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International Brain Health Conference 2026
May 18 - May 19
Advancing Brain Health Before Dementia
The International Brain Health Conference 2026 brings together international leaders to explore the latest advances in understanding, diagnosing, and treating neurodegenerative disease before dementia develops.
Through the lenses of public health, personalised medicine, and early detection, the conference will examine emerging tools, biomarkers, and service models that enable earlier, more effective intervention and support brain health across the life course.
Facilitated by us at Scottish Brain Sciences, the conference provides a forum for rigorous scientific exchange and cross-sector collaboration among:
- Life sciences and pharmaceutical partners
- Researchers
- Clinicians
- Policymakers and health system leaders
- Innovators in diagnostics and prevention
Tickets can be purchased through the event Humanitix page.
Speakers
- Prof Jeff Cummings (University of Nevada) – Therapeutic and diagnostic nihilism giving way to optimism
- Prof Vanessa Raymont (University of Oxford) – Brain Health Services in the UK
- Dr Oliver Shannon (Newcastle University) – Mediterranean Diet and Brain Health
- Prof Allan Young (Imperial College London) – Life course mood disorders and neurodegenerative disease
- Prof Eef Hogervorst (Loughborough University) – Menopause and Brain Health
- Prof Francesca Farina (University of Chicago) – Gender differences from Next Gen Survey
- Prof Baljean Dhillon (The University of Edinburgh) – Ophthalmic insights to the Brain
- Dr Marialena Dounavi (University of Cambridge) – Cerebrovascular disease and Brain Health
- Dr Sam Danso (The University of Sunderland) – PREVENT Ghana
- Prof Charlotte Warren-Gash (The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) – Infectious disease and Brain Health
- Dr Paul Donaghy (Newcastle University) – DLB, sleep, and pre manifest DLB
- Prof Fiona Wilson (Trinity College Dublin) – Gender differences in contact sport
Scientific Session Chairs
- Prof Terry Quinn (University of Glasgow) – Chairing Session on Comorbidities
- Dr Sarah Gregory (Scottish Brain Sciences) – Chairing Session on Women’s Health and Brain Health
- Prof Emma Stevenson (Newcastle University) – Chairing Session on Nutrition and Global Health
