TINTON FALLS — The 2010 Norman J Field Lecture in Science, “Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease by 2020?,” will be presented by Dr. Zaven S. Khachaturian Thursday, Oct. 7, at 7:30 p.m. The lecture will take place at the Performing Arts Center Auditorium of Monmouth Regional High School, 1 Norman J Field Way in Tinton Falls. An informal discussion will follow the lecture, which is free and open to the public.
Khatchaturian, president of Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease, has led the call for a national strategic goal to prevent Alzheimer’s disease by 2020. He will explain the nature of these disorders, and will also discuss the current state of research, challenges and hopes for preventing Alzheimer’s disease in the next decade.
Khachaturian is editor of Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association and senior science adviser to the Alzheimer’s Association. He has served as director of the Office of Alzheimer’s Disease Research at the National Institutes of Health, and during his tenure, he played a key role in planning, developing and administering many national programs of research on Alzheimer’s disease and brain aging. He is internationally recognized as the chief architect of these U.S. government supported programs.
The Norman J Field Lectures in Science were established in 1991 in memory of Dr. Norman J Field, and are co-sponsored by the Monmouth County Section of the American Chemical Society, the Monmouth Junior Science Symposium, the Monmouth County School Boards Association, and by the Rutgers University Chapter of Sigma Xi, an international scientific research society.
Field was widely recognized for his contributions in the area of public education and maintained a lifelong interest in scientific issues. The mission of the lecture series is to promote similar interest in science and science education among both younger and older members of the community.
Individual donations are solicited to help defray the unfunded costs of the lecture series. Donations should be made to “American Chemical Society — Monmouth County Section” with the notation “Field Lectures” on the check, and mailed to: The Norman J Field Lectures in Science c/o Ken Field 108 Pleasant Street No. 3 Cambridge, MA 02139. For more information, visit www.FieldLecture.org or call 732-542-1170.