Distinguished Speaker DeKosky focuses on Alzheimer’s advances
Dr. Steven T. DeKosky will discuss advances in Alzheimerâ??s disease research and
treatment at the third 2007 Distinguished Speaker event. DeKosky is professor and
chair of the Department of Neurology, as well as director of the Alzheimerâ??s Disease
Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh. He specializes in clinical disorders
of memory and cognitive function.
DeKoskyâ??s clinical research includes differential diagnosis, neuroimaging and genetic
risks for Alzheimerâ??s disease, and trials of new medications. His basic research
centers on structural and neurochemical changes in human brains in normal aging and
dementia. He is director of a national multicenter trial in the United States to assess
whether Ginkgo biloba can delay onset of dementia in normal elderly adults. In 2004
he was appointed to the Peripheral and Central Nervous System Advisory Committee of
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Date: Oct. 16, 2007
Time: 5:15 â?? 7:15 p.m.
Location: Luibel Hall & Atrium. Open to the public.