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The 13th annual Markesbery Symposium on Aging and Dementia is set for Friday, Nov. 17, and Saturday, Nov. 18. The symposium, hosted by UK’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, is named in honor and memory of the late William R. Markesbery, M.D., the founding director of Sanders-Brown. Markesbery's legacy of groundbreaking research has formed the bedrock for our quest to understand and treat Alzheimer's disease and to improve the quality of life of older adults. 

The University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) will host its 12th annual Markesbery Symposium on Aging and Dementia this weekend. The event is named in honor and memory of the late William R. Markesbery, M.D., founding director of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. Markesbery's legacy of groundbreaking research formed the bedrock for the quest by researchers at the SBCoA to understand and treat Alzheimer's disease and to improve the quality of life of older adults.

The Sanders-Brown Center on Aging's annual Markesbery Symposium is this Saturday November 19th at Central Bank Center in Lexington. Dr. Greg gets a preview from Dr. Pete Nelson, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. The symposium is free and open to the public.

The program is set and registration is open for the 11th annual Sanders-Brown Markesbery Symposium on Aging and Dementia.