Weekly Lunch Brain Health and Dementia

Sudha Seshadri, MD, is a behavioral neurologist and the Robert R. Barker Distinguished University Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Cellular and Integrative Physiology at the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio. Since December 2017, she has served as the founding director of the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases which was awarded a National Institute on Aging designated Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center in 2021. The Biggs Institute combines comprehensive, compassionate, continuing clinical care for a broad range of vascular and neurodegenerative diseases with basic, computational and epidemiological research, community outreach, advocacy, training and education. The institute has a special emphasis on bringing the most advanced precision prevention, diagnosis and treatment approaches to the underserved Hispanic communities in South Texas.

Her research interests are in uncovering the biology of Alzheimer’s and related dementias, stroke and vascular brain injury through epidemiological, genetic, multi-omic and biomarker studies on large, population-based cohorts. In parallel, she continues to see patients and lead clinical trials of promising therapies. She has over $95 million in grant funding from the National Institutes on Health (NIH), over 500 peer-reviewed publications, mentored over 45 physicians and scientists and won awards as a teacher, clinician and researcher, including election to Alpha Omega Alpha and the Association of American Physicians. Dr. Seshadri has lectured extensively, nationally and internationally and leads several national and international consortia. She is a recognized thought leader in Alzheimer’s and has been featured over 150 times in public media. Her goal is to leave a legacy of some effective preventive or therapeutic interventions for dementia, and a cadre of dedicated and caring clinicians and scientists whom she has helped empower.

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