Frontiers in Neuroscience Seminar Series

PROGRAM FOR 2025

• 27 March, 16:00, Segerfalk lecture hall, BMC A10
  Professor Donna Wilcock, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA
  
  Lecture title: “What do we understand about the mechanisms of ARIA and are there approaches to ameliorate it?”
  
  Lecture host: Niklas Mattsson-Carlgren

  Bio-sketch:
  Dr. Donna Wilcock is a professor of neurology and the director of the center for neurodegenerative disorders at Indiana University. She also serves as editor-in-chief of the Alzheimer’s & Dementia: the official journal of the Alzheimer’s Association. Her research focuses on developing new biomarkers for dementia-causing pathologies and on vascular contributions to dementia. Her work is funded by the NIH and the Alzheimer’s Association.

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• 24 April, 16:00, Segerfalk lecture hall, BMC A10
  Professor Bill Seeley, UCSF Memory and Aging Center, USA
  
  Lecture title: To be announced
  
  Lecture host: Alexander Santillo 

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• 3 September, 16:00, venue to be announced
  Professor David J Burn, Newcastle University, UK
  
  Lecture title: Predicting dementia in Parkinson´s
  
  Lecture host: Per odin
  
  Bio-sketch:
  Professor David Burn has been Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University since 2017.   He is an honorary consultant neurologist.  Since designation by NIHR and NHS England in March 2020, David has been Director of Newcastle Health Innovation Partners, the Academic Health Science Centre for the Northeast of England and North Cumbria. David is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and Emeritus NIHR Senior Investigator. He chaired the NIHR Translational Research Collaboration for Dementia 2017-2023 and the Northern Health Science Alliance Board 2018-2024.   He is President-elect of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.