The atmosphere here is electric, at the University of Warwick for our Society’s conference this year.

Prof Clive Ballard, Director of Research for the Alzheimer’s Society, introduced a set of superb presentations on the latest research funded by the Society. These included an antibody against plaques in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, the link between head trauma and Alzheimer’s disease, and the link between spontaneous cerebral emboli and subsequent risk of dementia. The poster presentations were some of the best I’ve ever seen at an academic conference, and I interpreted the address by our new CEO as looking forward to our society playing an important role in the Big Society.

Dr Shibley Rahman