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UT Dallas Center for BrainHealth Founder To Be Honored As 2018 Woman of the Year

By Shawn Shinneman |
Dr. Sandra Chapman joins women like Laura Bush and Margaret McDermott as Woman of the Year honorees.

Le Femmes du Monde will recognize the founder of University of Texas at Dallas’ Center for BrainHealth at its 2018 Woman of the Year Gala in October.

Dr. Sandra Chapman will be presented the honor. Chapman is a cognitive neuroscientist who holds the Dee Wyly Distinguished University Chair at UT Dallas. She’s also the chief director of the Center for BrainHealth, which she founded in 1999, and has more than 40 funded research grants and 200-plus publications.

Kay Bailey Hutchison (1997), Laura Bush (’98), Margaret McDermott (2014), and Nancy Hunt (2016) are among the past winners.

The gala is set for Oct. 24 at the Dallas Country Club.

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