WEBINAR 3

Advocacy and Policy in Alzheimer's Disease Care

Join us on Thursday, June 6th at 7:30 PM EDT for the third webinar in our Alzheimer’s disease webinar series, where we will discuss the importance of advocacy in addressing disparities related to Alzheimer’s disease and highlight the significance of diversity in clinical trials and research.

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In this webinar, we will discuss:

The importance of diversity in clinical trials
MapHabit, a technology platform that empowers individuals living with Alzheimer‘s disease and dementia and their caregivers in their everyday lives and MapHabit clinical trial opportunities
The impact of policy on Alzheimer's disease
The significance of engaging with policymakers that advance equitable access to early diagnosis and treatment

Guest Speakers

Sharon Allison-Ottey, MD

Dr. Sharon Denise Allison-Ottey is an energetic and engaging speaker, author, health educator/physician, and health strategist/consultant. She is the CEO of CARLDEN Inc. and Beautiful Woman Inside and Out, Inc., and serves as the Executive Director of The COSHAR Healthy Communities Foundation. With a national reach, her companies provide products, services, and events that impact millions. Dr. Allison-Ottey is a media personality in television, social media, radio, and print, and is considered one of the nation’s most influential physicians and health advocates. She develops and oversees programmatic agendas for several national organizations, ensuring their effectiveness and alignment with health equity goals.

Dr. Allison-Ottey completed her residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Geriatric Medicine at Union Memorial Hospital. She holds a medical degree from East Carolina University School of Medicine and dual degrees in Biology and Chemistry from North Carolina Central University. A recognized expert in public health policy, health disparities, and cultural competency, she is a consultant for Fortune 500 companies and an advisor on clinical trials involving minority populations and women. She is actively involved in numerous medical and civic organizations and has received many prestigious awards for her contributions to healthcare, health equity, and public health.

Matt Golden

Matt Golden is the co-founder and CEO of MapHabit.  MapHabit helps people with dementia and their caregivers live out their daily lives by providing powerful visual cues that help them complete tasks we take for granted. Our technology platform allows any caregiver to easily create and share content that builds or maintains independence and share that content with their care team and anyone else on the MapHabit platform.  MapHabit has a special focus to share its intervention with caregivers who are a part of faith-based organizations nationwide to ensure that Black communities have access to these resources due to the high prevalence of Dementia in the Black community.

Deanna Darlington

Deanna Darlington is an advocacy relations professional with more than 30 years of experience in government and external affairs, patient advocacy, policy, reimbursement consulting, and other related fields. She specializes in engaging patient advocacy organizations on access and policy issues, including a focus on health disparities for vulnerable patient populations. Deanna works closely with advocates on key policy issues that support dialogue and engagement to patient access to quality care and value. After a distinguised13-year tenure at Amgen Inc., Deanna retired and founded Links2Equity in 2021, with the goal of serving patients and other healthcare stakeholders in all disease states and underrepresented communities such as Black, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, aging, rural, LBGTQ, and others.

Janelle Gore

Janelle Gore is an experienced public health professional with strong strategic partnership development and volunteer management within the Alzheimer’s disease field. Currently serving as a Clinical Research Project Manager at MapHabit, she guides research priorities to inform the progression of a technology platform designed to aid individuals with intellectual disabilities and Alzheimer’s and related dementias (ADRD) in their daily routines.

In her role as the Director of Community Engagement at Alter, Janelle has successfully established and cultivated strong partnerships with local, state, and federal agencies to disseminate health promotion resources, increasing community outreach efforts within 4 rural counties in Georgia.