Virtual Symposium on Digital and Wearable Biomarkers in Lewy Body Dementias

The Lewy Body Dementia Association’s Research Centers of Excellence invites the scientific and research community to attend its Virtual Symposium on Digital and Wearable Biomarkers in Lewy Body Dementia on Monday, August 9, 2021 from 11 am to 3 pm EST. This is a virtual event. 

There will be an esteemed international collective of speakers who will present data in two sessions, with an interactive discussion with speakers held at the end of each session. 

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Moderators:  

Kathleen Poston, MD, Stanford University

Joseph Quinn, MD, Oregon Health & Science University

Agenda:

Session 1 Continuous Monitoring/Sleep/Fluctuations in Lewy Body Dementia: 

EEG in DLB:  Laura Bonanni, MD, PhD Università degli Studi G. d’Annunzio Chieti e Pescara   

Passive monitoring devices measuring activity and cognition:  Jeff Kaye, MD, Oregon Health & Science University

Approaches to actigraphy analysis:  Jamie Zeitzer, PhD,  Stanford University   

Sleep profiler in RBD and LBD:  Erik K. St Louis, MD, Mayo Clinic and Debby Tsuang, MD, MSc, University of Washington  

Discussion   

Session 2 Cognitive and Motor Digital Biomarkers in Lewy Body Dementia: 

Roche PD Mobile Application: remote and frequent quantification of motor sign severity in individuals with Parkinson’s disease:  Kirsten Taylor , Roche 

Automated speech analysis of Lewy Body Dementias with AD co-pathology:  Sanjana Shellikeri, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania   

Wearable sensors for motor monitoring:  Martina Mancini, PhD, Oregon Health & Science University   

ALLFTD (cognitive app):  Adam Staffaroni, PhD, University of California San Francisco

Discussion 

Click here for a copy of the agenda and speaker bios

Click here to watch a video recording of the event