Staying Sharp focuses on understanding how the brain works and maximizing brain function and health. The program includes a series of live public forums, booklets available for download in English and Spanish, and a DVD program. Staying Sharp is presented by the Dana Alliance in collaboration with NRTA: AARP’s Educator Community and with support from MetLife Foundation.
STAYING SHARP FORUMS 2010
Philadelphia, PA
Saturday, October 16
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman Quadrangle
This event is free; please call 1-800-65BRAIN or email StayingSharp@dana.org to register.
RECENT STAYING SHARP FORUMS
St. Louis, MO
May 15, 2010
More than 275 people gathered at the Eric P. Newman Education Center (EPNEC) at Washington University in St. Louis for a Staying Sharp program presented by the Dana Alliance in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Washington University School of Medicine. The panelists were (left to right, above) Alliance member David M. Holtzman, MD, Andrew B. and Gretchen P Jones Professor and Chairman of Neurology, Associate Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center; Alison Goate, D Phil, Samuel and Mae S. Ludwig Professor of Genetics in Psychiatry; Monique M. Williams, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry; and moderator John C. Morris, MD, Harvey A. and Dorismae Hacker Friedman Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Director and Principal Investigator of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. All were from the Washington University School of Medicine.
Houston, TX
April 17, 2010
A small audience attended this Staying Sharp program including a class of nursing students who attended with their professor who thought the students could benefit from the session. It was presented by the Dana Alliance in partnership with the Neuroscience Research Center at the University of Texas Medical School. The panelists were (left to right, above) Alliance member John H. “Jack” Byrne, PhD; June and Virgil Waggoner Chair; Chair of the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy and Director, Neuroscience Research Center; Sharon K. Ostwald, PhD, RN, CS, Isla Carroll Turner Chair Gerontological Nursing; Director, Center on Aging; Professor; and Alliance member James A. Ferrendelli, MD, Kraft W. Eidman Professor in the Medical Sciences, Professor of Neurology. The moderator was James H. “Red” Duke, Jr., MD, John B. Holmes Professor of Clinical Sciences and Vice Chairman for Surgical Development, Professor of Surgery (far right, above). All are from the University of Texas School of Medicine.
Miami, FL
March 20, 2010
This Staying Sharp program was presented as part of our partner organization the Neurology Department of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis’ Brain Fair 2010 at the Miami Science Museum. The panel included (left to right, above) DABI member/Dana Press author Walter Bradley, MD; moderator Bonne Levin, PhD, Director, Division of Neurology; Ralph Sacco, MS, MD, FAAN, FAHA, Neurology Chairman and Clinton B. Wright, MD, MS, Evelyn F. McKnight Center for Age Related Memory Loss, all of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
For an archive of earlier Staying Sharp sessions, please visit the Staying Sharp archives page.