Steering Committee

Dr Darina Bassil

Position: Neuroepidemiologist and Director of HAALSI-Dementia.
Group: Executive Steering Committee – Advisory Board
Organization: Harvard University

Neuroepidemiologist and Director

Dr Francesca Mangialasche

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

Executive Director, WW-FINGERS Global Coordinating Center.

Prof Adesola Ogunniyi

Position: Professor of Medicine
Group: Executive Steering Committee – Advisory Board
Organization: University of Ibadan, Nigeria

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

Prof Agustin Ibanez

Position: Professor and Director
Group: Executive Steering Committee – Advisory Board
Organization: Latin American Brain Health Institute (BrainLat) at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (UAI, Chile)

Director, Latin American Brain Health Institute (BrainLat)

Prof Henrik Zetterberg

Position: Group Leader, Pioneering the development of fluid biomarkers for dementia
Group: Executive Steering Committee – Advisory Board
Organization: UK Dementia Research Institute

Professor of Neurochemistry

Prof Jennifer Yokoyama

Position: Associate Professor, Neurology
Group: Executive Steering Committee – Advisory Board
Organization: UCSF Weill Institute for Neuroscience

Associate Professor, Neurology
UCSF Weill Institute for Neuroscience

Prof Laura Baker

Position: Professor, Gerontology and Geriatrics, Internal Medicine (Winston-Salem)
Group: Executive Steering Committee – Advisory Board
Organization: Wake Forest University, School of Medicine

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

Wake Forest University, School of Medicine

Prof Lucia Crivelli

Position: Chair, World Young Leaders in Dementia (WYLD)
Group: Executive Steering Committee – Advisory Board
Organization: Lat-Am FINGERS

Chair, World Young Leaders in Dementia (WYLD)

Leader of Lat-Am FINGERS.

Prof Lukoye Atwoli

Position: Deputy Director
Group: Executive Steering Committee – Advisory Board, Steering Committee
Organization: Aga Khan University – Brain and Mind Institute

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

Prof Michelle Mielke

Position: Professor, Epidemiology and Prevention
Group: Executive Steering Committee – Advisory Board
Organization: Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Professor, Epidemiology and Prevention

Prof Olivera Nesic-Taylor

Position: Senior Science Advisor
Group: Executive Steering Committee – Advisory Board
Organization: Aga Khan University - Brain and Mind Institute

Consultant Neuroscientist, Aga Khan University’s Brain and Mind Institute

Prof Ozioma Okonkwo

Position: Geriatrics and Gerontology Professor
Group: Executive Steering Committee – Advisory Board
Organization: The University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine

Geriatrics and Gerontology Professor

Prof Robert Perneczky

Position: Professor of Translational Dementia Research
Group: Executive Steering Committee – Advisory Board
Organization: University of Sheffield

Professor of Translational Dementia Research, University of Sheffield

Prof Tunde Peto

Position: Ophthalmologist and Clinical Trialist
Group: Executive Steering Committee – Advisory Board
Organization: Queen's University Belfast

Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology

Prof Victor Valcour

Position: Executive Director
Group: Executive Steering Committee – Advisory Board
Organization: Global Brain Health Institute

Executive Director, Global Brain Health Institute

Prof Zul Merali

Position: Founding Director
Group: Executive Steering Committee – Advisory Board
Organization: Aga Khan University – Brain and Mind Institute

Founding Director, Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University