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Find out moreFive years of enabling dementia research
The vision of DPUK Director, Prof John Gallacher, five years ago was to bring the many strands of dementia research together ad develop major technological networks and cross-disciplinary expert collaborations that could transform how scientists are able detect and treat early dementia.
Find out moreParticipants make DPUK datathons what they are
68 researchers from a whole range of backgrounds came together in the latest two DPUK datathons. This diversity – in attendees, skills and research backgrounds – is the aspect that datathoners consistently report they like the most.
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What's new
DPUK response to the government Roadmap on research and development
2 July 2020
Comment by Professor John Gallacher, Director of Dementias Platform UK
New study suggests childhood intelligence plays protective role against late-life terminal decline
4 June 2020
Researchers from University College London (UCL), the University of Edinburgh and the University of Montreal have shown that higher childhood intelligence has a long-term association with levels of cognitive function – even towards the end of life.