Dr. Robert Hauser, associate professor of neurology and director of the USF Movement Disorders Center, and Dr. Thomas B. Freeman, associate professor of surgery and director of the Neural Transplant Program at USF and Tampa General Hospital, will discuss Parkinson's disease. Freeman is one of only two neurosurgeons in the United States conducting federally funded studies of tissue transplants for the treatment of both Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases. Dr. Joanne Valeriano-Marcet, director of the Osteoporosis Center and an assistant professor of medicine in USF's Rheumatology division, will address what senior citizens should know about osteoporosis. Mary Ann Wilson, the creator and host of PBS' award-winning program Sit and Be Fit, will meet and exercise with seniors on March 24. The USF College of Medicine and the Florida Bar's Elder Law Section are co-hosting the series.
Admission is free, but seats are limited.
Established in 1956, USF was the first public university created in the 20 th century and is now among the 13 largest in the nation with a student body of more than 34,000. USF has won national acclaim for its research and instruction efforts in teacher education, accounting, marine science, psychology and other areas.