2025 Women’s Leadership Luncheon theme announced

September is recognized and celebrated as World Alzheimer’s Month, a time to challenge the misleading stigmas surrounding Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia. It is in this spirt that School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) are pleased to announce that the Women’s Leadership Luncheon theme for 2025 is The Nun Study: Transforming the Future of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Related Dementias. Not only will this topic touch upon the realities of a disease that affects the lives of so many, but also it delves into the selfless contributions hundreds of SSND have made as participants in the Nun Study, a longtime study on aging.

You're invited to the 2025 Women's Leadership Luncheons to be held in Chicago, Dallas, Milwaukee, St. Louis, and St.Paul, Minn. Our keynote speakers are Dr. Margaret Flanagan, M.D. and Dr. Sudha Seshadri, M.D., researchers currently working with the Nun Study, Alzheimer’s disease and Neurodegenerative diseases. 

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As we move through September and World Alzheimer’s Month, may we join in the efforts to learn more about Alzheimer’s and dementia. With an estimated 10 million new cases of dementia diagnosed each year globally, according to Alzheimer’s Disease International, being mindful and compassionate about the realities of dementia is an issue of increasing importance.

Looking forward to next spring and the Women’s Leadership Luncheon, we are eager to continue this important conversation, weaving together the story of SSND involvement with the Nun Study, discoveries it has helped facilitate and the ongoing research still being inspired by the study today.

The Luncheon speaker for Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis and St. Paul, Minn., is Dr. Margaret Flanagan, M.D., the current primary investigator for ongoing research collected from the Nun Study. Professor Sudha Seshadri, M.D., will serve as the keynote speaker for Dallas. She is a behavioral neurologist who treats patients with memory concerns and dementia and a physician-scientist whose goal is to understand and develop better treatments for these diseases.

As “educators in all that we are and do” and with the SSND legacy of advocacy on this topic, we look forward to seeing you at a 2025 Women’s Leadership Luncheon.