March 28, 2022 –
March 29, 2022

White Matter 2022 “Dark Horses in Research”

Scientific Planning Committee

Sandra Billinger, Program Committee
Fanny Elahi, Program Committee
Kristen Zuloaga, Program Committee
Susan Brogan, Institute Executive Director

March 28, 2022

8:45 am

Why should the VCID field care about what’s happening with amyloid therapeutics?

Donna Wilcock, PhD
9:20 am

From Dark Horse to Front-Runner: Vascular contributions to brain health

Farzaneh Sorond, MD, PhD
10:00 am

Blood-brain barrier dysfunction is associated with A/T/N biomarkers and cognition in the aging brain

Fanny Elahi, MD, PhD
10:25 am

Regulation of the blood brain barrier in health and disease

Richard Daneman, PhD
10:45 am

From football players to aging brains - trajectories of vulnerability and resilience to cognitive decline

Daniela Kaufer, PhD
12:20 pm

Single-nucleus transcriptome analysis reveals disease- and regeneration-associated endothelial cells and candidate mechanistic molecular systems in white matter vascular dementia

S. Thomas Carmichael, MD, PhD
12:45 pm

APOE4 Impairs Myelination via Cholesterol Dysregulation in Oligodendrocytes

Joel Blanchard, PhD
1:10 pm

Cerebral microhemorrhages in the aging white matter

Stefano Tarantini, PhD
2:10 pm

Algorithms to Assess Neurovascular Coupling Characteristics at Bedside

Xiao Hu
2:35 pm

Age-related changes of neurovascular coupling and global brain network function and its association to cognitive performance in human subjects

Andriy Yabluchanskiy, MD, PhD

March 29, 2022

9:30 am

Influence of endocrine aging on metabolic and vascular contributions to dementia

10:10 am

Cerebral microvascular alterations induced by menopause: implications for cognitive impairment

Paulo W. Pires, PhD
11:25 am

Geroprotection and the treadmill: exercise and the aging brain

Constanza J. Cortes, PhD
11:50 am

The effects of physical activity on white matter integrity in healthy aging

Chelsea Stillman Coyle, PhD
12:15 pm

The brain-kidney axis

Aditi Gupta, MD, MS
1:40 pm

Understanding degenerative disease mechanisms in the white matter using advanced MRI

Swati Rane Levendovsky, PhD
2:00 pm

Blood pressure control: Updated insights into a randomized clinical trial-proven approach to reducing risk for cognitive impairment and dementia

Jeff D. Williamson, MD, MHS