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The UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center cares for people with cognitive issues, researches brain diseases, and educates communities about aging and brain health.
Join us for the Fein Memory and Aging Center Lecture Series at UCSF.
From Data to Knowledge: Integrating Clinical and Molecular Data with AI for Predictive Medicine
Speaker: Marina Sirota, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, UCSF
📅 Monday, March 9
⏰ 10–11 am PT
🖥️ Register:
A brain autopsy can provide critical insight into dementia.
Join UCSF neurologists Bruce L. Miller, MD, & David Soleimani-Meigooni, MD, for a conversation with Deborah Kan & Susan Whitaker about their decision to donate their mother’s brain to UCSF.
🗓 March 10
🕐 1:30 p.m. PT
RSVP bit.ly/4rV639X
Join the UCSF Fein Memory and Aging Center Lecture
🗓 March 18 | 12–1 p.m. PT
Michael W. McDermott, MD
Miami Neurosciences Institute
“Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: An Under-Appreciated Diagnosis in the Elderly.”
📍 NSCC, UCSF
💻 Virtual registration:
🧬 Genetic Legacies: Book Talk & Panel Conversation
Join us for a reading from Last Nerve by Mindy Uhrlaub, followed by a panel on genetics, stigma, testing, and resilience.
🗓 Tues, March 10 | 4:30–5:30 p.m.
📍 Sandler Neurosciences Center, UCSF
🎟 Free & open to the public
Causal Inference with Imperfect Data: Trial Emulation and Transportability Methods to Inform Dementia Prevention and Treatment
Elizabeth Rose Mayeda, PhD
UCLA
UCSF Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Monday, March 2, 10–11 a.m. PT
register 👉
🧬 Genetic Legacies: Book Talk & Panel Conversation
Join us for a reading from Last Nerve by Mindy Uhrlaub, followed by a panel on genetics, stigma, testing, and resilience.
🗓 Tues, March 10 | 4:30–5:30 p.m.
📍 Sandler Neurosciences Center, UCSF
🎟 Free & open to the public
Causal Inference with Imperfect Data: Trial Emulation and Transportability Methods to Inform Dementia Prevention and Treatment
Elizabeth Rose Mayeda, PhD
UCLA
UCSF Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Monday, March 2, 10–11 a.m. PT
register 👉
Heidi Levitt and Charlie Hess eating an apple off a tree
🎬 San Francisco Premiere
Walk With Me — a powerful documentary on love, resilience & living with dementia.
🗓 Mon, Feb 23 | 4:30–7 pm PT
📍 Sandler Auditorium, UCSF
Talkback with director Heidi Levitt, Charlie Hess, and UCSF's Dr. Bruce Miller.
🎟 Free
bit.ly/4ttTvHR
Heidi Levitt and Charlie Hess eating an apple off a tree
🎬 San Francisco Premiere
Walk With Me — a powerful documentary on love, resilience & living with dementia.
🗓 Mon, Feb 23 | 4:30–7 pm PT
📍 Sandler Auditorium, UCSF
Talkback with director Heidi Levitt, Charlie Hess, and UCSF's Dr. Bruce Miller.
🎟 Free
bit.ly/4ttTvHR
Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
🧠 Is the ATN framework one-size-fits-all? Lessons from diverse populations
🎤 Ann D. Cohen, PhD, University of Pittsburgh
🗓 Monday, Feb. 23 | 10–11 a.m.
📍 Sandler Neurosciences Center (NSCC), UCSF
🔗 Hybrid event
👉 Register
Jim remembers his wife, Kathleen: Scientist. Singer. Athlete. Photographer.
In this beautiful video by Atlantic Fellow Michelle Memran, he reflects on how, even with dementia, her love was unmistakable — in a smile, in a hand held tight.
Watch: A Caregiver’s Valentine
🧬 Genetic Legacies: Book Talk & Panel Conversation
Join us for a reading from Last Nerve by Mindy Uhrlaub, followed by a panel on genetics, stigma, testing, and resilience.
🗓 Tues, March 10 | 4:30–5:30 p.m.
📍 Sandler Neurosciences Center, UCSF
🎟 Free & open to the public
Younger-Onset Dementia Family Conference - Presented By LEADS March 7, 2026
Connect, learn & make a difference. 💜 Family members with a loved one living with younger-onset dementia are invited to join us online on 3/7 for the LEADS Family Meeting. Hear the latest in dementia research, get resources & share experiences. Register: bit.ly/4rdq9vn
Causal Inference with Imperfect Data: Trial Emulation and Transportability Methods to Inform Dementia Prevention and Treatment
Elizabeth Rose Mayeda, PhD
UCLA
UCSF Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Monday, March 2, 10–11 a.m. PT
register 👉
🎬 San Francisco Premiere Film Screening & Panel Conversation
Walk With Me — a powerful documentary on love, resilience & living with dementia.
🗓 Mon, Feb 23 | 4:30–7 pm PT
📍 Sandler Auditorium, UCSF
Talkback w/ director Heidi Levitt, Charlie Hess, and UCSF's Dr. Bruce Miller.
🎟 Free
bit.ly/4ttTvHR
New funding call supporting research on diagnostic biomarkers for frontotemporal lobar degeneration, aiming to improve earlier diagnosis, care pathways, and treatment development. Letter of Intent due 6 March 2026.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/funding/ftd-...
Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
🧠 Is the ATN framework one-size-fits-all? Lessons from diverse populations
🎤 Ann D. Cohen, PhD, University of Pittsburgh
🗓 Monday, Feb. 23 | 10–11 a.m.
📍 Sandler Neurosciences Center (NSCC), UCSF
🔗 Hybrid event
👉 Register
Midlife Autonomic Reconfiguration and Alzheimer's Disease: Physiological Pathways Linking Parasympathetic Decline and Sympathetic Hyperactivity to Disease Risk
by
Mara Mather, PhD
USC
Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Monday, Feb 9, 10–11am PT
👉 bit.ly/4qqDZd0
On behalf of @istaart.bsky.social #DaDA PIA: Join in San José at AAIC Neuroscience Next! 🧠 Feb 26, 2026 — Aging Research: Intro to Longitudinal Data Analysis
Hands-on workshop with Dr. Ana W. Capuano on modeling change in cognition & function over time using real data. Registration now open!
No surprise here!
Thanks @carmendrahl.bsky.social & Macon Morehouse @sciencenews.bsky.social for beautiful edits on my story about @ucsfmac.bsky.social research highlighting impact of reforming #dementia care to empower #caregivers
www.sciencenews.org/article/alzh...
The Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems PIA within @istaart.bsky.social is requesting nominations for the best paper of 2025 on neuromodulatory subcortical systems in Alzheimer's disease!! ISTAART members: promote the work of your colleagues (or yourself) here: alz.surveymonkey.com/r/Publicatio...
#Lysosomal protease-mediated APP degradation is pH-dependent, mutation-sensitive, and facilitates tau #proteolysis
Caroline Ackley...Paul J. Sampognaro, Aimee W. Kao @ucsfmac.bsky.social @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social #amyloid #AlzheimersDisease #autophagy
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Join UCSF’s Fein Memory and Aging Center for an evening celebrating "Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain" with Bruce Miller, MD & Cindy Weinstein, PhD
🗓️ Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026
🕓 4:30–6 p.m. PT
📍 Sandler Neurosciences Center (in person)
details 👉
Join us for the opening reception of "Carissa Potter: You Don't Have to Show Up" at the Fein Memory and Aging Center’s Gallery 190.
🖼️ Exhibit: Jan 15 – Apr 3
📍 Sandler Neurosciences Center, 675 Nelson Rising Ln, SF
🕒 Opening Reception: Thurs, Jan 15 | 4:30–6 p.m. PT
Details: bit.ly/4shTyWG
Excited to share the launch of our new @istaart.bsky.social Cognition PIA SIG: Speech and Language Measures in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders, co-chaired with Alexandra König. Join our 1st meeting Jan 22, 2026 12:35pm CT (open to ISTAART members)
Register: forms.monday.com/forms/9fd36c...
Join UCSF’s Fein Memory and Aging Center for an evening celebrating "Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain" with Bruce Miller, MD & Cindy Weinstein, PhD
🗓️ Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026
🕓 4:30–6 p.m. PT
📍 Sandler Neurosciences Center (in person)
details 👉 bit.ly/3L09TOS
Join us for the opening reception of "Carissa Potter: The Art of Caring" at the Fein Memory and Aging Center’s Gallery 190.
🖼️ Exhibit: Jan 15 – Apr 3
📍 Sandler Neurosciences Center, 675 Nelson Rising Ln, SF
🕒 Opening Reception: Thurs, Jan 15 | 4:30–6 p.m. PT
Details:
Join us for the opening reception of "Carissa Potter: The Art of Caring" at the Fein Memory and Aging Center’s Gallery 190.
🖼️ Exhibit: Jan 15 – Apr 3
📍 Sandler Neurosciences Center, 675 Nelson Rising Ln, SF
🕒 Opening Reception: Thurs, Jan 15 | 4:30–6 p.m. PT
Details:
