Course: VCU Richmond Brain Health Initiative (RBHI): Improving Brain Health (OSH-BRAINHLTH)

Dr. Zanjani, the director of the VCU Richmond Brain Health Initiative (RBHI), discusses Improving Brain Health. We will review the current guidance on modifiable brain health risk factors. Audience members will leave with brain health information and a strategy to improve their own brain health. Minding the Gap: VCU Richmond Brain Health Initiative | Medical College of Virginia Foundation (mcvfoundation.org) https://www.mcvfoundation.org/news/stories/minding-gap-vcu-richmond-brain-health-initiative

Session: OSH127.BRAINHLTH

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Tuesdays, Sept 22

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10:00am - 11:30am

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Faika Zanjani

Biography: Faika Zanjani is a Professor in the Department of Gerontology and Associate Dean of Research at Virginia Commonwealth University, College of Health Professions, and a Gerontological Society of America Fellow. At VCU, Zanjani directs the Richmond Brain Health Initiative, ARDRAF VCOA fund, and the Neurdegeneration VCU Convergence Lab. She conducts research on brain health interventions in community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults. Dr. Zanjani has a Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies, with a concentration in Gerontology, from Pennsylvania State University, with postdoctoral training in Geriatric Psychiatry from the University of Pennsylvania. Her current work is aimed at reducing Alzheimer?s Disease/Dementia risks, which initiated the creation of the Richmond Brain Health Initiative.

Facility Detail

TBD - UR Campus

Richmond, VA 23173