Academics, what is preventing you from beginning lectures like this?

Check out my poster at #33AEC on the impact of treatments for diabetes on the risk of developing dementia, MCI/cognitive decline (POS1-14) Gill Livingston Naaheed Mukadam Gianna Kohl

Wednesday is the last day to sign up for our webinar! We hope to see you there.

A new study by researchers at UCL predicts dementia cases in England & Wales will double to 1.7 million by 2040, exceeding previous forecasts by over 40%. It's time for policymakers to wake up to the threat dementia poses to individuals, families & our NHS. We need action now.

Read my interview with The Times and The Sunday Times on how to boost your brain and be a cognitive super-ager. Our work based on #longitudinalstudies English Longitudinal Study of Ageing #SHARE UCL IEHC BSMS BSMS Clinical Neuroscience Behavioural Science & Health UCL Centre for Dementia Studies funded by The National Institute on Aging (NIA) Alzheimer's Society Economic and Social Research Council thetimes.co.uk/article/7-ways…

Our latest research testing effectiveness of NHS psychological therapies for autistic people is published today, led by our brilliant PhD student Céline El Baou thelancet.com/journals/lanps…

Also see this fantastic linked Comment written by Jessica Catchpole - "Navigating a system not built for us: autism and primary care talking therapies" thelancet.com/journals/lanps…

Our study evaluating the effectiveness of NHS talking therapies for depression and anxiety for autistic people is out today! thelancet.com/journals/lanps…

How effective, currently, are psychological therapies for anxiety and depression of autistic people? Evidence from ~8,500 autistic adults who accessed UK primary care services tinyurl.com/mr353pvf

Also published today is our meta-synthesis looking at grief and loss in people living with dementia, led by fantastic PhD student Claire Waddington tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Dementia risk is not equally distributed across society. It's time for political action to address this. Thanks to Sir Sir Michael Marmot for supporting our calls for action on brain health. Read more in today's The Independent: independent.co.uk/voices/dementi…

Dementia, to add to inequalities in all the other health problems, is associated with deprivation. The good news, though, is that Alzheimer's Research UK identifies five strategies for greater equity: clean air, no smoking, diet, lower BP, correct hearing loss

New @MarmotIHE report confirms 1m people in 90% of areas in England lived shorter lives than they should in decade after 2011 @UCL #BuildBackFairer bit.ly/3H5Fpp9

We are extremely saddened to hear that Wendy Mitchell has died. Wendy was an incredible campaigner and advocate for dementia research and has educated and inspired so many over the years. Wendy will be greatly missed and our thoughts are with her loved ones at this time.

New paper from our lab, which suggests underdiagnosis of common debilitating health conditions in autistic people in the UK You can read it here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Will Mandy Claudia Joshua Buckman 💙 Jill Manthorpe Prof Francesca Happé Céline El Baou