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title: "Carney Conversations: Getting a Jump on Alzheimer's"
description: Brown University experts discuss early diagnosis and risk factors in Alzheimer’s disease.
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# [Carney Conversations: Getting a Jump on Alzheimer's](https://www.butler.org/memoryandaging/carney-conversations-getting-jump-on-alzheimers)

 Written by [Laura Dunn](https://www.butler.org/memoryandaging/author/ldunn) | Dec 16, 2021 5:41:26 PM

Our partners at the [Brown University Carney Institute for Brain Science](https://www.brown.edu/carney/) host regular virtual "[Carney Conversations](https://www.brown.edu/carney/news-events/carney-conversations)" featuring Brown experts on various brain-related topics, Recently, Brown Professor and Memory and Aging Program Director of Imaging Research Hwamee Oh, Ph.D. participated in a fascinating discussion about early diagnosis and risk factors in Alzheimer’s disease.

 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQDO6S2C0bk>

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