George Vradenburg

Chairman, UsAgainstAlzheimer's

George Vradenburg is Chairman of UsAgainstAlzheimer’s, which he co-founded in October 2010. He was named by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to serve on the Advisory Council on Research, Care, and Services established by the National Alzheimer's Project Act and has testified before Congress about the global Alzheimer’s pandemic.

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This Speaker's Sessions

Wednesday Oct. 12
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1:00–1:15 PM
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State of the Movement – George Vradenburg

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Fireside Chat
Wednesday Oct. 12
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4:15–4:45 PM
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Fireside Chat with U.S. Representative Anna G. Eshoo and George Vradenburg

The creation of the new Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H, is a huge victory in the fight against Alzheimer’s and other diseases affecting millions of people nationwide. We ask one of its champions what needs to happen from a legislative and regulatory perspective to ensure the agency hits the ground running in 2023 and to maximize its potential to achieve a breakthrough in ending Alzheimer’s.

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Fireside Chat
Thursday Oct. 13
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3:15–3:45 PM
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Fireside Chat with U.S. Senator Susan Collins and George Vradenburg

As we mark the 10th anniversary of the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s disease with the passage of the National Alzheimer's Project Act (NAPA), we reflect on what’s been accomplished: increased funding for research, care, and services; improved cross-government coordination; and global adoption of the goal of stopping the disease by 2025. Even more important, we discuss what NAPA can accomplish in the next decade.

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