{"id":340,"date":"2017-04-03T18:46:05","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T18:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.138.3.201\/?page_id=340"},"modified":"2018-03-27T20:12:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T20:12:25","slug":"molson-lecture-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/index.php\/molson-lecture-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Molson Lecture Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>Presented by<\/u><\/strong><strong>: The McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Sponsored by<\/u><\/strong><strong>: The Molson Knowledge Exchange Fund and The Knowledge Transfer Office, Douglas Mental Health University Institute <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first set of lectures was centered on individuals with international reputations (Dr. Whitehouse, MD, PhD, Dr. Peterson, MD, PhD, Dr. Bateman, MD, Dr. Bennett, MD and Dr. Rowe, MD) who could do a state-of-the-art review of their respective fields of expertise:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ethical issues in the diagnosis and treatment of cognitive decline of the elderly person<\/li>\n<li>New diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer\u2019s Disease and the US National Plan Against Dementia<\/li>\n<li>Treatment of early-onset familial Alzheimer\u2019s Disease (DIAN-TU)<\/li>\n<li>Molecular brain imaging from the Australian longitudinal study (AIBL)<\/li>\n<li>Autopsy studies leading to new knowledge about dementia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The second set of lectures were symposia with three speakers each addressing major topics<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Frontotemporal dementias, with emphasis on progressive aphasias<\/li>\n<li>Suicidality in the elderly with cognitive impairment<\/li>\n<li>Use of biomarkers in the early diagnosis of Alzheimer\u2019s disease, with emphasis on amyloid PET imaging<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These lectures facilitated partnerships with other research units at the Douglas Mental Health Research Institute, for example, the suicidality symposium was planned with the Suicide Research Unit led by Dr. Turecki and Dr. Richard-Devantoy. Research groups outside the Douglas were also involved, such as the Institut de G\u00e9riatrie de Montr\u00e9al co-sponsoring the lecture by Dr. Bennett, and the Universit\u00e9 Laval as well as R\u00e9seau des cliniques m\u00e9moire du Qu\u00e9bec co-sponsoring the symposium on the use of biomarkers in the early diagnosis of Alzheimer\u2019s Disease.<\/p>\n<p>Deliverables from these lecturers include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>International recognition of the Douglas Mental Health Research Institute and the McGill Center for Studies in Aging among world opinion leaders in the field of Alzheimer\u2019s Disease and related disorders<\/li>\n<li>Publications directly derived from two of the symposia (suicidality and biomarkers)<\/li>\n<li>Students and fellows meeting role models, particularly the rare breed of clinician scientists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lecture details of the 2016 edition are as follows.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201cFrom Concussion to Dementia: Targeting Dysregulated Brain Inflammation\u201d &#8211; <\/strong><em>by <\/em>Dr. Linda J. Van Eldik, Ph.D.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cImaging of Neuroinflammation in AD<\/strong><strong>\u201d &#8211; <\/strong><em><em>by  <\/em><\/em>Dr. Paul Edison, Ph.D.<em><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presented by: The McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging Sponsored by: The Molson Knowledge Exchange Fund and The Knowledge Transfer Office, Douglas Mental Health University Institute The first set of lectures was centered on individuals with international reputations (Dr. Whitehouse, MD, PhD, Dr. Peterson, MD, PhD, Dr. Bateman, MD, Dr. Bennett, MD and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/340"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":558,"href":"https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/340\/revisions\/558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}