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Eddie Lee

Eddie Lee

Neuropathologist and John Q. Trojanowski Professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine, Director of the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research and Co-Director of Penn's Institute on Aging.

Jun 6, 2026

32:16
I think it's one of the best parts about the game.
32:21
Absolutely.
32:21
You know, you're talking about the first tee, you know, if i have to give a a clear message day for the some of the parents of golfers there's a there is a road map out there on there's a road map as far as okay if you jump too big at the jump to be where do i start my child i think the first year at the first the first step uh...
32:41
i think introduction private lessons or even clinic lessons in a group atmospheres made reference to the great step for young kids and there's been there's the next level in the next level could be a pj junior league or or even in their island, their island organization or association, such as Maui Junior Golf or Kauai Junior Golf or Wahoo Junior Golf or Big Island Junior Golf.
33:01
And then the next level, then you're the kids in high school, high school golf.
33:05
Next level, HSJGA, Hawaii State Junior Golf Association.
33:10
So there's many steps for the child.
34:04
What do you suggest to people to get comfortable for business golf?
7:02
You may remember Dr. Lee from our Season 2 episode, Building Trust, where he spoke about his research on the way socioeconomic status of a person's community correlates with their likelihood to experience cognitive decline.
7:15
A couple years ago, we looked at something called Area Deprivation Index.
7:19
So that's a measure of the socioeconomic status of your neighborhood.
7:24
And we were trying to see, does that affect your cognitive function? And what does that mean in terms of your brain or pathology? Do you have more pathology? And there it turns out the more deprived your neighborhood, the worse your cognitive function, suggesting that it's contributing to dementia.
7:39
But they actually didn't have more Alzheimer's pathology in the brain.
7:42
If anything, they had less.
7:44
So there's something about the stressor of living in a challenging environment that contributes to cognitive decline.

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21:18
Dr. Lee said he hopes that this research can ultimately contribute to greater public policy around air pollution.

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