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Lewy Body UK Conference 2024
18/06/2024 @ 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Free – one-day meeting at the University of Newcastle with a focus on the latest research into Lewy body Dementia. Organised by Ramona Weil (UCL), Claire O’Callaghan (Sydney) & John-Paul Taylor (Newcastle).
ECR best paper prize submissions due 1st May 2024 click here for eligability and to download submission form: ECR paper prize
For any enquires email: lewybodyuk@protonmail.com
Programme
0845-0930: Coffee and registration
0930 0935: Welcome
0935-1045: Session 1: From the micro to the macro: new discoveries in the science of LBD and their implications
– Mitochondrial dysfunction in LBD: Heather Mortiboys, Sheffield
– Co-pathologies in LBD: Lauren Walker, Newcastle
– DNA damage in LBD: David Koss, Dundee
1045-1115: Coffee and networking
1115-1230: Session 2: Biomarkers for clinical and diagnosis and disease staging
– RT-QulC and ELISA biomarkers: Nour Majbour, Astra Zeneca
– Prodromal DLB: Paul Donaghy, Newcastle
– LBD trials: Dag Aarsland, King’s College
1230-1345: Lunch
1345-1445: Session 3: The new and old: treatments and trial design in LBD
– Cholinergic gait treatment: Emily Henderson, Bristol
– New biological staging systems and their relevance for LBD: Elie Matar, Sydney
– Core Outcome Sets, development of the LBD-DRS: Joe Kane, Belfast
1445-1515: Coffee and networking
1515-1545: A History lesson: – History of LBD and what we can learn from the past to inform the future: John O’Brien, Cambridge
1545-1630: A History lesson: Debate: Time to get rid of DLB (and PD) – a debate for and against biological staging systems
FOR: Sean O’Dowd, Tallaght University Hospital
AGAINST: Dag Aarsland, King’s College
ECR Prize and closing remarks
