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A young girl's life is turned upside down when her grandmother's strange behaviour sparks fears of witchcraft. As her family struggles to reconcile illness with the supernatural, she must navigate…

UCSF Memory and Aging Center @ucsfmac.bsky.social · 7d

Join us for Cinematic Empathy: The Art of Socially Conscious Film
Oct. 6 | 5–7 PM at UCSF

Filmmaker & Atlantic Fellow Zach Bandler explores brain health & ethical storytelling. Featuring Koko Suzanne and an exclusive preview of Altered.

Details 👉 buff.ly/jICXxvD

KOKO SUZANNE

www.kokosuzanne.org

UCSF Memory and Aging Center @ucsfmac.bsky.social · 8d

Amyloid PET Quantification with Centiloids: Concepts, Thresholds, and Interpretation

Renaud La Joie, PhD
&
David Soleimani-Meigooni, MD
University of California, San Francisco

Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Monday, Oct. 6, 10-11am PT
register 👉

Amyloid PET Quantification with Centiloids: Concepts, Thresholds, and Interpretation Renaud La Joie, PhD Assistant Professor of Neurology University of California, San Francisco David…

UCSF Memory and Aging Center @ucsfmac.bsky.social · 21d

We loved hosting MindScapes, the exhibition by Ugandan visual artist & Atlantic Fellow Kiggundu Rodney, at UCSF’s Gallery 190!

Rodney’s art uses the brain & objects as metaphors for introspection.
synapse.ucsf.edu/articles/202...

Learn more about Rodney’s work: www.instagram.com/kiggunduarts...

An Atlantic Fellow views work by Kiggundu Rodney hanging in UCSF's Memory and Aging Center's Gallery 190.

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UCSF Memory and Aging Center @ucsfmac.bsky.social · 22d

Automated Language and Speech-Based Markers for Dementia
by
Jet Vonk, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
UC San Francisco

Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Monday, Sep 29
10-11 a.m. PT
register 👉 bit.ly/4nvGIAH

Automated Language and Speech-Based Markers for Dementia Jet Vonk, PhD Assistant Professor of Neurology University of California, San Francisco Learning Objectives Understand the clinical need for…

calendar.ucsf.edu

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UCSF Geriatrics @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social · Sep 5

Join @alzassociation.bsky.social & @ucsfmac.bsky.social for a free Spanish seminar on Alzheimer’s, Sat 9/20, UCSF Mission Bay. Shared by Sandra Green & Dr. @kristalynharrison.bsky.social. Register: tinyurl.com/ForoSobreAlzheimer

SEMINARIO COMUNITARIO DE LA ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION EN COLABORACIÓN CON UCSF CENTRO DE MEMORIA Y ENVEJECIMIENTO (presentado en Español) / ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY SEMINAR IN COLLABORATION WITH UCSF MEMORY AND AGING CENTER (presented in Spanish)

Si no puede llenar este formulario, favor de llamar al 408.372.9919 / "If you cannot fill out this form, please call 408.372.9919. Gracias a generosos donantes, nuestros programas de atención y apoyo…

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UCSF Memory and Aging Center @ucsfmac.bsky.social · Aug 25

Check out ABC’s "Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special," airing Tuesday, Aug. 26, 8-9 p.m. PT. This heartfelt feature highlights Bruce Willis’ diagnosis with FTD and includes expert commentary from UCSF’s Dr. Bruce Miller. Don’t miss it! abc.com/news/83a8aa7...

Watch 'Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special' Tuesday, August 26 | ABC Updates

Watch "Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special" Tuesday, Aug. 26 on ABC.

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Alzheimer's & Dementia Journals @alzdemjournals.bsky.social · Aug 25

Call For Papers! Alzheimer's & Dementia Special Issue: Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems in Alzheimer's Disease

Research on the intersection of the Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems and AD are welcome! #AlzResearch
⏰Deadline: Aug. 30, 2025

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Alzheimer's & Dementia

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UCSF Memory and Aging Center @ucsfmac.bsky.social · Aug 25

Check out ABC’s "Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special," airing Tuesday, Aug. 26, 8-9 p.m. PT. This heartfelt feature highlights Bruce Willis’ diagnosis with FTD and includes expert commentary from UCSF’s Dr. Bruce Miller. Don’t miss it! abc.com/news/83a8aa7...

Watch 'Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special' Tuesday, August 26 | ABC Updates

Watch "Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special" Tuesday, Aug. 26 on ABC.

abc.com

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UCSF Memory and Aging Center @ucsfmac.bsky.social · Aug 25

Film Screening of "The Rest I Make Up" & Panel Discussion
Sat, Sep. 13, 2:30-5 p.m. PT
San Francisco Main Library

Join a special screening of "The Rest I Make Up"—named one of The New Yorker’s “Best Movies of 2018”—followed by a panel discussion.

Details at

Film Screening of The Rest I Make Up & Panel Discussion

In honor of both Hispanic Heritage and World Alzheimer’s Months, join us for a special screening of The Rest I Make Up—named one of The New Yorker’s “Best Movies of 2018”—followed by a panel…

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UCSF Memory and Aging Center @ucsfmac.bsky.social · Aug 22

Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds

"Innovations in the Real World Diagnosis and Care of AD/ADRD: Updates from the Care Ecosystem and TabCAT Projects"
Katherine L. Possin, PhD
Professor of Neurology
UCSF

Monday, Aug. 25, 10-11 a.m. PT
register 👉

Innovations in the Real World Diagnosis and Care of AD/ADRD: Updates from the Care Ecosystem and TabCAT Projects Katherine L. Possin, PhD John Douglas French Alzheimer's Foundation Endowed Professor…

Beautiful Bayview – Arts and Science Day

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UCSF Memory and Aging Center @ucsfmac.bsky.social · Aug 20

Beautiful Bayview – Arts and Science Day

Saturday, Aug. 23
11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. PT

Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center
1753 Carroll Avenue, San Francisco
details 👉

Join Creative Minds artists and doctors from the UCSF Memory and Aging Center on Saturday, Aug. 23, at 11 a.m. for a brain health talk with Dr. Charles Windon, lunch, and an afternoon of arts and…

Beautiful Bayview – Creative Minds Summer Community Arts Reception

UCSF Memory and Aging Center @ucsfmac.bsky.social · Aug 19

Beautiful Bayview – Creative Minds Summer Community Fashion Show & Arts Reception
Friday, Aug. 22
4-7 p.m. PT

Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center
1753 Carroll Avenue, San Francisco

Beautiful Bayview will celebrate the creativity and style of Creative Minds community artists on Friday, Aug. 23, at the Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center. Invite your friends and family and join us…

UCSF Memory and Aging Center @ucsfmac.bsky.social · Aug 12

Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds

"Lysosomal Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease and Aging"

Courtney Lane-Donovan, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of California, San Francisco

Monday, Aug. 18, 10-11a.m. PT
Register 👉 buff.ly/8lxKlH8

UCSF Memory and Aging Center @ucsfmac.bsky.social · Aug 11

Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds

Gamma Secretase Activity, Clinical Features, and Biomarkers: Understanding Heterogeneity in Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer's Disease

Stephanie A. Schultz, PhD
Mass General & Harvard Medical School

Monday, Aug 11, 10-11 a.m. PT
register: buff.ly/Sl5Yzxo

Multimorbidity in dementia: Current perspectives and future challenges

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Thiago J. Avelino-Silva @geritjas.bsky.social · Aug 5

Excellent work led by @stirlandia.bsky.social highlighting the critical link between multimorbidity 🩺 and dementia 🧠—important insights for better care of older adults!
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@atlanticfellows.bsky.social @ucsfmac.bsky.social @ucsfprevention.bsky.social

Multimorbidity—the co-occurrence of two or more chronic health conditions—affects > 86% of people with dementia. It is associated with cognitive and functional decline, reduced health-related qualit...

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UCSF Memory and Aging Center @ucsfmac.bsky.social · Aug 4

hear/say Readers' Theater
Tues, Aug. 5, 3-4:30 p.m. PT

Join us for a live storytelling event that shares personal stories through powerful readings that express a range of experiences of aging, dementia, caregiving, and creativity.

Details & register: bit.ly/4lbJhq2

UCSF Memory and Aging Center @ucsfmac.bsky.social · Aug 1

Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds

"Lost and Found in Translation: Navigating Dementia Diagnosis and Clinical Phenotypes Across Languages"

Boon Lead Tee, MD, MA
Assistant Professor of Neurology
UC San Francisco

Monday, Aug. 4, 10-11 a.m. PT
Register here: buff.ly/KPqlYA6

Lost and Found in Translation: Navigating Dementia Diagnosis and Clinical Phenotypes ‌Across Languages Boon Lead Tee, MD, MA Assistant Professor of Neurology University of California, San Francisco…

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American Brain Foundation @abfbrain.bsky.social · Jul 21

Frontotemporal Dementia (#FTD) is the most common form of dementia to affect people under 60. Researchers @ucsfmac.bsky.social have recently made discoveries about the proteins involved, which could be the first specific markers to detect FTD in living patients. buff.ly/xocjO4E

Research discovery: certain proteins may be responsible for dementia in middle age, and their identification could make it easier to diagnose and treat the disease.

Diseases affected: Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)

Key findings: the proteins the team identified show evidence of changes in composition, suggesting problems with RNA regulation and defects that affect connections in the brain.

What's next? Further study of these proteins could lead to specific biomarkers for catching FTD early on.

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UCSF Memory and Aging Center @ucsfmac.bsky.social · Jul 21

UCSF Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Monday, Aug 11, 10-11 a.m. PT

Gamma Secretase Activity, Clinical Features, and Biomarkers: Understanding Heterogeneity in Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer's Disease

Stephanie A. Schultz, PhD
Mass General and Harvard Medical School

register 👉

Gamma Secretase Activity, Clinical Features, and Biomarkers: Understanding Heterogeneity ‌in Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer's Disease Stephanie A. Schultz, PhD Instructor, Department of Neurology…

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UCSF Memory and Aging Center @ucsfmac.bsky.social · Jul 15

UCSF Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Monday, July 21, 10-11 a.m. PT

"Excitatory-Inhibitory Imbalance in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease"

Kamalini Ranasinghe, MBBS, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
UC San Francisco

Register 👉 buff.ly/hzDktxF

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UCSF Memory and Aging Center @ucsfmac.bsky.social · Jul 7

Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Monday, July 21, 10-11am

Excitatory-Inhibitory Imbalance in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease

Kamalini Ranasinghe, MBBS, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
UC San Francisco

Attend in person in Sandler Neurosciences Center
or register online 👉

Excitatory-Inhibitory Imbalance in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease Kamalini Ranasinghe, MBBS, PhD Assistant Professor of Neurology University of California, San Francisco Learning Objectives Define…

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UCSF Memory and Aging Center @ucsfmac.bsky.social · Jul 3

Opening Reception for Exhibit by Kiggundu Rodney Erismas
"MINDSCAPES: Trance through Love, Time & Memory"

Thurs, July 10, 4:30-6pm
Sandler Neurosciences Center, Gallery190

The exhibit will be displayed through Aug. 22.

calendar.ucsf.edu/event/galler...

event flyer showing the painting "Celestial Memories"

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Lucy Stirland @stirlandia.bsky.social · Jun 24

Applications are open for the @atlanticfellows.bsky.social for Equity in Brain Health

Join a global community addressing #brainhealth challenges @ucsfmac.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social

www.gbhi.org/apply

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UCSF Memory and Aging Center @ucsfmac.bsky.social · Jul 2

Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Mon, July 7, 10-11 a.m.

Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Dementia Research and Care

Pedro Pinheiro-Chagas, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of California, San Francisco

calendar.ucsf.edu/event/memory...