Lalitha Madhavan, MD, PhD: Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Arizona
Monday, March 18, 2024,
2:30pm-3:30 pm,
ASA Koffler Great Room and zoom
Are you interested in Parkinson’s Disease or Alzheimer’s? Perhaps you know of someone, a spouse, partner, or friend who has recently been diagnosed, and you are curious.
Dr. Madhavan has an ambitious goal – to develop rational therapeutic strategies to tackle aging and age-related neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease. These diseases most often affect individuals after age 60 and are often treated with drugs and surgery. She’ll explain how she employs a powerful lab technique called induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology, which transforms adult cells into embryo-like cells that can then mature into any other cell type. This reprogramming technique has enabled her laboratory to not only uncover the mechanisms underlying Parkinson’s Disease but also help develop diagnostics and therapeutics.
Dr. Madhavan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Arizona (UA). She is also a member of the Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute, BIO5 Institute and the Arizona Center on Aging. Before joining UA, she completed postdoctoral work in the laboratory of Dr Timothy J Collier under a NIH Udall Center for Excellence in Parkinson’s Disease Research Award at the University of Cincinnati and received a PhD in Neuroscience from Iowa State University.
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