Education
We provide education conferences, multi-class series, and single presentations. Our Speakers include our Founding Director, UM faculty, clinicians, and representatives in research, education, and outreach.
11/7/24. Hot Topics in Brain Health. Our 3rd Annual Fall Conference
At Boca Raton Marriott at Boca Center
Presenter Dr. James E. Galvin, MD, MPH, Resilience and Brain Health: What It Is, What it Means, and How to Get More. Presenter Magdalena I. Tolea, PhD, The What, Why, and How of Clinical Trials in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders. Rebecca Smither, MS, Arts in Public Health: Creating Well-Being and Social Capital. Sue-Ellen Flescher, MSEd, Zentangle Art Introduction and Interactive Drawing Activity: Experience the Beauty and Joy of Mindful Tangling.
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7/9/24. Diverse Perspectives on Brain Health and Memory in the African American Community
With the Urban League of Broward County in Fort Lauderdale
Presenter UM Faculty Dr. James E. Galvin, MD, MPH, Investigating Root Causes of Alzheimer’s Disease and Brain Health Disparities in the African American Community. Presenter UM Faculty Dr. David Davis, PhD, Investigating the Relationship Between Environmental Toxins and Neurodegenerative Disease.
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5/2/24. Brain Health Luncheon
At Lakeside Terrace in Boca Raton
Presenters UM Faculty: Dr. James E. Galvin, MD, MPH, Advances in the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia. Dr. Michael J. Kleiman, PhD, How speech can highlight the differences between normal aging and early-stage dementia. Dr. Deirdre O’Shea, PhD, It doesn’t always start with memory loss: Identifying Alzheimer’s and its mimics.
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2023 Education Events
October – November 2023. Building A Better Brain 5-Class Series
Delray Beach Library
Presenters Amie Rosenfeld, PT, DPT, ABPTS, Iris Cohen, MSW, LCSW, Nicole Mendez, MSN, FPN and Rebecca Smither, MS, CHES.
10/19/23. Hot Topics in Brain Health 2023. Our 2nd Annual Fall Conference
At South County Civic Center in Delray Beach
Presenters: Dr. James E. Galvin, MD, MPH, The Future Now: Advances in the Treatment and Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease. Dierdre O’Shea, PhD, You’re Only as Old as Your Blood Feels: Epigenetic Biomarkers and Brain Aging. Lilah Besser, PhD, Neighborhood Environments Including Greenspaces and Brain Health. Amie Rosenfeld, PT, DPT, Measuring Cognition Using Movement.
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4/14/23. Lewy Body Dementia Conference
At Double Tree Hilton in Deerfield Beach
Presented by LBDA Research Centers of Excellence UM Comprehensive Center for Brain Health, UF Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Disease, and Mayo Clinic Jacksonville.
UM Presenters Dr. James E. Galvin, MD, MPH, Karen Nuytemans, PhD, Dr. Ihtsham Haq, MD, and Dr. Alberto Ramos, MD. UF Presenters Dr. Melissa Armstrong, MD and Dr. Shannon Chiu, MD. Mayo Clinc Presenter Tanis Ferman, PhD.
Click here to download our LEWY BODY DEMENTIA RESOURCES information for patients, families, and medical professionals.
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2022 Education Events
10/13/22. Hot Topics in Brain Health Fall Conference
At South County Civic Center in Delray Beach
Presenters: UM Faculty Dr. James E. Galvin, MD, MPH, Building A Better Brain: A Precision Medicine Approach to Brain Health. UM Faculty Dr. Karen Nuytemans, PhD, Genetics, Alzheimer’s, and Ancestry.
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5/16/23. “Preventative Health, Daily Actions to Promote Healthy Brain Aging, Presenters Marcia Walker, ARNP, FNP-BC, Kevin Bertrand, DO, MS, and Amie Rosenfeld, DPT.
5/17/23. CCBH at ACC 24th Education Conference. Dr. James E. Galvin, Featured Speaker, “A Precision Medicine Approach to Build a Better Brain”.
5/10/23. Apollo Society Symposium. Dr. Lilah M. Besser presenting “Intersections between neighborhood built and social environments, healthy aging, and brain health”.
11/1/22. Researching Brain Health and the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease in Native American Communities.
9/13/22. CCBH at Boynton Beach Library.
8/3/22. CCBH at Boca Raton Spanish River Library.