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on medications and coping strategies, educating   offerings for medical students, residents, and fellows as
 patients and families on community resources and   well as community-based health care professionals. For
 support, and informing individuals about opportunities   example, students are provided the tools to interview
 to participate in research studies.  and assess older adults who have cognitive impairment
            or dementia. Additionally, all first-year medical students
 Del Monte Institute for   visit community nursing homes with a geriatric
 Neuroscience  physician preceptor to evaluate older adults in this

 The University of Rochester is a national powerhouse   setting, something no other medical school is doing.
 in the neurosciences. Patients come from all
 over the world to receive treatment and care for
 diseases including Alzheimer’s, stroke, Parkinson’s,
 traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, and myotonic
 dystrophy. The Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience
 brings together internationally recognized brain
 scientists and outstanding clinicians from more
 than a dozen departments and centers under one
 roof. The institute—established with a $10 million
 gift from philanthropist Ernest J. Del Monte and his
 wife, Thelma—fosters collaboration and creates
 an environment in which scientific innovation can
 thrive. One of the institute’s Centers of Excellence is
 the Rochester Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.
 This center is focused on understanding and battling
 Alzheimer’s disease and related age-associated
 neurodegenerative diseases, and developing new
 approaches to improve the diagnosis and treatment of
 patients with dementia or prevent its occurrence.

 Education

 The School of Medicine and Dentistry is preparing the
 next generation of health care professionals who are
 educated and ready to take on the challenges of caring
 for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. The Division
 of Geriatrics & Aging and the Finger Lakes Geriatric
 Education Center deliver a variety of critical educational

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