Easton Center – BRI Dementia Colloquium

Easton Center – BRI Dementia Colloquium

September 25, 2025

2:00pm – 3:00pm

Part A

Social Ties to Brain Integrity in Older Black Adults

Kacie Deters, PhD

Assistant Professor, Integrative Biology & Physiology,

UCLA College of Letters & Sciences      – and –

Investigating the Intersection of Genetic and Social Factors

on Cognitive Decline in Older Black Adults

Katelyn Mooney

PhD Candidate, Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program,

Integrative Biology & Physiology, UCLA College of Letters & Sciences

Part B

New Mouse Genetic Tools to Dissect Alzheimer’s Pathologies

at Single-Neuron Resolution

  1. William Yang, MD, PhD

Professor, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences,

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA      – and –

Probing a Neuroprotective PHCG2 Variant in AD, Aging, and Therapeutics

CY Daniel Lee, PhD

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences,

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Registration Required – https://uclahs.zoom.us/meeting/register/rXJjZGctRO2qqcr3l-j6Ow

Contact – Nancy Osuch – nosuch@mednet.ucla.edu

C-240 Reed and Zoom