Profile – Vyshnavy Balendra, Saint James School of Medicine
Dementia ResearcherMed Student at Saint James School of Medicine interested in Oxidative stress/ free radical damage/ therapeutic potential of nutraceuticals in Alzheimer’s
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Profile – Dr Imre Lengyel, Queen’s University Belfast
Associate Professor & representative of the ISTAART Eye as a Biomarker for AD PIA. Working on understanding what the eye can tells us as a biomarker for disease
Profile – Professor David Cash, University College London
David Cash is a Professorial Research Fellow at UCL, specialising in imaging biomarkers to track early dementia & improve clinical trials & large scale studies
Profile – Dr Shana D Stites, University of Pennsylvania
Clincial Psychologist and Assistant Professor representative of the ISTAART Diversity & Disparities PIA. dvancing diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s.
Profile – Shania Ibarra, University of Oxford
Research Assistant in the ARUK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute exploring Neuroinflammation, Alzheimer’s Disease and Drug Discovery.
Profile – Dr Mark Crook-Rumsey, Imperial College London
Postdoctoral Research Associate at Kin’gs Collge & Imperial working in digital health in motor neuron disease within the UK Dementia Research Institute.
Profile – Dr Alys Griffiths, The University of Sheffield
Dr Alys Griffiths, NIHR Senior Research Fellow at University of Sheffield working on care and support for people with dementia, MND & long-term conditions
Profile – Dr Jane Haley, MND Scotland
Director of Research developing and delivering the MND Scotland research strategy and overseeing a wide portfolio of grant funding.
Profile – Laura Garcia Diaz, WHO
Laura is a Consulant & PhD Student working with the WHO managing work on th eGlobal Dementia Observatory Knowledge Exchange Platform.
Profile – Jim Mann, Researcher Living with Alzheimer’s
Jim Mann is a researcher and author living with Alzheimer’s, challenging dementia stigma and promoting ethics, inclusion and meaningful involvement in research.
Dr Jodi Watt, University of Glasgow
Postdoctoral Researcher interested in healthy ageing & neurodegenerative diseases of older age, currently working on drug repurposing for dementia
Profile – Michelle Moses-Eisenstein, University of California San Francisco
Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health. Researching Music and Brain Health, along with Neurologic Music Therapy and its applications.