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801 A/B, Belfer Educational Center for Health Sciences
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Title: Dementia and Cognitive Decline -- Reducing Risk and Predicting Outcomes: A Presentation by Dr. Joe Verghese
Date: Friday, March 08, 2013
Time: 12:30 PM
Event Information:

Join the AGS for a discussion with Dr. Joe Verghese. LUNCH (with Kosher options) will be provided! 

Dr. Verghese is Professor of Neurology and Medicine, Murray D. Gross Memorial Faculty Scholar in Gerontology, and Director, Resnick Gerontology Center at Einstein. He is the Chief of the Integrated Divisions of Cognitive and Motor Aging (Neurology) and Geriatrics (Medicine).

His current projects include studying the influence of cognitively stimulating activities on reducing risk of dementia, the role of divided attention tasks such as walking while talking in predicting outcomes such as disability and cognitive decline, cognitive interventions, and global health.

Host:American Geriatrics Society
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