Dementias Platform UK

Vascular dementia is an important stream of research in our Experimental Medicine Incubator. The team has 3 linked studies focused on identifying molecular targets related to vascular disease which could be drug targets in dementia. Meeting this week, and hosted by co-Lead Prof Atticus Hainsworth. the team discussed how these can be developed. There was a positive discussion with the pharma industry, academics and third sector about all 3 studies. 1. Vascular lesions and dementia risk - Prof Joanna Wardlaw & Dr John McFadden. 2. Mendelian Randomisation to define drug targets for small vessel disease - Dr Fatemeh Koohi & Professor Hugh Markus 3. Cardiovascular disease and drug history to define drug targets for dementia - Jodi Watt, PhD & Prof Terry Quinn The University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd, University of Cambridge, St George's, University of London, University of Nottingham, University of Southampton, Imperial College London, UCL, University of Oxford, Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer's Research UK and all our industry partners.

Could this be you? Our team at Swansea is looking to hire a Neuroimaging Data Scientist.

How do you live well with dementia? We are in Nottingham this afternoon for our latest #GreatMindsLive event exploring what day to day life can be like for someone with a #dementia diagnosis. Professor and Pro Vice Chancellor of Nottingham University, Sube Banerjee, highlights the importance of quality of life including cognition and memory, general activities of daily living, the desire or ability to socialise and other symptoms such as agitation, depression and sleep problems. #livingwellwithdementia

Join us for a #FREE #Online #EVENT - GREAT MINDS LIVE (23 Oct, 2pm). 'Living well with Dementia'. Experts from University of Nottingham, King's College London & University of Oxford share #research on how people living with a #dementia #diagnosis can best manage the condition. Book now: https://lnkd.in/eyAnf9XM

DPUK's director John Gallacher (PhD AFBPsS CPsychol FFPH) has been sharing his expertise on complex data and large cohort research in dementia with France Cohortes. Our teams in Dementias Platform UK have developed crucial #infrastructure and processes. Sharing #knowledge and #experience is vital to effectively make progress in #dementia #research.

Dementias Platform UK researcher Chris Patrick Pflanz shares his thoughts about Alzheimer Europe's 2024 conference including #DPUK presentations and the themes which prompted interest and conversations. https://zurl.co/MhaY #dementia #alzheimer's #cognition

Congratulations to Atticus Hainsworth, our Vascular Health Theme Lead, for his appointment as Chair of Cerebrovascular Disease at St George's, University of London Professor Hainsworth's work at Dementias Platform UK within our Experimental Medicine Incubator is advancing our knowledge of #vasculardementia. #dpuk #dementia #vascular #brain

Proud of my DPhil student Pippa Watson giving a great talk at the Alzheimer’s Europe conference here in Geneva. Well done Pippa. #34AEC Dementias Platform UK University of Oxford

Many of our Dementias Platform UK team are in #Geneva this week for Alzheimer Europe's conference #34AEC. A comprehensive immersion in the issues that are fundamental to dementia research. #dementa #research

One week left to apply for our Advanced Health Data Training Academy! We have helped over 250 researchers understand how to work with dementia datasets through our health data training academies. We run courses for both beginners and more experienced researchers, helping them to analyse data and develop their skills in statistical analysis. Our next training opportunity is aimed at researchers with some previous data analysis experience and will run between 4th - 8th November 2024. The course is online and takes place in a UK timezone (GMT) but is open to researchers worldwide! Applications to participate close Monday 14th October at 5pm (BST): https://zurl.co/IGs0 Learn more: https://zurl.co/y4NN #data #dementia #research