Science On Tap 4/29 In PDX: Dementia Research (Photo) - 04/06/26
Date: Wed, April 29th, 2026
Time: 7 pm
Location: Aladdin Theatre
Tickets: $15-$45
Event Website: scienceontaporwa.org/events/april_29_aladdin_dementia/
Forty-seven million people worldwide are affected by dementias, causing memory loss, difficulties with planning, difficulties with language, personality changes, mood changes, and agitation. These diseases, including Alzheimer’s Disease, have devastating impacts on affected individuals, their families, and their friends.
- If everyone lived long enough, would we all develop some form of dementia?
- What causes dementia, and how does it progress?
- Why did earlier clinical trials to treat dementia fail?
- Do current treatments help?
- What do new findings suggest about how to treat dementia?
Join us to explore these and other questions, as well as new insights into how dementias begin and possible ways to slow or even stop them. Back by popular demand! (Now with ASL interpreters!)
This show is dedicated to Steve Goodwin, a pianist and composer with Alzheimer’s. Singer/songwriter Naomi LaViolette returns to Science on Tap at this very show to perform some of his works! More about their collaboration at Saving His Music.
Dr. Larry S. Sherman is a Professor of Neuroscience at the OHSU. He is also the President of the Oregon and SW Washington Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience. He has over 120 publications related to brain development and neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis. (You may remember him from our shows Music & the Brain and Neuroscience of Racism!)
Science on Tap is a science lecture series where you can sit back, drink a pint, and enjoy learning. Listen to experts talk about the science in your neighborhood and around the world. You don't have to be a science geek to have fun--all you need is a thirst for knowledge! For more information on this event or about Science on Tap, visit Science on Tap OR WA.
