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SUMMARY:Public Health Approaches to Addressing Health Disparities in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
DESCRIPTION:Please join UsAgainstAlzheimer’s Center for Brain Health Equity on September 15 for a virtual Congressional briefing on the state of Alzheimer’s disease in the United States. Speakers will highlight how health inequities deeply affects people living with Alzheimer’s\, especially in Black and Latino communities\, and how a public health approach to Alzheimer’s\, led by the CDC is operating. Confirmed Congressional Briefing Participants include:\n\n\n\nDr. Lisa McGuire\, PhD\, Lead\, Alzheimer’s Disease Team\, Healthy Aging Branch\, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion\, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\nDr. Kina White\, DrPH\, MHSA\, FACHE\, Director\, Office of Community Health Improvement\, Mississippi State Department of Health\nStephanie Monroe\, JD\, Director of Diversity\, Equity\, Inclusion & Access\, UsAgainstAlzheimer’s; Executive Director\, AfricanAmericansAgainstAlzheimer’s\nMartha Villanigro-Santiago\, JD\, caregiver and owner of Aging and Moving Forward\, LLC\n\nThe event is open to the public and there will be opportunity for Q&A at the end of the briefing. For any questions\, please contact Daphne Delgado\, Project Director of Brain Health Partnerships\, at DDelgado@UsAgainstAlzheimers.org. \n\n\n\nREGISTER
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SUMMARY:The STEM Gap: Building the Pathways for Women of Color in STEM Careers | WCPI Policy Briefing
DESCRIPTION:This event is hosted by the Women’s Congressional Policy Institute in cooperation with Congresswomen Madeleine Dean and Jenniffer González-Colón and Co-Chairs\, Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues and Congresswomen Lucy McBath and Kat Cammack Vice-Chairs\, Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues. \nThe Women’s Congressional Policy Institute (WCPI) is a nonprofit\, nonpartisan public policy organization whose mission is to bring together a community of bipartisan women policymakers and trusted partners to advance issues of importance to women\, develop the next generation of women leaders\, and foster a more effective and representative democracy. Since 1995\, WCPI has worked closely with the bipartisan Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues (Women’s Caucus) to advance issues of importance to women and their families. In conjunction with the Women’s Caucus leadership\, we host congressional briefings and Member meetings on a wide range of issues\, including women’s health\, international issues\, and 21st-century workforce development issues\, as well as events to strengthen relationships among women Members. \nSAVE THE DATE
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SUMMARY:Congressional Briefing: Advances in the Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Retinal Diseases
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, September 21\, The Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR) will host two important events in conjunction with the Eighth Annual Emerging Vision Scientists Day on Capitol Hill.  \nCongressional Briefing: Advances in the Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Retinal Diseases\n12:30 – 1:30 pm\, House Rayburn Office Building\, Room 2060\nHeld during International AMD Awareness Week 2022 and Healthy Aging Month\, this Briefing begins AEVR’s Eighth Annual Emerging Vision Scientists Day on Capitol Hill. The briefing features James T. Handa\, MD (Wilmer Eye Institute/Johns Hopkins University) who will speak about the latest advances in the diagnosis and treatment of AMD. American Macular Degeneration Foundation Patient Liaison Laura Carabello will also provide an AMD patient’s perspective. \nEighth Annual Emerging Vision Scientists Reception\n5:00 – 7:00 pm\, House Rayburn Office Building\, Room 2045\nThe reception\, hosted by AEVR President Paul Lee\, MD\, JD (Kellogg Eye Center at the University of Michigan) showcases the work of 21 early-stage vision scientists from across the nation who will display posters and discuss their breakthrough research to save sight and restore vision. The event\, sponsored by a grant from Research to Prevent Blindness\, focuses on answering the question\, “How will research delay\, reduce\, and prevent the $717 billion annual cost of eye disease and vision impairment projected by year 2050? \nThe Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR)\, a 501(c)3 non-profit foundation\, is proud to announce these educational programs associated with its Research Saving Sight\, Restoring Vision Initiative\, a sustained effort that recognizes the benefits of federally funded vision research. Visit AEVR’s Web site at www.eyeresearch.org. \nLEARN MORE
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