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.