Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this talk, Dr. Gil Rabinovici discusses the work of the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center, which focuses on research and education related to cognitive problems and neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease.
Some key points:
• The center's mission is to provide high-quality care, conduct research, and educate the public about cognitive problems and degenerative brain diseases.
• UCSF is an Alzheimer's Disease Research Center funded by the NIH and has evaluated over 2,000 participants.
• Research areas such as healthy brain aging, various neurodegenerative dementias, the relationship between head trauma and neurological disorders, and outreach to diverse communities.
• Recent advances include new understanding of modifiable risk factors for dementia, as well as new diagnostic blood tests and treatments for Alzheimer's disease.
• The critical role of NIH funding and the UCSF Alzheimer's Disease Research Center's contributions to national research efforts.
• The center's global footprint through the Global Brain Health Institute and its efforts to train fellows from around the world.
• Dr. Gil Rabinovici also addresses the misinformation and distrust of science, emphasizing the importance of rigorous and ethical research.
Dr. Rabinovici provides an overview of the Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Memory and Aging Center's mission, research activities, and recent progress in understanding and treating neurodegenerative diseases.
In this talk, Dr. Gil Rabinovici discusses the work of the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center, which focuses on research and education related to cognitive problems and neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease.
Some key points:
• The center's mission is to provide high-quality care, conduct research, and educate the public about cognitive problems and degenerative brain diseases.
• UCSF is an Alzheimer's Disease Research Center funded by the NIH and has evaluated over 2,000 participants.
• Research areas such as healthy brain aging, various neurodegenerative dementias, the relationship between head trauma and neurological disorders, and outreach to diverse communities.
• Recent advances include new understanding of modifiable risk factors for dementia, as well as new diagnostic blood tests and treatments for Alzheimer's disease.
• The critical role of NIH funding and the UCSF Alzheimer's Disease Research Center's contributions to national research efforts.
• The center's global footprint through the Global Brain Health Institute and its efforts to train fellows from around the world.
• Dr. Gil Rabinovici also addresses the misinformation and distrust of science, emphasizing the importance of rigorous and ethical research.
Dr. Rabinovici provides an overview of the Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Memory and Aging Center's mission, research activities, and recent progress in understanding and treating neurodegenerative diseases.
