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Conference 6 december 2019 : Preventing cognitive decline and dementia: reflections from an epidemiological perspective

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This event is been organised by Public Health Department,  Bordeaux Population Health – UMR 1219 and ISPED – School of Public Health organised as a “Research and practice in public health” conference.

6 december 2019

Amphi Pierre-Alexandre Louis – 11ampm to 12am Campus Carreire

Free entrance, conference in English

 

Archana Singh-Manoux

Directeur de Recherche, Inserm

Directrice de l’équipe EpiAgeing, Epidemiology of Ageing & Neurodegenerative diseases

CRESS UMR1153, Centre of Research in Epidemiology and StatisticS

Université de Paris, Inserm

 

PI: Cognitive Ageing programme, Whitehall II Study

University College London

 

Preventing cognitive decline and dementia: reflections from an epidemiological perspective

Abstract

The amyloid cascade hypothesis has dominated research on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Despite considerable financial and research investment all drug trials to date have failed.

This highlights the need for prevention; for effective prevention a better understanding of how risk and protective factors shape cognitive trajectories over the lifecourse is required.

The objective of my presentation is to take this long view, and demonstrate the value of the epidemiological perspective for research on cognitive decline and dementia.

Informations

https://cress-umr1153.fr/index.php/epiageing/