NDPH Inaugural lecture - Crossing the divide between genomics and epidemiology: the curious case of Alzheimer’s disease”
Alzheimer’s disease is the most important disorder underlying dementia. The epidemic of dementia not only has a major impact on patients, their relatives and caretakers but also on the health care system of the UK and elsewhere. The inaugural lecture will discuss the advances in our understanding of the genetic and epidemiologic determinants of Alzheimer’s disease and the interactions between these two fields. The lecture will address the opportunities and challenges in translating our current knowledge into successful preventive interventions. These include the discovery and validation of blood-based biomarkers using big data analysis and the discovery of new modifiable determinants such as the gut microbiome.
Date: 28 November 2019, 17:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1
Speaker: Professor Cornelia van Duijn (University of Oxford)
Organising department: Nuffield Department of Population Health
Organiser: Graham Bagley (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Population Health)
Part of: Population Health Seminars
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://oxford.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/professor-vanduijn-inaugural-lecture-28-november
Audience: Members of the University only
Editors: Graham Bagley, Hannah Freeman