The concept of a Cognitive Footprint

Published: May 25, 2020, 6 a.m.

In 2015 Professor Rossor from University College London and Professor Martin Knapp from The London School of Economics published a paper in the Lancet entitled ‘Can we model a cognitive footprint of interventions and policies to help to meet the global challenge of dementia?’ In this podcast Piers Kotting talks to Professor Rossor and Professor Parashkev Nachev exploring the concept of a ‘Cognitive Footprint’ and getting behind the follow-up research has already undertaken in this field, and plans for the new work recently funded by the Health Foundation. You can contact the Cognitive Footprint team via email at cognitivefootprint@ucl.ac.uk or find them on twitter @cog_footprint For more information on the Health Foundation Funded study visit:: https://www.health.org.uk/funding-and-partnerships/programmes/novel-methods-to-explore-the-value-of-cognitive-health-in-a- For the Lancet article visit: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)60248-3/fulltext You can find out more about our panellists, and their work on our website www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk. A transcript of this podcast is also available here https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcast-the-concept-of-a-cognitive-footprint Like what you hear? Please review, like, and share our podcast - and don't forget to subscribe to ensure you never miss an episode. Enjoy our content? We are pleased to announce that we are now running a Midday Lecture Webinars - find recordings of previous lectures and details on how to register for future events at www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/webinars This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Research UK and Alzheimer's Society, who we thank for their ongoing support.