On February 7, 2025 our Meet the PI lecture series features the work of Victor Villemagne, MD. Dr. Villemagne is the Levidow-Pittsburgh Foundation Chair in Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Disorders and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and one of the most highly regarded experts in Alzheimer's disease biomarkers worldwide. He is extremely accomplished in in-vivo imaging of brain pathology in aging and neurodegenerative disorders, and specializes in using positron emission tomography (PET) imaging and biofluids to develop and evaluate disease-specific biomarkers. Among Dr. Villemagne’s achievements in this area, he has established that the process of amyloid-β accumulation in the brain can be detected by PET imaging 15-20 years before the onset of dementia. Dr. Villemagne has been instrumental in the validation of novel blood biomarkers for the prediction of amyloid-β burden in the brain, as well as their predictive power for cognitive trajectories. In addition, he developed the first universal mask and scale for tau imaging studies that enables harmonization of the six most commonly used tau tracers, to be displayed under the same universal scale.
Join us in person in the UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Auditorium or via Zoom using the following information:
Link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/92778714831
Passcode: 706013
For More Information. Please contact Shardai Key Ward at keysj4@upmc.edu.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS. The entirety of this program will be a lecture by the speaker(s). All individuals able to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any proprietary entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients. Registration is not required for this event. This event is free and there will be no refunds. The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Other health care professionals are awarded .15 continuing education units (CEUs), which are equal to 1.5 contact hours. In accordance with Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education requirements on disclosure, information about relationships of presenters with commercial interests (if any) will be included in materials which will be distributed at the time of the conference. WPH is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. WPH maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. This program is being offered for 1.5 continuing education credits. The indicated number of clock hours of continuing education is provided through UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital’s Office of Educational Resources and Planning, a PA-approved provider of social work continuing education in accordance with all the applicable educational and professional standards of the Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapist. These clock hours satisfy requirements for LSW/LCSW, LPC and LMFT renewal. For more information, call (412) 204-9085.
