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Dr Alicja Kalinowska graduated from Poznan University of Medical Sciences (PUMS) in 2006. She received her PhD from PUMS in 2011 and completed neurology training in the Department of Neurology by PUMS in 2013. She currently holds position of PUMS professor by the Department of Neurology, Division of Neurochemistry and Neuropathology and senior consultant at […]

Paola Barbarino is CEO of Alzheimer’s Disease International. Prior to this, she was CEO of LIFE and occupied senior positions with Cass Business School, Tate, British Library and IIED. She is a Board Member of the World Dementia Council, a Trustee of The Postal Museum and of Lauderdale House. Previously she was a Non-Executive Director

Sanjay Budhdeo is a Wellcome Trust Clinical Training Fellow at University College London, where his focus is in the use of graph machine learning for drug repurposing within neurodegenerative diseases. Clinically, he is honorary neurology registrar at NHNN. Sanjay has also received the Bogue Fellowship for research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard,

Christine Kremer is a stroke physician and associate professor of Neurology at Skåne University Hospital Malmö, Lund University, Sweden. After specialization in Neurology in Germany, she specialized in stroke and cerebrovascular ultrasound including a post-doc in Zürich, Switzerland. Moving to Malmö she build up the neurovascular outpatient service including cerebrovascular ultrasound. Another area of her

Claire Sexton, DPhil, is senior director, Scientific Programs and Outreach at the Alzheimer’s Association®. In this role, she develops scientific programming for the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) and associated meetings, and oversees strategy for the Alzheimer’s Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment (ISTAART). In addition, Dr. Sexton delivers presentations to audiences

Claudio Lino Alberto Bassetti was born and raised in Ticino, is married and father of three boys. He speaks six languages and enjoys music, history and sports. Bassetti received his MD degree from the University of Basel in 1984. He trained in neurology in Bern and Lausanne and performed research fellowships in experimental neurophysiology (Basel)

Giancarlo Comi is honorary professor of neurology at the Università Vita Salute San Raffaele and founder and director of the Institute of Experimental Neurology at the Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. He is the President of the European Charcot Foundation (ECF), and since 2013 has served as vice chair of the Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

Cristina Tassorelli, MD, PhD, FEAN Full Professor and Chair of Neurology Director, Residency in Neurology Program Dean, Faculty of Medicine University of Pavia Director, Rehabilitative Neurology Unit, Headache Science & Neurorehabilitation Research Centre Neurological Research Institute C. Mondino Foundation Training: Medical degree summa cum laude from the University of Pavia. Fully trained neurologist. PhD Degree in

Dr. Daniel Reich is Senior Investigator at NIH/NINDS, where he directs the Translational Neuroradiology Section and leads clinical studies focusing mainly on multiple sclerosis (MS). He is also an attending neuroradiologist at the NIH Clinical Center, an Adjunct Professor of Radiology, Neurology, and Biostatistics at Johns Hopkins University, and an Adjunct Professor of Neurology at

Dr. Weintraub is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (Penn) and Psychiatrist at the Parkinson’s Disease Research, Education and Clinical Center (PADRECC) at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center.  A board-certified geriatric psychiatrist, he conducts clinical research in the psychiatric and cognitive complications of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and related