[PL-01] Plenary Lecture 01

[PL-01] Meeting the Dementia Challenge in the UK

^○Martin Rossor^1,2 (1.UCL, Institute of Neurology, UK, 2.NIHR, UK)

Martin Rossor trained in Neurology at the National Hospital, Queen Square and undertook research into the neurochemistry of degenerative dementia at the MRC Neurochemical Pharmacology Unit, Cambridge.
He is Professor of Clinical Neurology at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, and established a specialist cognitive disorders clinic which acts as a tertiary referral service for young onset and rare dementias. Clinical research interests are in the degenerative dementias and particularly in familial disease. He was editor of the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, and President of the Association of British Neurologists. Martin is the NIHR National Director for Dementia Research and Director NIHR UCLH Biomedical Research Centre Dementia Theme.