Filmmaker presents documentary about memory and aging

March 11, 2014

WHAT:

Director Scott Kirschenbaum will present his documentary about aging, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, “You’re Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don’t,” which premiered on the PBS Independent Lens series. A panel discussion will follow.

WHO:               

Speakers/presenters will include:

• Scott Kirschenbaum, director
• Laurence Solberg, M.D., chief, University of Florida College of Medicine Department of Aging and Geriatric Research’s division of geriatric medicine
• Ronald Cohen, Ph.D., director, UF Cognitive Aging Program and Memory Clinical Translational Research Program
• Kenneth M. Heilman, M.D., director, UF Memory Disorders Clinics
• Glen R. Finney, M.D., co-director, UF Memory and Cognitive Disorders Program
• David R. Borchelt, Ph.D., director, Santa Fe HealthCare Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at UF

WHEN:             6-8 p.m. Thursday, March 13

WHERE:          The Village in Gainesville, 8000 NW 27th Blvd., Gainesville, in the Tower Club Grand Ballroom. 

CONTACT:     For more information about the event, call Christy Carter, Ph.D., at 352-273-5727 or email cartercs@ufl.edu. For more information about the documentary, visit www.yourelookingatme.com.