2021 Alzheimer's Public Educational Forum

Presented by The Wien Center for Alzheimer’s Disease and Memory Disorders, Mount Sinai Medical Center and 1Florida Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, the event offers a space where new information is provided and in-depth discussions take place about the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. Speakers included experts in the fields of neurology, neuropsychology, psychiatry, geriatrics, epidemiology, genetics, imaging and neuropathology.

This year’s Public Educational Forum was sponsored by Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, the University of Florida and the 1Florida ADRC. Rosie Curiel Cid, Psy.D., associate professor and chief of cross-cultural neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience, co-chaired the virtual forum and David Loewenstein, Ph.D., directorof the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience on Aging and associate director of the full ADRC, served as a presenter, answering the many thoughtful questions submitted by the public. More than 800 people registered. “The astonishing increase of those receiving a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s dementia or other related disorders continues to significantly impact our population,” Dr. Curiel Cid said. “From patients to families to caregivers, there are few people left unaffected by this disease. During the covid pandemic alone, deaths in the U.S. due to Alzheimer’s or dementia increased 16%. This is monumental growth just in the last year and it was reflected in the vast forum audience. Everybody wants answers and treatments and cures and we are working determinedly to find them.”