AAIC 2020 - Day One

A five-part special relay podcast series, where the interviewee becomes the interviewer. With five leading researchers discussing their research, their field, and the work of the Alzheimer’s Association ISTAART Professional Interest Area they represent. Part Five - Dr Sietske Sikkes interviews Professor David Scott Dr Sietske Sikkes is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and Epidemiologist and Assistant professor at the Alzheimer Centre Amsterdam at Amsterdam University Medical Centre & VU University, Netherlands. Sietske’s is researching Neuropsychology, cognition, instrument development, psychometrics and non-pharmacological interventions. She is representing the Non-pharmacological Interventions PIA and Subjective Cognitive Decline PIA. David Scott is Director of the Department of Anaesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine, St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and Professor, School of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Australia. David is researches Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders – in particular, delirium and cognitive decline associated with anaesthesia and surgery. He is representing the Perioperative Cognition and Delirium PIA. ______________________________________________ This podcast series is brought to you by Dementia Researcher. You can find out more about our panellists, and their work on our website www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk. A transcript of this podcast is also available here https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcasts ______________________________________________ The Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART) convenes the global Alzheimer's and dementia science community. Members share knowledge, fuel collaboration and advance research to find more effective ways to detect, treat and prevent Alzheimer's and other dementias. Professional Interest Areas (PIA) are an assembly of ISTAART members with common subspecialties or interests. There are currently 25 PIA covering a wide range of interests and fields, from the Alliance of Women Alzheimer's Researchers (AWARE) PIA to Biofluid Based Biomarkers and everything in between. To sign-up to ISTAART and a PIA visit www.alz.org/istaart/ ______________________________________________ Throughout July 2020, Dementia Researcher is giving you a chance to win a pair of Beats Studio Headphones. To be in with a chance to win, complete three east steps: 1. Leave us a review on iTunes 2. Register and attend one of our webinars 3. Register on our website. Winner will be chosen at random on the 1st August, and announced via Twitter follow-us @Dem_Researcher For more information visit www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk ______________________________________________ Finally, the views and opinions expressed by guests in this podcast represent those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect those of NIHR Dementia Researchers, PIA membership, ISTAART or the Alzheimer's Association.