Mini Medical School: Neurodegeneration: The Quest to Save the Aging Brain

Dates: Tuesdays, April 18, 25, and May 2

This three-week Mini Medical School series will “simulate” medical school with hands-on activities and thought-provoking presentations to demonstrate how advances in neuroscience research are impacting quality of life.

Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease will affect millions of Americans in the coming years as people live longer and our population ages. With limited treatments and no cure for these diseases, there is a pressing need for progress. Join physicians and scientists from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases who are exploring the causes of neurodegeneration and using that basic science and clinical research to develop new treatments to advance care for patients and families with neurodegenerative diseases.