Apr 19, 2024  |  12:00pm - 1:00pm
Rounds

UofT Women's Brain Health Rounds: Dr. Walter Rocca & Dr. Karyn Frick

Neurology

The purpose of the UofT Women’s Brain Health Rounds is to bring together clinicians, investigators, and basic research scientists to bridge the knowledge gaps on women’s brain health in neurology and related disciplines. Rounds will include case reports, research in progress, and clinical studies on issues affecting women’s brain health with or without concomitant diagnosis of neurological condition.

Audience: Clinicians, Research Scientists, Neurology Residents and Fellows, PhD and master’s students as well as interested public.

Speaker: Walter A. Rocca MD, MPH
Ralph S. and Beverly E. Caulkins Professor of Neurodegenerative Diseases Research 
Professor of Epidemiology and Neurology, 
Division of Epidemiology, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences
Department of Neurology
Women's Health Research Cluster
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

Topic: Premenopausal Bilateral Oophorectomy and Cognitive Aging

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Dr Walter A. Rocca

Speaker: Karyn Frick PhD
Distinguished Professor, Neuroscience Area Head, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Estrigenix Therapeutics, Inc.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin

Topic: Roles of Protein Synthesis and Degradation in Estrogen's Effects on Memory Consolidation 

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Dr Karyn Frick

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Contact

Shreeyaa Ramana
Einstein Lab Manager
womens.brainhealth@utoronto.ca