2026 Fall Community Conversation: How Food Shapes Brain Health As We Age
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Join the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) in person or online for this annual community educational event, which shares the latest science on how your diet supports brain health. You’ll learn how to navigate confusing nutrition claims and take away simple, brain-healthy eating tips you can start using at your next meal. Free and open to everyone. RSVPs are not required, but are appreciated. Visit adrc.wisc.edu/FCC2026 for more information.
Hear insights from experts including researchers from Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center in Chicago and the University of Wisconsin, as well as a chef from Wisconsin’s Ho-Chunk Nation. The event will conclude with a Q&A panel moderated by Art Walaszek, MD.
There are two ways to attend the program: in person or online
➡️ The in-person event includes free refreshments and a Resource Fair from 4:30–5:30 p.m., followed by the live program in the auditorium from 5:30–7:30 p.m. Doors open at the in person location at 4:15 p.m. There will be plenty of free parking.
➡️ The online option will feature the program only, streamed on YouTube from 5:30–7:30 p.m. CT.
More details:
🧠 Lisa Barnes, PhD, of the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center in Chicago, will present the keynote talk and serve as a guest panelist
Guest panelists:
🧠 Barb Bendlin, PhD, Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC), UW–Madison
🧠 Beth Olson, PhD, Department of Nutritional Sciences, UW–Madison
🧠 Elena Terry, Executive Chef, Tall Grass, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA)
Questions? Please email [email protected].
Thank you!
Hear insights from experts including researchers from Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center in Chicago and the University of Wisconsin, as well as a chef from Wisconsin’s Ho-Chunk Nation. The event will conclude with a Q&A panel moderated by Art Walaszek, MD.
There are two ways to attend the program: in person or online
➡️ The in-person event includes free refreshments and a Resource Fair from 4:30–5:30 p.m., followed by the live program in the auditorium from 5:30–7:30 p.m. Doors open at the in person location at 4:15 p.m. There will be plenty of free parking.
➡️ The online option will feature the program only, streamed on YouTube from 5:30–7:30 p.m. CT.
More details:
🧠 Lisa Barnes, PhD, of the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center in Chicago, will present the keynote talk and serve as a guest panelist
Guest panelists:
🧠 Barb Bendlin, PhD, Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC), UW–Madison
🧠 Beth Olson, PhD, Department of Nutritional Sciences, UW–Madison
🧠 Elena Terry, Executive Chef, Tall Grass, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA)
Questions? Please email [email protected].
Thank you!
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Where is it happening?
Middleton Performing Arts Center, 7401 Lee St, Middleton, WI 53562, United States
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Host or PublisherWisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
