Name: International Symposium on Biopsychosocial Determinants of Dementia: Perspectives from the UK and Japan
Start: 2019-11-06T09:00:00Z
End: 2019-11-06T18:00:00Z
Location: Friends House

International Symposium on Biopsychosocial Determinants of Dementia: Perspectives from the UK and Japan

Dr Dorina Cadar, Behavioural Science and Health, UCL

Biopsychosocial determinants of dementia: Perspectives from the UK and Japan
 
 
ESRC International Symposium
 
An international network collaboration bringing together senior investigators from top academic institutions in the UK and Japan, who will be sharing and comparing their findings on cognitive ageing and dementia with a focus on a broad range of socioeconomic inequalities and the broader social and behavioural determinants of health within each country. Abstracts and bios are available <A STYLE="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" TITLE="https://www.dropbox.com/s/xjt7jk19lhk1w3t/ESCR_UK_Japan_Symposium_bios.pdf?dl=0" HREF="https://www.dropbox.com/s/xjt7jk19lhk1w3t/ESCR_UK_Japan_Symposium_bios.pdf?dl=0" TARGET="_blank" DATA-AUTH="NotApplicable" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><SPAN STYLE="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #002451; text-decoration: underline;">here.</A>
 
Schedule: 
 
9.00-9.30 Arrival and coffee
 
9.30-9.45 Wellcome Dr Dorina Cadar & Professor Andrew Steptoe
 
9.45- 10.00 Pro-Vice-Provost, UCL 
 
10.00-10.25 Professor Andrew Steptoe, UCL, UK
          The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA): A platform for cross-national research on cognition and dementia
 
10.25-10.50 Professor Hiroyasu Iso, Osaka University, Japan
 Biological and social determinants for the development and advancement of dementia: A collaborative  epidemiological study
 
10.50-11.15 Professor Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Osaka University, Japan
          Imperceptible Brain Monitoring System-Flexible Portable Electronics
 
 
11.15-11.35 Coffee break
 
 
11.35-12.00 Professor Shuichi Nishio, Osaka University, Japan 
         Studies on Interactive Robots: Applications to older individuals
 
12.00 -12.30 Discussions 
 
 
12.30-1.30 Lunch (provided) 
 
 
1.30 –1.55 Professor Carol Brayne, University of Cambridge, UK
What have we learnt from population studies of dementia?
      
1.55 –2.20 Professor Gill Livingston, UCL, UK
        Potentially modifiable risks for dementia-adding to the list
 
2.20-2.45 Dr Andrew Sommerlad, UCL, UK
         Social participation and dementia risk: Findings from the Whitehall II Study
 
2.45-3.05 Dr James Pickett Alzheimer Society, UK
        The UK response to the global challenge on dementia
 
3.05-3.25 Panel discussion (Chair Professor Andrew Steptoe, UCL)
 
 
3.25-3.50 Coffee break
 
 
3.50-4.10 Professor John Gallacher, DPUK
Dementias Platform UK: Enabling large-scale multi-modal multi-cohort research
 
4.15-4.35 Dr Kokoro Shirai UCL, Osaka University, Japan
Positive psychological determinants of dementia in the UK and Japan: A cross-country comparison
 
4.35-4.55 Dr Dorina Cadar UCL, UCL, UK
Biopsychosocial determinants of cognitive ageing and dementia: Findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing 
 
4.55-5.15 Concluding remarks (Professor Alison Park, ESRC, UK) 
 
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Are you interested in cognitive ageing and dementia? You may also be interested in our data harmonisation workshops open to early career researchers interested in cross-cohort and cross-country investigations of biopsychosocial determinants of cognitive ageing and dementia in the UK and  Japan.
 
7th & 8th of November 2019
ESRC International Data Harmonisation Workshop UK Japan Cognitive Ageing and Dementia
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/75284043601 
Abstracts and bios are available <A STYLE="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" TITLE="https://www.dropbox.com/s/1he651d6ojvpscr/ESCR_UK_Japan_Workshops_bios.pdf?dl=0" HREF="https://www.dropbox.com/s/1he651d6ojvpscr/ESCR_UK_Japan_Workshops_bios.pdf?dl=0" TARGET="_blank" DATA-AUTH="NotApplicable" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><SPAN STYLE="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #3b204d; text-decoration: underline;">here</A>.
 
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These events are organised by the Department of Behavioural Science and Health (BSH), the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) team, UCL Global Ageing, and Economic and Social Research Council, and UK Japan Dementia Network.
 
 
 
Twitter @ELSA_Study @UCL_BSH @UKJapanDementia @ESRC @UCL_Global @UCL_IEHC 
 
 
 
For more information on the UK Japan Dementia Network please visit:
 
<A HREF="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/research/behavioural-science-and-health/research/psychobiology/social-determinants-dementia-uk-and" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.ucl.ac.uk/behavioural-science-and-health/research/psychobiology/social-determinants-dementia</A>

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