Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre (ASDRC) is in partnership with the University of Edinburgh and provides a high quality environment for dementia research.

On the 21st September 2021, the ASDRC celebrated its 10th Anniversary. To celebrate this, they organised a webinar session to mark this special date.

The session, which was a follow on session from the Alzheimer Scotland Annual Conference 2021, showcased the ASDRC’s ongoing work and highlighted the success of the past ten years.

Introduced and chaired by the Centre’s Director Dr Tom Russ, this session will bring together many researchers both currently or previously working with the Centre who each provided a short presentation of their projects.

The researchers who presented in this session are: Tom Russ, Ratko Radakovic, Lucy Hiscox, Lewis Killin, Miles Welstead, Jenni Burton, Donncha Mullin, Katherine Walesby, Sahan Mendis, Martha Pollard.

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