Can't Remember What I Forgot: Good News in Memory Research May 12, 2008

Featured Speaker - Sue Halpren, PhD, Journalist and Author, Moderator - Eric Mann - VP, Posit Science.

Here is the buzz ... Dr. Halpern will take us on a behind-the-scenes journey into the world of cutting-edge memory research. Her new book unveils data about memory loss only now available to general public. Halpern spent years with neuroscientists, pharmacologists, psychologists, nutritionists, and inventors who are hunting for the genes and molecules, drugs and foods, machines, prosthetics, behaviors and therapies that will stave off Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia and keep our minds-and memories-intact. Like many of us who have had a relative or friend succumb to memory loss or Boomers who are getting older, we are hearing statistics about our own chances of falling victim to dementia, we all worry that each lapse of memory portends disease. Join us for this special event as Sue Halpern discusses some of her findings such as: What the experts really knew, what the bench scientists are working on. How close science is to a cure, to treatment, to accurate early diagnosis. Whether the crossword puzzles, Sudokus, and ballroom dancing can really keep us lucid.

Dr Sue Halpern received her doctorate from Oxford University and began teaching at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Conde Nast Traveler, and The New York Review of Books, among other publications.

Eric Mann is Vice President at Posit Science. He joined Posit with 20 years of experience in marketing, sales and business development in the software, Internet and high tech industries. Prior to joining Posit Science, Eric held senior marketing, business development and product positions at: Netscape/AOL, Lotus Development Corporation Broadband Office, Talkway Communications and Pramati Technologies. He has a BA in English from Brandeis University.

$20 pre-registration, $25 at the door, cash/check OK, no credit cards.

Official Website: http://www.mitcnc.org/Events_Single.asp?eventID=1412