The annual Solomon Carter Fuller Brain Health Brunch is presented by the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) and the African Americans Fighting Alzheimer’s in Midlife (AA-FAIM) study. Free and open to all, the event aims to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s disease in the African American community.
Please register to attend by filling out and submitting the online registration form. Registration closes on March 21, 2024.
Event highlights include:
🧠Health & wellness fair
🧠Free, delicious brunch
🧠Keynote address by Dr. Lisa Barnes
🧠Precious Memories choir
🧠Vintage photo booth
🧠Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller portrayed by actor Esun Morales
🧠Spectacular Raffle (must be present to win)
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Honoring Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller
We remember and celebrate Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller’s vast contributions to the field of Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Fuller is recognized as the first African American psychiatrist. In 1904, he traveled to Munich, Germany, as one of five foreign doctors chosen to work with Dr. Alois Alzheimer at the Royal Psychiatric Hospital.
Upon returning to the United States, Dr. Fuller published the first papers in English on “presenile dementia,” which would later be referred to as Alzheimer’s disease. He performed vital research into the physical effects of Alzheimer’s disease on the brain. Dr. Fuller faced racism during his career, and acknowledgment and celebration of his work during his lifetime was scarce. Despite this, he was a pioneer in medicine, and today we recognize his career as a cornerstone in building a diverse and inclusive medical profession.
Dr. Lisa Barnes will be the keynote speaker
Dr. Lisa Barnes, the Alla V. and Solomon Jesmer professor of gerontology and geriatric medicine within the Department of Neurological Sciences at Rush University in Chicago, will present the keynote address.
Listen to Dr. Barnes’s conversation with Dr. Nathaniel Chin on the Dementia Matters episode, “Understanding the Social Determinants of Health and Disparities in Alzheimer’s Research.”
