AD/PD™ Journal Club: Amyloid-β Deposition Predicts Grocery Shopping Performance in Older Adults Without Cognitive Impairment

Join us for the next AD/PD™ Journal Club where Prof. Zukowski will discuss the article: ¨Amyloid-β Deposition Predicts Grocery Shopping Performance in Older Adults Without Cognitive Impairment¨. The article explores the relationship between amyloid-β (Aβ) deposits in the brain and real-world cognitive tasks, particularly grocery shopping, in older adults who do not have cognitive impairments.

The author´s paper will be available free of access to all journal attendees here.

Learning Objectives:

  • Participants in this session will be able to understand how visual search strategies differ between young and older adults.
  • Participants in this session will explore how instrumented analyses of complex, everyday tasks can reflect subtle cognitive declines associated with Aβ deposition.

Agenda

Welcome: Prof. Lockhart will introduce Prof. Zukowski

Presentation of the article: Prof. Zukowski will discuss the article:
¨Amyloid-β Deposition Predicts Grocery Shopping Performance in Older Adults Without Cognitive Impairment¨

Discussion: Q&A with the speaker, moderated by Prof. Lockhart

Faculty

Moderator

Dr. Samuel Lockhart, PhD is a Neuroscientist with 15+ years’ experience investigating late-life brain health using imaging, cognitive, and biomarker data, aiming to develop interventions for preventing disease and decline. Having worked with multiple NIH Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers (ADRCs), Dr. Lockhart has over 80 publications on aging and neurodegenerative disease, was founding Co-Leader of the Wake Forest ADRC Imaging Biomarker Core, and led brain imaging ancillaries to clinical trials impacting brain health. Sam continues to provide industry scientific leadership in the design and implementation of imaging biomarker solutions in clinical trials.

Speaker

Lisa Zukowski, PhD is an associate professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at High Point University. Dr. Zukowski earned a PhD in Health and Human Performance with a concentration in Biomechanics from the University of Florida in 2014 and completed a Postdoctoral Research Associate appointment under the mentorship of Dr. Prudence Plummer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research interests focus on understanding how kinematics of gait, visual attention during walking, environmental distractions, and performance of a cognitive task interact to affect overall walking performance in older adults.