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URL:https://www.first-unitarian-pgh.org/events/sunday-forum-speaker-series
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SUMMARY:Sunday Forum Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:First UU Sunday Forum Speaker Series\, Schweitzer Room\, or on-
 line\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85187388553?pwd=lEmfX8xWQCpcHL5Ue4ACiOaU
 o3lh0Z.1\n\nSpeaker: Long-time congregation member Nicholas Izzo\, Ph.D. i
 s a research biologist with expertise in cell-based assay development and 
 drug discovery.\nNick earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Georgetown Universit
 y and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Virginia. He conducte
 d post-doctoral training at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medic
 al School.\n\nNick's talk will include:\n- a brief intro to what Alzheimer
 's is and what\nThe main players are believed to be in the pathology.\n- t
 he latest on what drugs have been approved and a simple description of how
 \nthey work\, vis-a-vis the main players\, above\, and how well (or how po
 orly) they work with a look at the key data from clinical trials\;\n- a 40
 \,000 ft view of what drugs are in the development pipeline and the broad 
 categories they belong to\;\n- a short touch on what he has worked on\;\n-
  some recent findings of things that we can do to lower our risk of develo
 ping dementia.
CATEGORIES:Community
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