Dementias Online Programme

Please note: the Dementias Online Workshop programme may change before the event.

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Welcome and housekeeping
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How I assess a patient with suspected dementia

Jeremy Isaacs, Consultant Neurologist, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Speaker
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Q&A
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Supporting patients and families after a diagnosis

Rachel Thompson, Consultant Admiral Nurse, Lewy body dementia & Co – Chair, Dementia, Delirium and Brain Health Special Interest Group of the BGS, Dementia UK

Speaker
Dementia UK
Admiral Nurse
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Q&A
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Disease modifying treatments for AD

Elizabeth Coulthard, Professor of Cognitive Neurology, Bristol Medical Surgery, University of Bristol

Speaker
University of Bristol
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Q&A
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Break
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Brain imaging for the non-radiologist
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Q&A
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Biomarkers for beginners

Vanessa Raymont, Associate Professor, University of Oxford and Dementias Platform UK

Speaker
University of Oxford / Dementias Platform UK
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Q&A
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Industry Symposium
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Lunch
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Optimising use of current anti-dementia drugs
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Q&A
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New Diagnostic Criteria for AD / Prodromal Alzheimer’s Disease

Robert Barber, Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle University

Speaker
Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle University
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Q&A
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Stroke and Dementia

Úna ClancyConsultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS Research for Scotland Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Edinburgh

Speaker
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer & Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine
University College Cork & Mercy University Hospital
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Q&A
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Break
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Effective management of BPSD

Ben Underwood, Associate Professor in Applied and Translational Old Age Psychiatry, University of Cambridge

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Q&A
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Assessment and management of frailty and relationship to dementia

Louise Allan, University of Exeter 

Speaker
University of Exeter
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Q&A
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Summary and why attend Dementias 2027