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New podcast: DPUK's Professor John Gallacher on the future of dementia research

27 July 2020

We caught up with Professor John Gallacher, Director of Dementias Platform UK and Professor of Cognitive Health at Oxford University, to get his thoughts on the current state of play in dementia research – and what the future might hold.

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In this podcast, Professor Gallacher addresses questions including:

  • Is dementia our biggest public health challenge?
  • When will we have an effective treatment?
  • What are the most promising avenues of research?
  • How important is data science in dementia research?

Listen to the full interview below (audio only; recorded remotely during coronavirus lockdown).