First UU Sunday Forum Speaker Series, Schweitzer Room, or on-line

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85187388553?pwd=lEmfX8xWQCpcHL5Ue4ACiOaUo3lh0Z.1

Speaker: Long-time congregation member Nicholas Izzo, Ph.D. is a research biologist with expertise in cell-based assay development and drug discovery.
Nick earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Georgetown University and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Virginia. He conducted post-doctoral training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

Nick’s talk will include:
– a brief intro to what Alzheimer’s is and what
The main players are believed to be in the pathology.
– the latest on what drugs have been approved and a simple description of how
they work, vis-a-vis the main players, above, and how well (or how poorly) they work with a look at the key data from clinical trials;
– a 40,000 ft view of what drugs are in the development pipeline and the broad categories they belong to;
– a short touch on what he has worked on;
– some recent findings of things that we can do to lower our risk of developing dementia.