Regional Awards Luncheon and Scientific Panel | Boston
Start Time: October 27, 2015
Harvard Club - Back Bay
374 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
11 am - 3:30 pm | Complimentary Admission
11 am | Check In and Reception
12 pm | Awards Luncheon
honoring
Roger Nitsch, MD Founder and President,
Neurimmune Chairman’s Award
George M. Martin, MD Professor of Pathology Emeritus,
University of Washington
School of Medicine Honorary Leadership Award
Leonard Guarente, PhD Novartis Professor of Biology,
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology Irving S. Wright
Award of Distinction
Amy Wagers, PhD Professor of Stem Cell
and Regenerative Biology,
Harvard University and
Harvard Stem Cell Institute Vincent Cristofalo Rising Star
Award in Aging Research
More on AFAR's Awards of Distinction and Scientific Awards here.
Remarks
Ilise Lombardo, MD
Vice President of Clinical Research
Axovant Dementia Solutions
1 pm | Panel
The Future of Alzheimer's Disease:
Translation and Therapeutics
featuring
Rudy Tanzi, PhD
Joseph P. and
Rose Kennedy
Professor of Neurology,
Harvard University Moderator
Steven E. Arnold, MD Department of Neurology Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
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