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Session Highlights & Speakers

Session 1: How Biological Context Shapes Pathological Tau

Wednesday, January 27

10:00 - 11:30 AM ET

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University of Miami

Moderator
Songi Han, PhD

Northwestern University

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Priyanka Joshi, PhD

Georgetown University Medical Center

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​University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Session 2: Proteostasis, Clearance and Cellular Recovery

Wednesday, January 27

12:45 - 2:15 PM ET

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University of South Florida 

Moderator
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Kapil Ramachandran, PhD

Columbia University

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Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri

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University of South Carolina

Session 3: Sex as a Determinant of Tau Vulnerability

Wednesday, January 27

2:30 - 4:00 PM ET

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Lea Grinberg, MD, PhD

Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville

Moderator
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Dena Dubal, MD, PhD

University of California
San Francisco

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University of California
San Diego

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Weill Cornell Medicine

Session 4: Multicellular and Copathology Drivers of Vulnerability

Thursday, January 28

9:40 - 11:10 AM ET

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Julie Schneider, MD, MS

Rush University Medical Center

Moderator
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University of Edinburgh

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Saef Izzy, MD

Mass General Brigham, Department of Neurology

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