Workshop: How can the behavioural sciences promote brain health?

How can the behavioural sciences promote brain health?

The workshop will be in-person at Heriot-Watt University’s Edinburgh campus, hosted by The Ageing Lab and the Centre for Applied Behavioural Sciences at Heriot-Watt, in partnership with Brain Health Scotland, Alzheimer Scotland and the Scottish Dementia Research Consortium.

We will bring researchers and practitioners together to set the agenda for applying brain health research in the years ahead.

This workshop is free to attend, however spaces are limited. We kindly ask that you only register for this event if you definitely wish to attend. If, for any reason, you become unavailable, please let us know so that we can reallocate your place. Thank you.

The workshop will consider three themes:

• Identifying what promotes brain health

• What the public think about brain health

• Taking action to promote brain health

Programme

• 9.00-9.30: Arrival (with refreshments)

• 9.30-9.40: Intro

• Professor Alan Gow (Ageing Lab, Heriot-Watt University)

• 9.40-10.30:

Part 1: Identifying what promotes brain health

o Dr Janie Corley (Lothian Birth Cohorts, University of Edinburgh)

Part 2: What the public think about brain health

o Dr Sarah Lenz Lock (AARP and Global Council on Brain Health)

• 10.30-11.00: Break

• 11.00-11.45:

Part 3: Taking action to promote brain health

o Dr Vivien Swanson (University of Stirling)

• 11.45-12.30: Activity

o Set plan for outcomes of the day (project pitches, discussion, white paper, etc)

• 12.30-13.15: Lunch

• 13.15-14.30: Activity continued and next steps...