ISTAART is asking the research community which papers should feature in its 2027 Year in Review webinars, where each Professional Interest Area (PIA) looks back at the standout research of 2026 and ahead to what’s next for the field. Suggestions close on Monday 7 December 2026.
The Year in Review webinars are one of ISTAART’s most popular fixtures. Each PIA reviews notable publications from the past calendar year, followed by an expert-led panel discussion on where that part of Alzheimer’s and dementia research is heading. If you missed the last round, you can see what the 2026 Year in Review series covered.
Why put a paper forward
This is your chance to shape what gets discussed. If a paper published in 2026 changed how you think about your area, made you rethink a method, or deserves more attention than it got, put it forward. It’s quick, too: ISTAART says it takes around 3 to 4 minutes.
It’s also a useful habit for early career researchers. Being able to say which papers really moved your field, and why, is exactly the kind of judgement that comes up in journal clubs, interviews and fellowship applications.
Participating PIAs
- Atypical Alzheimer’s Disease
- Biofluid Based Biomarkers
- Clinical Trials Advancement and Methods
- Cognition
- Design and Data Analytics
- Down Syndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease
- Health Policy
- Immunity and Neurodegeneration
- Lewy Body Dementias
- Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems
- Neurophysiology
- Neuropsychiatric Syndromes
- Nutrition, Metabolism and Dementia
- Perioperative Cognition and Delirium
- Reserve, Resilience and Protective Factors
- Sex and Gender Differences in Alzheimer’s Disease
- Sleep and Circadian Rhythms
- Subjective Cognitive Decline
- The Eye as a Biomarker for AD
- Vascular Cognitive Disorders
What happens next
Registration details for the webinars will be available in early December, and on-demand recordings will be available about three weeks after each event. You can find more from the ISTAART PIAs on our site in the meantime.
Submit your paper suggestions by Monday 7 December 2026.
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