National Expert on Early Stage Memory Loss and Alzheimer's Available for Interviews

[Max]

National Expert on Early Stage Memory Loss and Alzheimer's Available for Interviews
Library: MED
Keywords: NEUROSCIENCES MEMORY LOSS ALZHEIMERS RESEARCH
Description: A professor of neurosciences at UCSD, and a national expert on early-stage memory loss and Alzheimer's disease, is available for interviews regarding Charlton Heston's announcement that he may have signs of early Alzheimer's.




August 9, 2002

MEDIA ADVISORY

National Expert on Early Stage Memory Loss & Alzheimer's
Available for Media Interviews

Leon Thal, M.D., a professor of neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine, and a national expert on early-stage memory loss and Alzheimer's disease, is available for interviews regarding Charlton Heston's announcement that he may have signs of early Alzheimer's.

Dr. Thal can discuss early-stage memory loss, signs of Alzheimer's disease, the range of interventions, and the types of clinical trials now available in the US.

Dr. Thal is director of the national, multi-center Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study, which was recently funded by the National Institute on Aging for $54 million. He is chair of the UCSD Department of Neurosciences, which has been named the top neurosciences program in the US by the National Academy of Sciences, and head of the UCSD Alzheimer's Disease Research Center.

To reach Dr. Thal, contact Sue Pondrom, (619) 543-6163.

Links:

http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2001/09_20_ADCS.html

http://medicine.ucsd.edu/neurosci/the-faculty/thal.html

http://antimony.ucsd.edu/

http://adrc.ucsd.edu/

[Wise Young]

This is a new one. I have not seen a scientist/clinician putting out a media advisory indicating willingness to comment on a disease. Wise.

[KLD]

I know Dr. Thal, and can be sure this did not come from him directly. I suspect this comes from the UCSD Office of Public Relations, which posts all their press releases on their web site.