Please read below for a great opportunity to develop your skills as a leader in issues about global dementia. There is more information at gbhi.org/ Atlantic Fellows & Scholars at…
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We are delighted to see the activites of the World Young Leaders in Dementia being discussed at the WHO. Thanks to Martin Rossor and Phillipe Amouyel for talking about us!
At the start of 2016, WYLD received our first commissioned project. We were asked by the UK Department of Health to undertake a scoping review of symbols used for Dementia…
Have a look at our blog on the ADI 2016 conference over at PLOS, click here.
Rebekah Churchyard, a WYLD member from Canada is seeking international expertise for her project into dementia and the legal system. She is looking for existing resources or to talk to…
WYLD has been asked by Marc Wortmann to join the Scientific Programme Committee for ADI 2017 to be held in Kyoto, Japan. This is a big honour! Being on the…
At the start of the New Year 2016, we learned the exciting news that WYLD has been selected as an associate member of the World Dementia Council. This means that…
WYLD member Kristine Newman has been awarded a Connections Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada to run a two-day symposium to raise awareness of…
This year’s JLGC Seminar will look not only at what cities in Japan are doing to promote age-friendly environments and harness the economic growth potential of the ‘silver economy’, but…
My Gran was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in around 2008, we were very close so it hurt me that she was starting to lose her ways, but I like to…