WORLD YOUNG LEADERS IN DEMENTIA
Working across disciplines and borders to develop innovative dementia solutions
Working across disciplines and borders to develop innovative dementia solutions
We are millennials from clinical, academic, care, advocacy and commercial backgrounds who have united to improve the lives of people with dementia across the globe.
The UK Science & Innovation Network invited emerging leaders working in diverse fields of dementia to meet at events held in Ottawa, Tokyo, Washington DC and London.
Together, we developed a draft a set of proposals to present at WHO’s First Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia in March 2015. This process sparked a number of new research collaborations and creation of the WYLD network.
We will do this by:
We have a steering group to provide strategic direction for the network’s activities and additional roles to lead specific work streams and projects.
LEADERSHIP