UsAgainstAlzheimer's - WomenAgainstAlzheimer’s
UsAgainstAlzheimer's: Working to End Alzheimer's Disease
The Alzheimer’s pandemic is one of the most significant health and social economic crises of this generation. It is a national and global emergency that has a devastating health, social and economic toll on millions of people living with this disease, their families and caregivers.
UsAgainstAlzheimer’s exists to conquer Alzheimer’s disease. Since our founding in 2010, we have taken on the toughest problems in the fight to end Alzheimer’s. Our work is driven by the urgency to find effective treatments and the prevention steps needed to reach the time where no one is lost to Alzheimer’s.
WomenAgainstAlzheimer’s
As a member of UsAgainstAlzheimer’s, WomenAgainstAlzheimer’s unites women across the globe to find a cure for Alzheimer’s.
Jill Lesser
President, WomenAgainstAlzheimer's
Jill Lesser is the President of WomenAgainstAlzheimer's and a founding advocacy partner of ICON-✘ (formerly known as the Women's Heart and Brain Global Initiative). She is a longtime policy executive with expertise in health and technology policy. As President of WA2, Ms. Lesser leads the public education and advocacy efforts of the organization which is dedicated to ending Alzheimer's and promoting a new paradigm for brain health in our global health systems. In addition to her leadership of WA2, Ms. Lesser is a founding board member of UsAgainstAlzheimer's and sits on several patient advisory boards. Prior to her work in the brain health space, Ms. Lesser was a senior technology policy executive as Senior Vice President, Head of Domestic Policy for AOL/Time Warner and then Managing Director at the Glover Park Group in Washington, DC.
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Publications/Research/Advocacy
The Campaign for Women’s Brain Health: Catalyst for Change
Why Women?
Women are disproportionately affected by Alzheimer’s disease.
2/3
of the 5 million seniors in the United States with Alzheimer’s disease are women.
63%
of all unpaid Alzheimer’s and dementia caregivers are women.
19%
of women caring for those with Alzheimer’s have had to quit work owing to caregiving duties.
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