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UCI MIND Facebook LIVE Video Series
This monthly series features short talks and Q&A with experts from the University of California, Irvine Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND), 1 of 32 congressionally designated Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers in the nation. Join UCI MIND on Facebook (@UCIrvineMIND) to learn about advances in research to improve Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Are you getting enough sleep for your brain?
About the Speaker:
Dr. Ruth Benca is a Professor and Chair of Psychiatry & Human Behavior in the UCI School of Medicine and Founding Director of UCI’s new Sleep Medicine Center in Newport Beach that opened in 2018. Her research focuses on the interface between sleep and brain disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease, and she has served as principal investigator for a number of important research studies funded by agencies including the NIH and the Department of Defense. Dr. Benca has authored over 150 articles, reviews, and book chapters, including a guide for clinicians on the diagnosis and management of sleep disorders.
UCI Sleep Medicine Services: http://www.ucihealth.org/medical-services/sleep-services
We hope you join us for future episodes on the first Friday of each month at 11 AM PST. And next month, March 6th, I’ll be joined by another amazing psychiatrist, researcher, and Director of Clinical Research at UCI MIND, Dr. David Sultzer, who will answer questions about how to care for a person with dementia who is exhibiting behavioral symptoms.
In the meantime, to learn more about the exciting research happening at UCI MIND, as well as upcoming education events, you can visit our website at mind.uci.edu
Lastly and most importantly, if you’d like to help our researchers by participating in important studies you can sign up for the UCI C2C Registry to be contacted about studies that might be right for you at c2c.uci.edu
