Meet the Team

Catherine Ajalo

Clinical Research Intervention Specialist Brain and Mind Institute, Aga […]

Francis Angira

Clinical Trial Manager

Michael Karinga

Graphic Designer Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University

Ashley Wamaitha Njoroge

Group: Implementation Team, Project Team
Organization: Aga Khan University’s Brain and Mind Institute

Research assistant

Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University

Assoc. Prof. Dominic Trepel, PhD

Position: Work Package 3 Co-Lead, Health Economist
Group: Core Leads, Implementation Team
Organization: Trinity Inst. Of Neuroscience (TCIN)

Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Trinity Inst. Of Neuroscience (TCIN)

Assoc. Prof. Thomas Karikari, PhD

Position: Fluid Biomarker Lead
Group: Clinical Diagnostics, Interventions & Data Analytics Core, Core Leads, Implementation Team
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

Director, Biofluid Biomarker Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh

Caroline Harris

Group: Independent Trial Steering Group, Steering Committee
Organization: Medical Research Council

Programme Manager for Global Health Strategy, Medical Research Council

Catherine Ajalo

Group: Implementation Team, Project Team
Organization: Aga Khan University’s Brain and Mind Institute

Clinical Research Intervention Specialist

Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University

Craig Ritchie

Group: Independent Trial Steering Group, Steering Committee
Organization: The University of Edinburgh

Deanery of Clinical Sciences Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh

Crystal Glover

Group: Independent Trial Steering Group, Steering Committee
Organization: Rush Medical College

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences and Neurological Sciences, Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Centre, Rush Medical College

Dr Adedoyin Ogunyemi, MD

Group: Project Leadership, Site Principal Investigators
Organization: University of Lagos

Faculty at the Department of Community Health and Primary Care, College of Medicine, University of Lagos

Dr Celeste Loots, PhD

Position: Work Package 2 Co-Lead
Group: Clinical Diagnostics, Interventions & Data Analytics Core, Core Leads, Implementation Team
Organization: Imperial College London

Research Fellow, Imperial College London

Dr Chi Udeh-Momoh, PhD, Transnational Neuroscientist

Position: Chief Investigator (Kenya, UK, GBHI)
Group: Chief Principal Investigators, Independent Trial Steering Group, Project Leadership
Organization: Aga Khan University’s Brain and Mind Institute

Dr Cyprian Mostert, PhD

Position: Work Package 3 Co-Lead
Group: Core Leads, Health Economics and Health Systems Implementation Core, Implementation Team
Organization: Aga Khan University’s Brain and Mind Institute

Mental Health Economist​,

Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University

Dr Darina Bassil, PhD

Group: Executive Steering Committee – Advisory Board, Steering Committee
Organization: HAALSI-Dementia

Neuroepidemiologist and Director

Dr Dimitra Kafetsouli, MD, PhD

Position: Ophthalmology Core Co-Lead
Group: Clinical Diagnostics, Interventions & Data Analytics Core, Core Leads, Implementation Team
Organization: Imperial College London

Clinical Fellow, Ageing Epidemiology Research Unit, Imperial College London

Dr Dominic Trepel, PhD

Position: Work Package 3 Co-Lead, Health Economist
Group: Core Leads, Health Economics and Health Systems Implementation Core, Implementation Team
Organization: Trinity Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN

Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Trinity Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN)

Dr Edna Bosire, PhD

Group: Core Leads, Implementation Team, Medical Anthropology and Community Engagement Core
Organization: Aga Khan University’s Brain and Mind Institute

Assistant Professor and Medical Ant​hropologist​​​​, Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University

Work Package 1 Co-Lead

Dr Francesca Mangialasche, MD, PhD

Group: Executive Steering Committee – Advisory Board, Steering Committee
Organization: WW-FINGERS Global Coordinating Center

Executive Director, WW-FINGERS Global Coordinating Center.

Dr Jasmit Shah, PhD,

Position: Analytics Core Co-Lead
Group: Clinical Diagnostics, Interventions & Data Analytics Core, Core Leads, Implementation Team
Organization: Aga Khan University’s Brain and Mind Institute

Data Scientist

Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University

Dr Karen Blackmon, PhD

Position: Work Package 2 Co-Lead
Group: Clinical Diagnostics, Interventions & Data Analytics Core, Core Leads, Implementation Team
Organization: Aga Khan University’s Brain and Mind Institute

Consultant Neuropsychologist

Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University

Dr Kendi Muchungi, PhD

Group: Co-Investigators, Implementation Team
Organization: Aga Khan University Brain and Mind Institute

Manager, Education, Technology and Strategic Partnerships Development​

Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University

Dr Laz Ude Eze

Group: Core Leads, Implementation Team, Medical Anthropology and Community Engagement Core
Organization:

Country Coordinator for Nigeria, West Africa Network of Emerging Leaders in Health Policy & Systems

Consultant, Communications, Advocacy and Monitoring & Evaluation

Dr Muthoni Mwangi, PhD

Group: Co-Investigators, Implementation Team
Organization: Aga Khan University Medical College, East Africa

Health Systems Management scientist at the Department of Population Health

Dr Samuel Gitau Nguku, MD

Position: Molecular Imaging Core Co-Lead
Group: Co-Investigators, Implementation Team
Organization: Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi

Consultant in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi

Dr Sheila Waa

Group: Co-Investigators, Implementation Team
Organization: Aga Khan University Hospital

Consultant Neuroradiologist

Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi

Dr Sylvia Mbugua, MD

Group: Co-Investigators, Implementation Team
Organization: Aga Khan University Hospital

Section Head, Neurologist

Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi

Dr Udunna Anazodo, PhD

Position: Imaging Core Lead
Group: Clinical Diagnostics, Interventions & Data Analytics Core, Core Leads, Implementation Team
Organization: McGill University

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery

Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University

Dr Valentine Ucheagwu, PhD

Position: Site Principal Investigator – Anambra
Group: Project Leadership, Site Principal Investigators
Organization: Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI)

Neuropsychologist and Clinical psychologist Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) ·

Dr. Chiadi Onyike

Position: Site Principal Investigator
Group: Project Leadership, Site Principal Investigators
Organization:

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences

Dr. Kevin K’orimba

Group: Implementation Team
Organization:

Clinical Trial Manager

Dr. Mahmoud Maina

Position: Site Principal Investigator
Group: Project Leadership, Site Principal Investigators
Organization:

Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow

Dr. Rachel Maina

Group: Implementation Team, Project Team
Organization:

Programme Manager

Elizabeth Ayuo

Group: Implementation Team, Project Team
Organization: Aga Khan University’s Brain and Mind Institute

Clinical Research Regulatory Manager

Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University

Francis Angira

Group: Implementation Team, Project Team
Organization:

Clinical Trial Manager

Geoffrey Gamoyo Katana

Group: Implementation Team, Project Team
Organization: Aga Khan University’s Brain and Mind Institute

Research Associate

Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University

George Vradenburg

Group: Independent Trial Steering Group, Steering Committee
Organization:

Founding Chairman of the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative

Gloria Chemutai

Position: Work Package 4 Co-Lead
Group: Core Leads, Implementation Team, Medical Anthropology and Community Engagement Core
Organization: Aga Khan University’s Brain and Mind Institute

Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Manager

Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University

Hidenori Arai

Group: Independent Trial Steering Group, Steering Committee
Organization:

President, National Centre for Geriatrics and Gerontology

Imre Lengyel, PhD

Position: Ophthalmology Core Co-Lead
Group: Clinical Diagnostics, Interventions & Data Analytics Core, Core Leads, Implementation Team
Organization: Queen's University Belfast

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast

Mary Waithera Ng’ang’a

Group: Implementation Team, Project Team
Organization: Aga Khan University’s Brain and Mind Institute

Communications Associate

Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University

Michael Karinga

Group: Implementation Team, Project Team
Organization: Aga Khan University’s Brain and Mind Institute

Graphic Designer

Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University

Mukadam Naaheed

Group: Independent Trial Steering Group, Steering Committee
Organization: University College London Hospital (UCLH) Mental Health Liaison Team

Principal Research Fellow UCL and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, University College London Hospital (UCLH)

Paulo Caramelli

Group: Independent Trial Steering Group, Steering Committee
Organization: Federal University of Minas Gerais

Coordinator, Behavioural and Cognitive Neurology Unit, Faculty of Medicine Federal University of Minas Gerais

Prof. Adesola Ogunniyi, MD, PhD

Group: Executive Steering Committee – Advisory Board, Independent Trial Steering Group, Steering Committee
Organization: University of Ibadan

Professor of Medicine at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan and Consultant Neurologist to the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan

Prof. Agustin Ibanez, PhD

Group: Executive Steering Committee – Advisory Board, Steering Committee
Organization: Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (UAI)

Director, Latin American Brain Health Institute (BrainLat)

Prof. Alina Solomon, MD, PhD

Position: Work Package 2 & Data Analytics Core Lead
Group: Clinical Diagnostics, Interventions & Data Analytics Core, Core Leads, Implementation Team, Independent Trial Steering Group, Project Leadership
Organization: University of Eastern Finland

Associate Professor of Neuroepidemiology, University of Eastern Finland

Prof. Anthony Ngugi, PhD

Position: Site Principal Investigator, Kilifi, Kenya
Group: Project Leadership, Site Principal Investigators
Organization: Aga Khan University Medical College

Associate Professor and Chair and an Epidemiologist at the Department of Population Health, Aga Khan University Medical College, East Africa.

Prof. Henrik Zetterberg, MD, PhD

Group: Executive Steering Committee – Advisory Board, Steering Committee
Organization: University of Gothenburg

Professor of Neurochemistry

Prof. Jennifer Yokoyama, PhD

Position: Biomarkers Genetics Core Co-Lead
Group: Clinical Diagnostics, Interventions & Data Analytics Core, Core Leads, Executive Steering Committee – Advisory Board, Implementation Team, Project Leadership
Organization: UCSF Weill Institute for Neuroscience

Associate Professor, Neurology
UCSF Weill Institute for Neuroscience

Prof. Laura Baker, PhD

Group: Executive Steering Committee – Advisory Board, Steering Committee
Organization: Wake Forest University, School of Medicine

Professor, Gerontology and Geriatrics, Internal Medicine (Winston-Salem)

Wake Forest University, School of Medicine

Prof. Lucia Crivelli, PhD

Group: Executive Steering Committee – Advisory Board, Steering Committee
Organization: Lat-Am FINGERS

Chair, World Young Leaders in Dementia (WYLD)

Leader of Lat-Am FINGERS.

Prof. Lukoye Atwoli

Group: Executive Steering Committee – Advisory Board, Steering Committee
Organization: Aga Khan University

Dean Medical College, Aga Khan University, EA and Deputy Director, Aga Khan University’s Brain and Mind Institute psychiatrist