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Keynote Speaker

Suzanne E. Schindler, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neurology
Washington University in St. Louis

Dr. Schindler is a neurologist and neuroscientist committed to improving the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. She graduated from the Medical Scientist Training Program (M.D./Ph.D.) in Neurosciences and completed a neurology residency and dementia fellowship at Washington University. Currently, Dr. Schindler sees patients with memory concerns and coordinates clinical biomarker testing for the Washington University Memory Diagnostic Center. She leads the Fluid Biomarker Core for the Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and facilitates many collaborative research projects, including projects that have yielded some of the first clinically available blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Some of her work has examined the generalizability of AD biomarkers across diverse groups. Additionally, she has been a pioneer in real-world studies of AD diagnosis and treatments. She has served on numerous committees and working groups that have developed guidelines for the clinical use of AD blood tests and treatments.

Presenters (UAB ADRC Y1 REC Scholars) 

Edmund Arthur, O.D., Ph.D., FAAO
Assistant Professor, UAB School of Optometry

Lindsay Rizzardi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, UAB Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Kristen Allen-Watts, Ph.D., MPH
Assistant Professor, UAB Division of General Internal Medicine and Population Science