This full-day workshop is open to UK DRI researchers and any researcher with an interest in dementia-related research. It features lectures by leading experts in the field including a Plenary Lecture by Professor Albert Hofman (Professor of Public Health and Clinical Epidemiology and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard Chan School of Public Health) “Why are epidemiologists so bad at epidemics? The case of Alzheimer’s disease.”
Other Keynote Speakers include:
- Ole Andreasen, Professor in Psychiatry, University of Oslo; Director of Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT)
- Monique Breteler, Director of Population Health Sciences, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Professor of Population Health Sciences, University of Bonn
- Neil Davies, Professor of Medical Statistics, Division of Psychiatry and Department of Statistical Science, University College London
- Arfan Ikram, Professor and Chair of the Department Epidemiology,
Erasmus University, Rotterdam - Sudha Seshadri, MD, Director, Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s & Neurodegenerative Diseases. Robert R. Barker Distinguished University Professor of Neurology, UT Health San Antonio
There will be an opportunity to present posters at the workshop. Please submit abstracts to ukdri@imperial.ac.uk by 17.00 on 27 October.