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The Female Brain and the Future of Alzheimer’s Prevention

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Tue Feb 3, 2026

Date

Tue Feb 3, 2026
5:00pm – 6:00pm MST

Location

Paepcke Auditorium
1000 N. Third Street
Aspen, CO

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    [email protected]
    970.544.7970

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Presented as part of the Advancing Women’s Health Series.

Featuring Dr. Roberta Brinton, neuroscientist and director of the Center for Innovation in Brain Science at the University of Arizona. Women make up nearly two-thirds of Alzheimer’s cases, but the reason why has only recently begun to emerge in the scientific literature. In this conversation, Dr. Brinton will explore the connection between menopause and the increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease in women, revealing how hormonal shifts during midlife can trigger early changes in brain energy and structure. She will share the latest breakthroughs in hormone therapy, including how timely intervention may reduce long-term cognitive risk, as well as emerging therapeutics aimed at preventing or even reversing early-stage neurodegeneration. Backed by decades of research into the aging female brain, Dr. Brinton will offer science-based strategies to help women protect cognitive function and build lasting brain resilience. This series is generously sponsored by Meredith Loring and Sami Inkinen.
Paepcke Auditorium, doors at 4:30 pm

Registration
While attendance at this event is free and open to everyone, registration is required, and capacity is established on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Parking
Parking is very limited. Please carpool, walk, bike, or ride RFTA.

Dr. Roberta Diaz Brinton is the director of the UA Center for Innovation in Brain Science at the University of Arizona Health Sciences.  Dr. Brinton is a leading neuroscientist in the field of Alzheimer’s, the aging female brain and regenerative therapeutics. Dr. Brinton has received numerous awards and recognition for her research and STEM education initiatives. Notably, she recently was honored as Woman of the Year by Los Angeles magazine for her translational research that is creating innovative therapies to prevent and treat Alzheimer’s disease.

She was included in U.S. News & World Report’s 2005 “Ten Best Minds” list, received the 2006 Society for Neuroscience Science Educator of the Year, and was awarded one of the nation’s highest civilian honors, the 2010 Presidential Citizens Medal, presented by President Barack Obama, for her work in promoting careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) among minority students.

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