The Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine presents a public forum on repairing the failing brain.  Stem Cell science and the potential for new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other neurodegenerative diseases will be discussed in the Orin Smith Auditorium.  Reception to follow.

Featured panelists:

Lorenz Studer, MD, Founder and Director of the Center for Stem Cell Biology, Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Jessica Young, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Washington

C. Dirk Keene, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology, University of Washington

Eric Larson, MD, MPH, clinical Professor, University of Washington School of Public Health

Brad Rolf, MS, CGC, Genetic Coulnselor at the Genetic Medicine Clinic at University of Washington Medical Center

Moderated by Suman (Sumie) Jayadev, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Washington

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