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EVENT DESCRIPTION
Event Type:			Lecture (This is an NIH Science event)
Title:			Deconstructing life-course mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease disparities
Description:			Dr. Manly aims to improve the diagnostic accuracy of neuropsychological tests when used to detect cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease among African American and Hispanic elders. This work clarifies the independent influences of language, acculturation, educational experiences, racial socialization, and socioeconomic status on cognitive test performance, with the ultimate goal of understanding more about the relationship between culture and cognition. Recent work focuses on the specificity of cognitive tasks in detecting subtle cognitive decline among illiterate and low-literacy elders. This work has important implications for determining the complex influence of reading and writing skills on brain function.
Series Name:			Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series
Event URL:			https://oir.nih.gov/wals
Videocast:			Event will be videocast LIVE on the Web
Videocast URL:			http://videocast.nih.gov
			Event will be available in the videocast ARCHIVE
Special Instructions:			Continuing Medical Education (CME) event
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EVENT DATE/TIME
Date/Time:			Wednesday, October 18, 2017   3:00pm - 4:00pm
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EVENT SPEAKER(S)
Name:   Jennifer J. Manly, Ph.D. Title:   Associate Professor, Neuropsychology in Neurology Organization:   Columbia University Medical Center
EVENT SPONSOR(S)
Organization(s):			[NIH] Office of the Director (OD)
EVENT LOCATION
Location:			On the main NIH Campus
Building:			10
Room:			Masur Auditorium
EVENT CONTACT(S)
Name:   Jacqueline Roberts E-mail:   robertsjm@od.nih.gov Phone:   301-594-6747

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