INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY / PANELS / Women’s Brain Health

Maria Shriver is a journalist, author, advocate, and activist for women’s rights. Founder of the Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement (WAM), she has helped to highlight the often-invisible effects of this disease on women. Maria honors some of the leading scientists and medical practitioners who are working to improve the brain health and lives of all women.

in conversation with

Maria Shriver

Journalist, Author, Advocate + Founder, Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement

Dr. Roberta Diaz Brinton, Ph.D.

Director, UA Center for Innovation in Brain Science, The University of Arizona Health Sciences

Maria Shriver

Journalist, Author, Advocate + Founder, Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement

Dr. Roberta Diaz Brinton, Ph.D.

Director, UA Center for Innovation in Brain Science, The University of Arizona Health Sciences

Dr. Laura Cox, Ph.D.

Instructor in Neurology, Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School + Brigham and Women's Hospital

Dr. Richard S. Isaacson, M.D.

Director, Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic, Weill Cornell Memory Disorders Program + Director, Neurology Residency Training Program, Weill Cornell Medical College/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Dr. Laura Cox, Ph.D.

Instructor in Neurology, Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School + Brigham and Women's Hospital

Dr. Richard S. Isaacson, M.D.

Director, Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic, Weill Cornell Memory Disorders Program + Director, Neurology Residency Training Program, Weill Cornell Medical College/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Dr. Lisa Mosconi, Ph.D.

Director, Women's Brain Initiative + Associate Professor of Neuroscience in Neurology + Radiology + Associate Director, Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic, Weill Cornell Medical College/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Dr. Dean Ornish, M.D.

Founder + President, Preventive Medicine Research Institute + Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

Dr. Lisa Mosconi, Ph.D.

Director, Women's Brain Initiative + Associate Professor of Neuroscience in Neurology + Radiology + Associate Director, Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic, Weill Cornell Medical College/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Dr. Dean Ornish, M.D.

Founder + President, Preventive Medicine Research Institute + Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

Dr. Ashley H. Sanderlin, Ph.D.

Instructor of Gerontology + Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Chief Medical Correspondent, CNN

Dr. Ashley H. Sanderlin, Ph.D.

Instructor of Gerontology + Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Chief Medical Correspondent, CNN

Dr. Janine Austin Clayton, M.D.

Associate Director for Research on Women’s Health, National Institutes of Health + Director, NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health

Dr. Janine Austin Clayton, M.D.

Associate Director for Research on Women’s Health, National Institutes of Health + Director, NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health

The World Health Organization defines dementia as the deterioration in memory, thinking, behavior, and ability to perform everyday activities. It is a major cause of disability and dependency among older people. The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement is illuminating the impact on women, both in terms of their risk of getting ill and carrying the burden of care for others with Alzheimer’s: two-thirds of those diagnosed in the United States are women and two-thirds of caregivers are also women.2

Women are two-thirds of all those who get Alzheimer’s.

Maria Shriver

The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement (WAM) is a community of determined people committed to changing the story of women and Alzheimer’s by funding women-based research, supporting those impacted, and educating people about their brain health and Alzheimer’s prevention.