[HT-01] Large scale multicenter studies of dementia

[HT-01-1] The Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN)- Japan

^○Mie Hirohata (Department of Neurology, Institute of Brain Science, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan)

Dr. Mie Hirohata is the Senior Coordinator in the Clinical Core of the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN)-Japan, based at the Department of Neurology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine. She is a specialist for neurology and psychiatry. She received her MD and her PhD in Neurology, both from Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine. Following postdoctoral basic research on β-amyloid and α-synuclein proteins, she pursued further medical and psychiatry training at National Hospital Organization (NHO) Nagoya Medical Center. In 2015, she began working at NHO Hanamaki Hospital as the Director of the Neurology section, and also headed their Medical Center for Dementia and related disorders. She joined Hirosaki University and DIAN-Japan in 2017. She has been focusing on the clinical features and therapeutic agents in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and α-synucleinopathies. She is currently involved in investigation into families with autosomal dominant AD in Japan.