Grand Rounds
2011-2012 Lecture Series:
A Lifecourse Approach to Prevention
Please join Dean Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH, for our monthly Grand Rounds lectures. This series of lectures aims to inspire innovative approaches to national and global public health challenges, setting our sights on leadership needs for the 21st century.
NEXT EVENT:
February 15, 2012
Move the Body & Enrich the Brain:
Maintaining, Rehabilitating and Improving Neurocognitive Health Throughout Life
The areas of our brain that control memory and planning--the hippocampus and frontal lobe--are particularly vulnerable to stress, the environment and aging. Dr. Carlson will discuss how advances in science and public health interventions may reverse damage and fortify at-risk brains.
Michelle Carlson, PhD [BIO]
Associate Professor
Associate Director of the Center on Aging and Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
| Location: | Alumni Auditorium, 650 W. 168th Street, New York City | |
| Time: | 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | |
| Reception to follow |
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