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Launch event National Institute for Health and Care Research HealthTech Research Centre in Brain Health Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience King's College London led by Dag Aarsland Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, KCL NHS Maudsley and Prof Clive Ballard University of Exeter on 11 June King's Entrepreneurship Institute ABHI Health Innovation Network South London King's Health Partners Dr Zunera Khan register kcl.ac.uk/events/launch-…

Today the Alzheimer's Society has released our report on the economic burden of dementia. Here are some of the key findings: (1/7)

📢Pre-print alert! 📢 Our systematic review *pre-print* protocol on retinal diagnostic methods and neurodegenerative disease detection is live! Reach out if you want to talk more about neurodegeneration and retinas 👁️🧠 medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Paper out now and open access: NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) CRIS study showing that people with MCI and loneliness or relationship problems had a higher risk of being diagnosed with dementia later. A potentially modifiable target for intervention at the MCI stage. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/DJVT436K…

Mark your calendars for the 11th June for the launch of the The NIHR HealthTech Research Centre in Brain Health, led by Dag Aarsland and Prof Clive Ballard , and hosted by NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) SouthLondonNHS More info here: kcl.ac.uk/events/launch-…

Looks like my friend Dr Laurrel made the cover of BJPsych Journals Dr Ben Underwood Ash Venkataraman

NEW! 🚨 from Centre for Preventive Neurology Sam Ereira Adeel Razi We describe a technique to predict who will get dementia up to 9 years in the future. New paper and explanatory 🧵 1/n doi.org/10.1038/s44220…

Two new preprints about physical space (geometry) and the brain. biorxiv.org/content/10.110… biorxiv.org/content/10.110… /n

Having 1 copy of a rare APO allele (Christchurch) provides some protection, 4-5 year delay, from a familial autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… NEJM Yakeel T. Quiroz, PhD (she/her) Joseph Arboleda-Velasquez despite increased β-amyloid, but less Tau accumulation

Our paper is published in The Lancet Public Health - thanks to co-authors Seb Walsh Gill Livingston Sudha Seshadri, MD and many others. Mapping #dementia #risk factors and prevalence/incidence of dementia over time eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

Excited to share our work on between-scanner test-retest reliability of ultra-low-field brain MRI morphometry and correspondence to high-field MRI: biorxiv.org/content/10.110… | We scanned 23 healthy adults (20-69 y) on two identical 64 mT Swoop® Portable MR Imaging® System–Hyperfine, Inc Swoop systems and 3 T MRI (1/n)

Portable ultra-low-field brain MRI! Great work from František Váša and team. Lovely to be part of this work going forward. Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, KCL Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience NHS Maudsley NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) ⬇️ Preprint and summary here ⬇️

Neither of today's decisions in UK regarding lecanemab should bring forth social media fist pumping or expressions of 'I was right' or 'they are wrong'. These are complex issues - antagonism without appreciation of nuances does an injustice to people with AD and their families.

Why we need a revolution in clinical research. New editorial Brain academic.oup.com/brain/article/… National Institute for Health and Care Research Medical Research Council UK Research and Innovation Wellcome Wes Streeting

Academic psychiatry is everyone's business. Our BJPsych Journals editorial says why: cambridge.org/core/journals/… Thanks to all co-authors. Charlotte Wilson Jones Samuel Chamberlain Sameer Jauhar

The SLaM Brain Health Clinic now published in BJPsych Open here doi.org/10.1192/bjo.20… Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, KCL HealthTech Research Centre in Brain Health Dag Aarsland Prof Clive Ballard Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience NHS Maudsley NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Ageing Research KCL Royal College of Psychiatrists Old Age Psychiatry 🌈 Alzheimer's Society Alzheimer's Society For Researchers Research at ARUK Summary 🔽

New research alert! This paper by Miguel G. Borda M.D, PhD , Dag Aarsland and colleagues discusses the lack of awareness and research into Dementia with Lewy Bodies in Latin America and the implications. Read more here: …mentdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/md…

The NIHR MindTech HRC and IoPPN are offering a new PhD studentship to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of ultra-low-field MRI in assessing brain changes in dementia patients. #neuroscience #Psychology Apply before 31 Jan: kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy/f…

Come and do a PhD on ultra low field portable MRI in memory clinic with myself and the amazing Dag Aarsland František Váša & Steve Williams. Please share widely, closing date 14th Feb: kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy/f… Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, KCL NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Dementia Researcher