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

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

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 holds its General Assembly Meeting in Stockholm

On 21-22 November, the JPND-funded project EU–FINGERS held its General Assembly Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden. The event allowed members to meet in person for the first time since the project started in 2020.  Chaired by Professor Miia Kivipelto, the event brought together more than 30 delegates from the EU-FINGERS transdisciplinary consortium counting 11 partners from

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EU-FINGERS features prominently at the 9th Kuopio Alzheimer Symposium

The 9th Kuopio Alzheimer Symposium was organised this year as a joint event together with the Nordic Memory Clinic Conference on 23–25 August 2022 in Kuopio (Sweden). Sirpa Pietikäinen, member of the European Parliament gave the opening words and welcomed all delegates to the event which attract on average 300 participants annually, including clinicians, nurses,

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Alzheimer Europe publishes new Dementia in Europe Magazine

Alzheimer Europe has published the 40th edition of its “Dementia in Europe” policy magazine, filled with interesting updates on European and national policy developments in the dementia field, as well as European research projects and other research news. This edition has been published both electronically and in paper format, and its launch coincided with the

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Members of the EU-FINGERS and LETHE Advisory Boards participate in a new consultation

On 15 and 23 September, Alzheimer Europe (AE) and Karolinska Institute (KI) co-hosted a consultation with the members of the EU-FINGERS and LETHE Advisory Boards respectively. The topic of the meeting was to provide feedback to the CAIDE (Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Aging and Dementia) Risk Score. The CAIDE Risk Score is a tool which estimates

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EWGPWD meets face to face for the first time in over two years

The European Working Group of People with Dementia (EWGPWD) was launched by Alzheimer Europe and its member associations in 2012. The group is composed entirely of people with dementia, who are nominated by their national Alzheimer associations. They work to ensure that the activities, projects and meetings of Alzheimer Europe duly reflect the priorities and

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JPND-funded projects meet at the 2022 mid-term Symposium

On 28 April, The European Joint Programming Initiative on Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) held its mid-term symposium 2022 in Brussels, Belgium. Leading researchers from 30 JPND supported projects gathered for a one-day international scientific meeting to liaise, network and facilitate knowledge exchange and best practices in the field of neurodegenerative disease research. Presented project topics

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