The January Oskar Fischer Lecture is a luncheon hosted in partnership with the 2026 TARCC (Texas Alzheimer's Research and Care Consortium) Scientific Symposium. If you have registered to attend the symposium, you do not need to register for the Oskar Fischer Lecture. This event has in-person and virtual attendance options. Registration is required to receive the livestream link.The January Oskar Fischer Lecture is a luncheon hosted in partnership with the 2026 TARCC (Texas Alzheimer's Research and Care Consortium) Scientific Symposium. If you have registered to attend the symposium, you do not need to register for the Oskar Fischer Lecture. This event has in-person and virtual attendance options. Registration is required to receive the livestream link.
Oskar Fischer Lecture Series featuring Keynote Walter Koroshetz, M.D.
The Oskar Fischer Lecture Series is a campus-wide event featuring invited scholars working at the vanguard of new ideas on the mechanisms, diagnosis, and treatment of dementing illnesses.
January 22, 2026 at 12:00 PM CST
AT&T Conference Center
1900 University Ave., Austin, TX 78705
Event Information
About The Keynote Speaker
Walter Koroshetz, M.D.
Dr. Walter J. Koroshetz is Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) at NIH, where he has led transformative initiatives in neuroscience since 2015. A driving force behind the NIH BRAIN Initiative and the HEAL Initiative to combat opioid addiction, he also co-leads programs addressing long COVID, undiagnosed diseases, and emergency care research. He chairs the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee and has played a pivotal role in advancing stroke imaging and neurocritical care.
Before joining NIH, Dr. Koroshetz was Vice Chair of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, where he directed neurology training and co-led the Neurobiology of Disease Course. His pioneering research in Huntington’s disease and stroke imaging helped establish techniques now standard in clinical care, including MR spectroscopy and acute clot removal for stroke.
A respected leader in neurology, Dr. Koroshetz has shaped national neuroscience strategy and continues to champion innovation in brain research and patient care.
