Build your expertise through our postdoctoral training program, or watch recorded lectures from USC ADRC experts.
Build your expertise through our postdoctoral training program, or watch recorded lectures from USC ADRC experts.
This USC postdoctoral program prepares researchers for independent careers in Alzheimer’s biomarker research. Through coursework, lab rotations, and professional development, trainees learn molecular, cellular, imaging, informatics, and population-based methods, drawing on expertise from 12 USC schools and centers.
Lecturer:
Ioannis Pappas, PhD, Assistant Professor of Research Neurology at the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI). Dr. Pappas earned his PhD at the University of Cambridge and completed postdoctoral training in stroke research at UC Berkeley.
About the lecture:
How MRI, PET, and computer-based brain imaging are moving dementia research forward, and how every scan and test volunteers complete brings researchers closer to treatments.
Lecturer:
Lon Schneider, MD, MS, Della Martin Endowed Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Gerontology at USC. He directs the USC California Alzheimer’s Disease Center, the Geriatric Studies Center, and the Clinical Core of the USC ADRC, and is an international expert in Alzheimer’s clinical trial design.
About the lecture:
What clinical trials are and how researchers approach the challenge of preventing Alzheimer’s disease.
Lecturer:
Helena Chui, MD, Raymond and Betty McCarron Professor of Neurology, is internationally recognized for research on Alzheimer’s disease and vascular cognitive impairment and leads the NIA-funded USC ADRC. She has spent more than 30 years studying how vascular risk factors lead to brain injury or Alzheimer’s pathology.
About the lecture:
Dr. Chui explains how memory works, walks through the spectrum from normal aging to mild cognitive impairment to dementia and its many causes, and closes with guidance on prevention and treatment.
Lecturer:
Michael Bienkowski, PhD, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience, directs the USC Center for Integrative Connectomics at the Stevens INI. His team maps brain circuits by cell type, gene expression, and connectivity to learn how they break down in Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders.
About the lecture:
How USC researchers study the brain’s 86 billion neurons to find ways to protect against diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
Talk 1 lecturer:
Hussein Yassine, MD, holds the Kenneth and Bette Volk Endowed Chair of Neurology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and directs the USC Center for Personalized Brain Health.
Talk 2 lecturer:
Maria P. Aranda, PhD, MSW, MPA, LCSW, Associate Professor at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and executive director of the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging, studies how depression and dementia affect patients and caregivers, with a focus on Latino communities.