Derrick Hord Shares about the Upcoming Markesbery Symposium Community Session

Derrick Hord is the Community Outreach and Engagement Director at the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging. He joins the podcast to share about the Markesbery Symposium Community Session, named in honor and memory of the late William R. Markesbery, MD, founding director of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at the University of Kentucky.   Dr. Markesbery’s legacy of groundbreaking research at the Center on Aging has formed the bedrock for our quest to understand and treat Alzheimer’s disease and to improve the quality of life of the elderly. Derrick shares about the importance of research and how to attend the 2024 Markesbery Symposium Community Session!

In-person registration has reached capacity, but virtual attendance is still an option. To register to attend the Markesbery Symposium Community Session, please visit https:// tinyurl.com/2024- register-Markesbery or call 859-323-5550.  For more details about the Symposium, and those from years past, visit https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/sbcoa/markesbery-symposium.

For more information about the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, visit us as https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/sbcoa.

 

To participate in research at the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, visit https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/sbcoa/clinical-trials.

 

If you are a caregiver and need support, please visit https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/sbcoa/how-can-we-help.

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