Our Mission

This conference brings together leading:

Life sciences and pharmaceutical partners
Researchers
Clinicians
Policy makers
Innovators

Our mission is to explore the latest breakthroughs in understanding, diagnosing, and treating neurodegenerative diseases before dementia develops.

Through the lenses of public health, personalised medicine and early detection, we aim to highlight cutting-edge tools and biomarkers that enable timely intervention.

Organising Committee

Prof Craig Ritchie, MBChB, PhD

CEO and Founder, Scottish Brain Sciences

Professor of Brain Health and Neurodegenerative Medicine, University of St Andrews

Anna Borthwick

Director of Engagement and Strategic Advisor to the CEO, Scottish Brain Sciences

Prof John Harrison, PhD

Associate Professor at the Alzheimer Center, VU Medical Center in Amsterdam

Speaker Lineup

Prof Jeff Cummings (University of Nevada)

• Optimism in diagnostics and therapeutics

Prof Vanessa Raymont (University of Oxford)

• Brain Health Services in the UK

Prof Craig Ritchie (University of St Andrews)

• Blood based biomarkers - Gateway to a better future

Dr Oliver Shannon (Newcastle University)

• Dietary Patterns and Brain Health

Prof Allan Young (Imperial College London)

• Depression and Neurodegenerative Disease

Prof Eef Hogervorst (Loughborough University)

• Menopause and Brain Health

Prof Francesca Farina (University of Chicago)

• Women's health and the Next Gen Programme

Prof Baljean Dhillon (The University of Edinburgh)

• Ophthalmic insights to the Brain

Dr Marialena Dounavi (University of Cambridge)

• Brain vascular 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)

• Prodromal Dementia with Lewy Bodies

Prof Fiona Wilson (Trinity College Dublin)

• Contact sport and brain health

Prof Lora Heisler, PHD (University of Aberdeen)

• Targeting the brain to improve obesity

Prof Frederik Barkhof, (University College London)

• Brain imaging: Recent findings and future directions

Prof Wiesje van der Flier, (Alzheimer Nederland)

• Changing Our Perspective: from Curing Alzheimer's to Preserving Brain Health

Dr Chi-Udeh-Momoh, (Wake Forest University)

• Worldwide FINGERS in Africa

Seamus Small (Linus Health)

• ePSOM: Capturing personally meaningful treatment benefits

Prof Dominic Trepel (Trinity College Dublin)

• Economics of Brain Health

Dr Natalie Jenkins (Mount Sinai)

• Intimate partner violence and brain health

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

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