Alison Goate, Jennifer Yokoyama, Jessica Rexach, Kathryn Bowles, John Crary, Peter Heutink, Celeste Karch and Gerard Schellenberg.
  • Biology, featuring Bess Frost, Li Gan, Ghazaleh Sadri-Vakili, Rick Livesey, Mahmoud Maina, Maria Spillantini and Hui Zheng.
  • Therapeutics, featuring Stacie Weninger, Matt Troyer, Mirek Brys, Claire Clelland, Lennart Mucke and Reisa Sperling.

Health Orchestra Concert at VCU

VCU Health Orchestra Concert

at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart

 

Created in 2017, the Virginia Commonwealth University Health Orchestra is one of the few, academic medical symphony orchestras in the country and consists of health system team members. The orchestra aims to promote wellness; enhance relationships among team members, patients, families, visitors and the community; and to support fundraising for local health related charities.

Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Richmond

823 Cathedral Place, Richmond

Fri, June 10, 2022

7:30 PM – 10:30 PM

 

Click here to register/tickets:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vcu-health-orchestra-concert-tickets-88970359741?aff=ebdssbdestsearch#add-to-calendar-modal

 

Made possible by the generosity of the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation.