In the United States, racial/ethnic inequalities in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias persist even after controlling for socioeconomic factors and physical health. These persistent and unexplained disparities suggest: (1) there are unrecognized dementia risk factors that are socially patterned and/or (2) known dementia risk factors exhibit differential impact across social groups. Pursuing these research directions with data from multiple longitudinal studies of brain and cognitive aging has revealed several challenges to the study of late-life health inequalities, highlighted evidence for both risk and resilience within marginalized communities, and inspired new data collection efforts to advance the field.

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable deaths and illnesses in the United States and globally. Sexual, racial, ethnic minorities, young adults, and populations from rural areas and lower socioeconomic positions are disproportionately impacted by the health harms of tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke. In this talk, Andy Tan, Associate Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication, will provide an overview of integrating communication science to address inequalities in health information exposure, message processing, and behavioral effects associated with pro- and anti-tobacco communications among vulnerable populations. He will present findings from recent work including examining inequities in tobacco advertising exposure among young adult sexual minorities, experiences of smoking risk and protective factors among transgender and gender expansive adults, and development of a culturally responsive communication intervention to increase resilience against tobacco marketing influences and reduce smoking among young adult LGB women.

COVID -19 has affected social interaction and healthcare worldwide. This talk will focus on the impact of the pandemic and “lockdown” on mental health services, community physical health services, and patient mortality in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, based on the analysis of de-identified data from the primary NHS provider of secondary care mental health services to this population (~0.86 million)

Se planteara un panorama historico asi como una descrpicion actual de la salud cerebral en Uruguay, se describiran las lineas de accion fundamentales desde el msp para la prevencion, tratamiento, rehabilitacion e investigacion de lops problemas neurologicos en Uruguay