Harvard College Alzheimer’s Buddies organized the first Harvard Alzheimer’s Symposium, which attracted a range of speakers to promote greater collaboration and dialogue amongst those impacted by the disease, according to the group’s website. Ruth Kandel, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Hebrew SeniorLife; Brendon P. Boot, HMS instructor in neurology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital; and Jeffrey M. Robbins, HMS teaching associate in neurology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, are quoted.