{"id":97621,"date":"2023-03-27T01:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T06:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=97621"},"modified":"2023-03-24T12:31:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T17:31:13","slug":"frank-longo-md-phd-to-headline-harman-lectureship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/03\/27\/frank-longo-md-phd-to-headline-harman-lectureship\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Longo, MD, PhD, to headline Harman Lectureship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>Frank Longo, MD, PhD, whose work was the subject of the 2016 Time magazine cover, <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/magazine\/us\/4217023\/february-22nd-2016-vol-187-no-6-u-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cThe Alzheimer\u2019s Pill,\u201d<\/a> headlines this year\u2019s Denham Harman, MD, PhD, Biomedical and Gerontology Lectureship. The annual Harman Lecture is set for April 7, 12-1 p.m., in DRC 1-1002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the first in-person Harman Lecture since the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic was declared in 2020. A <a href=\"https:\/\/unmc.zoom.us\/j\/491510053\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zoom<\/a> option is available for those who would like to watch the lecture remotely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Longo is professor and chair of the Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University and on the clinical team in the Stanford Center for Memory Disorders. He will lecture on \u201cSynaptic Resilience and Translation to an Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Therapy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Longo was recipient of the inaugural Melvin R. Goodes Prize for Excellence in Alzheimer\u2019s Drug Discovery in 2015 from the Alzheimer\u2019s Drug Discovery Foundation. 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