Michelle Sie Whitten, MA

Co-Founder, President & CEO, Global Down Syndrome Foundation

GLOBAL Update & Moderator Introductions

Joaquín Espinosa, PhD

Executive Director, Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome; Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine

Michael Rafii, MD, PhD

Professor of Clinical Neurology at the Keck School of Medicine and Medical Director of the Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI)

Down Syndrome in a New Era of Alzheimer’s Disease 

Christine Heubi, MD

Surgical Director, Complex Obstructive Sleep Apnea Center
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery; Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Obstructive Sleep Apnea in People with Down Syndrome and the Role of Hypoglossal Nerve

Lina Patel, PsyD

Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine

Differentiating Challenging Behaviors from Mental Health Concerns: Considerations for Getting Support

Nicole Baumer, MD, MEd

Director, Down Syndrome Program; Assistant, Department of Neurology and Developmental Medicine Center; Boston Children’s Hospital

Co-occurring Neurodevelopmental Conditions in Down Syndrome

Sujata Bardhan, PhD, MS

Program Director in the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Branch at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

The NIH INCLUDE Project: Accelerating Research Discoveries for People with DS Across the Lifespan

Bryn Gelaro, MA

Research & Medical Care Senior Director, Global Down Syndrome Foundation

Welcome Remarks/Medical Care Guidelines