Dementia Research Charity Chatathon

The Economics of Dementia and finding New Treatments in Old Drugs

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On the 7th September 2020, Adam Smith hosted the Dementia Research Chatathon LIVE - to share information on the wide variety of research taking place across the world, and the raise money for Alzheimer's Research UK. Please continue to donate and help Adam meet his £5,000 target - details can be found at http://www.chatathon.uk.

In a way that everyone can understand, this video features Adam talking with:

Dr Danielle Newby, Post Doctoral Researcher, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford. My research is focused on using existing data such as GP records to find drugs used to treat other diseases such as hypertension that could be used for dementia prevention and the possibility of dementia prevention using repurposed drugs - @Danielle_Newby

Martin Knapp, Professor of Health and Social Care Policy, London School of Economics. I am Professor of Health and Social Care Policy & Professorial Research Fellow in the Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC; formerly PSSRU). Since 2009, I have also been Director of the School for Social Care Research, part of the NIHR. My main research interests are in the areas of social care, child and adult mental health, dementia and autism. Much of my work uses economic arguments and evidence to inform policy discussion and influence practice development. My research has wide-ranging impacts on policy and practice in a number of fields - @Knappem