Time | Topic & Guests |
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09:00 - 09:05 |
Let's get started - introducing the dayAdam Smith |
09:05 - 09:30 |
Why is research important? (Click to Watch)Wendy Mitchell |
09:30 - 10:00 |
Supporting carers, the importance of everyday objects and facing the end (Click to Watch)Dr Nathan Davies - Senior Research Fellow, University College London |
10:00 - 10:30 |
Living well with dementia, the importance of eyesight and what it can tell us (Click to Watch)Dr Marianne Coleman - Clinical Vision Research Fellow, University of Melbourne |
10:30 - 11:00 |
The importance of communities and better health services (Click to Watch)Dr Fiona Marshall - Research Fellow, University of Nottingham |
11:00 - 11:30 |
The role of the arts and technology to support wellbeing in dementia (Click to Watch)Brendan Commane - PhD Student, Royal College of Art, London |
11:30 - 12:00 |
Epigenetics, exploring dark crevices of the gene and links to Alzheimer's (Click to Watch)Professor Katie Lunnon - Professor of Dementia Genomics, University of Exeter |
12:00 - 12:30 |
Getting behind some of the causes - sleep, genes, weight and more (Click to Watch)Dr Christina Toomey - Postdoctoral Research Associate, University College London |
12:30 - 13:00 |
Neuropeptides, cells and dipeptides - Water parks and messages in the brain (Click to Watch)Dr Emily Maguire - Research Associate, UK Dementia Research Institute at Cardiff University |
13:00 - 13:30 |
Living at home independently and making technology help (Click to Watch)Dr Clarissa Giebel - Research Fellow, University of Liverpool |
13:30 - 13:45 |
How is Alzheimer's Research UK making a breakthrough possible (Click to Watch)Timothy Parry - Director of Communications, Engagement and Brand, Alzheimer's Research UK |
13:45 - 14:30 |
All about Frontotemporal dementia - caring, helping and the latest research (Click to Watch)Imogen Swift - Research Assistant, UK Dementia Research Institute at University College London |
14:30 - 15:00 |
Making care homes great places, providing great care and great homes - Part 1 (Click to Watch)Leah Hewer-Richards - PhD Student, University of Southampton |
15:00 - 15:30 |
The economics of dementia and finding new treatments in old drugs (Click to Watch)Dr Danielle Newby - Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford |
15:30 - 16:00 |
NHS Care and the science behind getting a reliable blood test (Click to Watch)Dr Amanda Heslegrave - Senior Research Fellow, UK Dementia Research Institute at University College London |
16:00 - 16:30 |
A romp through the science - researching what causes dementia to help beat it (Click to Watch)Dr Sam Moxon - Research Associate, The University of Manchester |
16:30 - 17:00 |
Risky genes and unlocking cells (Click to Watch)Dr Hazel Hall-Roberts - Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oxford |
17:00 - 17:30 |
Making care homes great places, providing great care and great homes - Part 2 (Click to Watch)Claire Surr - Professor of Dementia Studies, Leeds Beckett University |
17:30 - 18:00 |
How is research making a visit to the hospital better for people living with dementia (Click to Watch)Dr Courtney Genge - Program Adviser, National Research Council Canada |
18:00 - 18:30 |
Improving through research, ensuring ethnicity does not impact diagnosis and care (Click to Watch)Dr Naaheed Mukadam - Senior Research Fellow, Division of Psychiatry, University College London |
18:30 - 19:00 |
Making and using pictures of the brain (Click to Watch)Dr Tim Rittman - Snr Research Assoc & Neurology Consultant, University of Cambridge |
19:00 - 19:30 |
Beating Tau & Amyloid (Click to Watch)Dr Claire Durrant - Race Against Dementia Fellow, University of Edinburgh |
19:30 - 20:00 |
What can population studies tell us & how evaluating services is raising standards (Click to Watch)Professor Fiona Matthews - Professor of Epidemiology, Newcastle University |
20:00 - 20:30 |
Speech, language, diagnosis and depression (Click to Watch)Dr Anna Volkmer - Speech & Language Therapy Researcher, UCL & UCL Hospitals NHS FT |
20:30 - 21:00 |
Reducing the risks - what does our blood the brain and research tell us? (Click to Watch)Dr Keeley Brookes - Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University |
21:00 |
Thank you and goodnightAdam Smith |