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Appendix B: Public Meeting Agendas
Pages 143-152

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... Delivery of Study Charge and Q&A/Discussion with Committee Objectives: •  eceive study background and charge from the R National Institute on Aging (NIA) , discuss task with the sponsor, and determine scope of committee's work (i.e., what is in and what is out)
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... Follow-Up Q&A/Discussion to Clarify Remaining Questions by the Committee on the Study Charge Alan I Leshner, Chair, Committee on Preventing Dementia and Cognitive Impairment CEO Emeritus, American Association for the Advancement of Science Richard Hodes, Director, NIA Kim Wittenberg, Health Scientist Administrator, AHRQ Robert Kane, Mary Butler, and Howard Fink, Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center 2:30 p.m.
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... APPENDIX B 145 Marie A Bernard, Deputy Director, NIA Kim Wittenberg, Health Scientist Administrator, AHRQ Robert Kane, Mary Butler, and Howard Fink, Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center 11:15 a.m.
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... •  xplore the current state of evidence on preventive interventions and E discuss areas where public health messaging might be warranted. •  iscuss promising, emerging data on interventions that did not meet D the evidentiary standard of the systematic review, and identify gaps and areas for future research.
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... BREAK 10:15 a.m. Making Decisions About Areas for Public Health Messaging •  iscuss criteria and best practices for selecting areas D for public health communication efforts.
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... Vascular Factors, Diabetes, and Obesity Rebecca Gottesman, Associate Professor of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University Jeff Williamson, Interim Chair of Internal Medicine; Program Director of the Sticht Center on Aging; Professor of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Neurology, Epidemiology & Prevention, and Translational Science Institute, Wake Forest Baptist Health Multimodal Interventions Edo Richard, Neurologist, University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center; Radboud University Medical Center
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From page 149...
... Diet and Physical Activity Joe Verghese, Professor of Neurology and Medicine, Director of the Division of Cognition and Motor Aging, Director of the Jack and Pearl Resnick Gerontology Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine  and Computer-Based Brain Games Cognitive Training Sherry Willis, Research Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington Sleep Quality and Disorders Susan McCurry, Research Professor and Vice Chair of Research of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington 2:15 p.m. Methodological Considerations Pertaining to the Prevention of Dementia (e.g., life course perspective, timing of interventions, and characteristics of people living with dementia)
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... BREAK SESSION II: PERSPECTIVES FROM PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA, ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS, AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES Session Objectives: • C  omment on which preventive interventions and outcomes are of most interest to people living with dementia and their caregivers. • C  ollect input from advocacy organizations and professional societies' on the EPC draft systematic review, the current state of evidence on preventive interventions and where public health messaging might be warranted, and areas for future research.
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... Closing Remarks Alan Leshner, Committee Chair Story Landis, Committee Vice-Chair 5:30 p.m. Public Session Adjourns
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... 9:00-9:05 a.m. Welcome Alan Leshner, CEO Emeritus, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Committee Chair Brief Remarks Richard Hodes, Director, NIA Marie A
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  • kim wittenberg
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  • howard fink
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