35th Annual GRAL Conference
Course Goal
To promote international collaboration to further research on the diagnosis and treatment of age-related neurological disorders.
Course Learning Objectivesf
- To advance knowledge of brain function in normal and pathological aging
- To present strategies for health promotion and prevention of neurological disease/damage
- To demonstrate the trajectory of recovery from brain injury in aging individuals
- To characterize cognitive and functional decline in individuals with age-related neurodegenerative disease
- To promote understanding of novel therapeutic interventions for age-related neurological disease
Registration Information
| Attendee Type | price |
|---|---|
| Registration for 3 Days | $450 |
| Registration for 2 Days | $350 |
| Registration for 1 Day | $250 |
In-Person
January 25-27, 2024
Phoenix, Arizona
Date, Time, and Location
In Person
Thursday – Saturday, January 25-27, 2024
Barrow Neurological Institute
2910 North 3rd Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85013
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Target Audience
This program is designed for physicians, neuropsychologists, psychologists, neuroscience researchers, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners.
Agenda & Speaker Information
All times refer to Arizona time.
| SPeaker | Topic & Time |
|---|---|
| Day 1 | Thursday, January 25, 2024 |
| Coffee and Breakfast | 8:00 AM |
| Yonas E. Geda, MD, MSc (Phoenix, Arizona) | Opening Ceremony |
| Danielle Eagan, PhD, ABPP (Phoenix, Arizona) | Welcome to Barrow Neurological Institute – GRAL (8:30 AM) |
| Michael Lawton, MD (Barrow CEO; Phoenix, Arizona) | Welcome Speech (8:35 AM) |
| Bernard François Michel, MD (Marseille, France) | Brief History of GRAL (8:45 AM) |
| Bruce Price, MD (McLean Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts) | The Intersection of Behavioral Neurology and Psychiatry (9:00 AM) |
| Francois Boller, MD, PhD (Washington DC, Paris France) | Normal Aging |
| Gabor G. Kovacs, MD, PhD (Toronto, Canada) | Neuropathology of Normal Aging (9:45 AM) |
| Gregory A. Jicha, MD, Ph.D. (Lexington, Kentucky) | TBD (10:30 AM) |
| Nicoletta Caputi, PhD (Rome, Italy) | Physiological Cognitive Changes in Aging and How to Prevent Cognitive Decline (11:00 AM) |
| Lunch | 11:30 AM |
| Yonas E. Geda, MD, MSc (Phoenix, Arizona) | Mild Cognitive Impairment |
| Ronald C. Petersen, MD, PhD (Rochester, Minnesota) | TBD (12:00 PM) |
| Susan Hernes, MD, PhD (Bergen, Norway) | REACT MCI Study; Multiple Sites in Norway – Oslo, Arendal, Bergen, and Boda (12:45 PM) |
| Per Kristian Eide, MD, PhD | CSF Clearance in MCI (1:15 PM) |
| Poster Session (1:45 PM) | |
| Norwegian Posters | Per Nordnes (PhD student, Arendal, Norway) Trine Holt Edwin, PhD (Oslo, Norway) Marian Flak, PhD (Neuropsychologist) Hakon Hol, MD, PhD (Neuroradiologist) |
| Ethiopian Posters | Muluken Azage Yenesew, PhD (MPH, School of Public Health) Gizachew Yismaw Wubetu, PhD (Research Director, Public Health Institute) |
| Javier Cardenas, MD (Phoenix, Arizona) | Traumatic Brain Injury |
| Michael Alosco, PhD (Boston, Massachusetts) | Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome/CTE NIDS Criteria (2:30 PM) |
| Bernard François Michel, MD (Marseille, France) | PTSD in TBI (3:15 PM) |
| Glynnis Zieman, MD (Phoenix, Arizona) | Domestic Violence, Aging, and TBI (3:45 PM) |
| Adjourn | 4:15 PM |
| Day 2 | Friday, January 26, 2023 |
| Coffee and Breakfast | 8:00 AM |
| Brad Racette, MD (Phoenix, Arizona) | Parkinson’s Disease Grand Rounds For CMEs (8:30 AM) |
| Alexander Troster, PhD, ABPP-CN (Phoenix, Arizona) | Parkinsonian Syndromes |
| Richard Levy, MD, PhD (Paris, France) | TBD (10:00 AM) |
| Holly Shill, MD (Phoenix, Arizona) | TBD (10:30 AM) |
| Alberto Espay, MD | TBD (11:00 AM) |
| Lunch | 11:30 AM |
| Poster Session (11:30 AM) | |
| Norwegian Posters | Per Nordnes (PhD student, Arendal, Norway) Trine Holt Edwin, PhD (Oslo, Norway) Marian Flak, PhD (Neuropsychologist) Hakon Hol, MD, PhD (Neuroradiologist) |
| Ethiopian Posters | Muluken Azage Yenesew, PhD (MPH, School of Public Health) Gizachew Yismaw Wubetu, PhD (Research Director, Public Health Institute) |
| Krista Hanson, PhD, ABPP-CN (Phoenix, Arizona) | Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders |
| Anna Burke, MD (Phoenix, Arizona) | TBD (12:30 PM) |
| Justin Hoskin, MD (Phoenix, Arizona) | Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (1:15 PM) |
| Parunyou Julayanont, MD (Phoenix, Arizona) | AD and Atypical AD Syndromes (1:45 PM) |
| Bernard François Michel, MD (Marseille, France) | Therapeutic Approaches |
| Jeffrey L. Cummings MD, ScD | Alzheimer’s Disease: The Changing Therapeutic Landscape (2:15 PM) |
| Marwan Sabbagh, MD (Phoenix, Arizona) | TBD (3:00 PM) |
| Joe Masdeu, MD, PhD (Houston, Texas) | TBD (3:30 PM) |
| Adjourn | 4:00 PM |
| Evening Reception | Heard Museum (6:00 PM) |
| Day 3 | Saturday, January 27, 2023 |
| Coffee and Breakfast | 8:00 AM |
| Danielle Eagan, PhD, ABPP (Phoenix, Arizona) | Cerebrovascular & White Matter Diseases |
| Christopher Filley, MD (Aurora, Colorado) | TBD (8:30 AM) |
| Anne-Marie Ergis, PhD | TBD (9:15 AM) |
| Travis McCuddy, PhD (Phoenix, Arizona) | DTI/Neuroimaging (9:45 AM) |
| Gustavo C. Roman, MD | TBD (10:15 AM) |
| Danielle Eagan, PhD, ABPP (Phoenix, Arizona) | Closing Remarks (10:45 AM) |
| Adjourn | 11:00 AM |
International Scientific Committee
Bernard Francois Michel, MD
Chief Medical Officer Neurologist
Military Training Hospital Laveran Marseille, France
Yonas E. Geda, MD, MSc
Vice President, Groupe de Recherche sur la maladie d’Alzheimer (GRAL)
Professor and Program Director, Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry Fellowship Program, Barrow Neurological Institute
Francois Boller, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine
George Washington School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington DC
Nicoletta Caputi, PhD
Fellow at George Washington University and University of L’Aquila, Italy
Ann-Marie Ergis, PhD
Professor at Paris Descartes, CPSC, France
Gabor G, Kovacs, MD, PhD
Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
University of Toronto, Canada
Bruce Price, MD
Chief, Department of Neurology, McLean Hospital, Belmont Massachusetts
Exhibitors and Sponsors
- Exhibitor and sponsor information coming soon.
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