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Members of the EU-FINGERS Advisory Board participate in a face-to-face consultation

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From 14 to 16 November, an impactful face-to-face event for Public Involvement was organised by Alzheimer Europe in Luxembourg. The collaborative event brought together the members of six EU-funded projects, all of which are working on different aspects of brain health and dementia research, to collaborate in a series of multi-project consultations. The first consultation …

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Luxembourg hosts unprecedented collaborative event for PI in EU brain health research

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Next week in Luxembourg, at the first event of its kind, six European research projects will join together in a series of consultations focusing on Public Involvement in dementia and brain health research, organised by Alzheimer Europe. At this unprecedented event, taking place from 14 to 16 November, 44 members of the Advisory Boards of …

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EU-FINGERS project supplement published with new Dementia in Europe magazine at #33AEC

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A new publication about the EU-FINGERS project has been launched as a supplement to the 43rd edition of Alzheimer Europe‘s policy magazine, “Dementia in Europe”. Both publications coincided with the first day of the 33rd Alzheimer Europe Conference (33AEC), in Helsinki and all delegates received a copy of the magazine and EU-FINGERS supplement in their …

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New paper out on communication in memory clinic settings

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There is now compelling evidence that Alzheimer’s disease (AD) takes hold in the brain decades before dementia symptoms appear, providing a window of opportunity for preventative efforts to stop the disease before the onset of dementia. Today’s research increasingly involves the whole continuum, including the earlier stages of the disease. This is accompanied by increasing …

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EU-FINGERS features prominently at #AAIC23

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The 2023 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) took place from 16th-20th July as a hybrid event (online and in Amsterdam, Netherlands). It is the world’s largest meeting dedicated to advancing dementia science. This year, the conference attracted over 11,000 attendees including researchers, clinicians and dementia professionals to share breaking research discoveries that will lead to …

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Members of the EU-FINGERS Advisory Group participate in an informative event

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On 18 April, Alzheimer Europe (AE) organised a joint informative event on the topic of cognitive health, where members of the EU-FINGERS and LETHE Advisory Boards and the eBRAIN-Health Public and Patient Advisory Group were in attendance. Dr Celeste de Jager Loots from Imperial College London, covered key aspects of cognition and healthy brain. She …

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Interview with Chris and Jayne, members of the EU-FINGERS Advisory Board

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We recently talked to Chris Roberts and his wife Jayne Goodrick, both members of the EU-FINGERS Advisory Board, about their perspectives and experiences of Public Involvement in research and why they think brain health is important. Chris is the Chairperson of the European Working Group of People with Dementia (EWGPWD). He is from Wales (UK) …

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EU-FINGERS was presented at the #32AEC conference

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The 32nd Alzheimer Europe Conference (#32AEC) “Building bridges” was formally opened on 17 October 2022 in Bucharest, Romania. The conference was held as a hybrid event for the first time ever, with delegates and presenters able to join either on site or online, thus making it as accessible, inclusive and interactive as possible. 544 participants …

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