Profile – Professor Christian Benedict, Uppsala University
Dementia ResearcherProfessor Christian Benedict is Professor of Pharmacology at Uppsala University, researching how sleep affects the brain and dementia risk.
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Profile – Dr Clare Ellis-Smith, King’s College London
Dr Clare Ellis Smith is a Senior Lecturer at King’s College London researching dementia palliative care and person centred outcomes for families and carers.
Profile – Dr Ingrid Ekström, Karolinska institutet
Dr Ingrid Ekström is Assistant Professor at Karolinska Institutet researching smell loss, brain health, dementia risk and cognitive ageing.
Profile – Annika Dhawan, King’s College London
Annika Dhawan is a Research Assistant at King’s College London researching dementia, palliative care, caregiver wellbeing and support at home.
Profile – Dr Magdalena Martínez-García, University of California Santa Barbara
Dr Magdalena Martínez García is a neuroscientist at UC Santa Barbara studying how pregnancy and motherhood reshape women’s brains.
Profile – Dr Maria Drummond, University of Glasgow
Dr Maria Drummond is Team Leader at ENRICH Scotland, supporting care home research shaped by staff, residents and people living with dementia.
Profile – Tony O’Flaherty, Home Instead Care
Tony O’Flaherty: Director of Home Instead, Wandsworth, leading outstanding home care, 85 carers, 82 clients and three dementia cafes.
Profile – Jonathan Hoover, Prima Mente
Jonathan Hoover is a bioinformatics research scientist at Prima Mente, building AI models to explore how brain diseases emerge and progress in cells.
Profile – Dr Niranjan Bose, Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative
Dr Niranjan Bose leads ADDI, advancing global data sharing for dementia research, and brings deep experience in health, philanthropy and biotechnology.
Profile – Dr Kexin Huang, Biomni-AD
Dr Kexin Huang is co founder and CEO at Phylo, using AI to support biologists and advance biomedical discovery, following a Stanford CS PhD.
Profile – Dr Laura Pritschet, University of Pennsylvania
Dr Laura Pritschet, NIH funded postdoctoral scholar at Penn studying hormones, womens brain health, cognition, and Alzheimer’s risk through life.
Profile – Dr Lesley Williamson, King’s College London
Dr Lesley Williamson is a postdoctoral researcher at King’s College London, improving integrated palliative dementia care from diagnosis to end of life.