This webinar is presented by Dr. Sandra Black, who is a cognitive and stroke neurologist specializing in problems with memory and thinking due to brain disorders like Alzheimer’s disease. In this webinar, Dr. Black will provide an overview of a research study called BEAM (Brain-Eye Amyloid Memory), which is open for participation across clinical sites in Toronto.
The BEAM study is investigating whether measurements of the eye can be used with other tests to detect dementia earlier. By comparing the results of non-invasive tests similar to those done in an eye doctor’s office with established tests of cognition, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and a positron emission tomography (PET) scan, researchers can look for links between changes in parts of the eye in dementia. PET scans can detect amyloid that has deposited in the brain, which is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease.
You will have the opportunity to ask questions.
About the presenter:
Dr. Sandra E. Black is a Professor of Medicine (Neurology) at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto. An internationally known cognitive neurologist, actively engaged in clinical trials for >30 years, she uses standardized comprehensive neuroimaging, clinical measures, genetics, and neuropathology to study brain-behavior relationships in dementia, with a focus on small vessel disease. Dr. Black was the inaugural Executive Director of the Toronto Dementia Research Alliance (2012-20), and she became Scientific Director of the Dr. Sandra Black Centre for Brain Resilience and Recovery in 2020 at Sunnybrook. Recognitions include Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada, U of T’s Dean’s Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award, American Academy of Neurology’s Society of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Thies Distinguished Achievement Award from the Alzheimer Association US (2022), and UBC’s Margolese Brain Disorders prize (2021). In 2011, she was appointed Member in the Order of Ontario, and in 2015 became an Officer in the Order of Canada for her contributions to Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, and vascular dementia.
This webinar is presented in partnership with the Toronto Dementia Research Alliance.
Webinar will be held using Zoom, registration is required to receive the link to participate.
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