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

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

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Q&A
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Communicating a diagnosis of dementia

Speaker: Richard Perry, Neurologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

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Q&A
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Diagnosing and managing MCI / Prodromal Alzheimer’s Disease

Speaker TBC 

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Q&A
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Break
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Understanding and interpreting brain scans for the non-radiologist

Speaker: Frederik Barkhof, Chair of Neuroradiology, Brain Repair & Rehabilitation, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology

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Q&A
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Biomarkers for beginners

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

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Q&A
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Sponsored Symposium
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Lunch
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Optimising use of current anti-dementia drugs

Speaker: Bernadette McGuinness, Clinical Professor of Ageing/Consultant Geriatrician, Queen’s University Belfast

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Q&A
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Reducing dementia risk and prevention

Speaker TBC

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Q&A
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Stroke and dementia

Speaker: Úna Clancy, Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS Research for Scotland Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Edinburgh

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Q&A
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Break
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Effective management of BPSD

Speaker: Ben Underwood, Assistant Professor in Applied and Translational Old Age Psychiatry, University of Cambridge

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Q&A
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Practical management of seizures

Speaker: Thomas Cope, Consultant Neurologist, Cambridge University Hospitals and Cambridge and Peterborough NHS FT

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Q&A
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Summary and why attend Dementias 2026