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The Dementia Revolution campaign raised £4 million, supporting research at the UK Dementia Research Institute. [8] The charity reported a total income of £38.5m for the 12-month period ending March 2019, £36.7m of which was income from donations. [9] In 2023, estimates made by Alzheimer's Research UK suggested that clinical trials for ...
The Young Dementia Network was established in 2016, before being absorbed into Dementia UK, following a merger with YoungDementia UK in November 2020. It is intended to provide opportunity for knowledge share, campaigning and collaboration between professionals and those affected by young onset dementia .
[1] [2] She became Centre Director of the UK Dementia Research Institute's hub at University College London in spring 2020. [3] She was educated at the University of East Anglia (BSc, 1987) and completed her PhD at Queens' College, Cambridge in 1991. At Cambridge she was a student of Sydney Brenner's department.
Alzheimer's Society funds dementia research. [10] [11] In 2021/2022, £7m was given in 27 awards for new research, and 311 new publications came from their funding. [12] The society relies on voluntary donations from the public through fundraising and other activities.
The National Centre for Social Research is a registered charity trading as NatCen Social Research and is the largest independent social research institute in the UK. [30] [31] [32] The research charity was founded in 1969 by Sir Roger Jowell [33] and Gerald Hoinville with the aim of carrying out rigorous social policy research to improve society.
The organisation seeks to establish dementia as a global priority within the G20 and its respective workstreams. [25] In 2019, Dementia was specifically recognised as a global health priority by G20 leaders in the declaration of the Osaka Summit following advocacy by ADI and member association Alzheimer’s Association Japan (AAJ). [26]
The 10/66 Dementia research group was founded in the year 1998 at the Alzheimer's Disease International Annual Conference in Cochin, India. The premise of the research group was that only less than 10% of the population based studies on dementia were being performed in developing countries where about 66% of population with dementia lived.
The prevention of dementia involves reducing the number of risk factors for the development of dementia, and is a global health priority needing a global response. [1] [2] Initiatives include the establishment of the International Research Network on Dementia Prevention (IRNDP) [3] which aims to link researchers in this field globally, and the establishment of the Global Dementia Observatory ...