Ageing: The Interface Between Community, Clinic & Laboratory

Multidisciplinary Conference on
Ageing and Neuroscience

12pm Light Lunch and Poster Session

1pm Welcome and Opening of the Conference
--Vice-Chancellor Professor Don Nutbeam
in the Presence of Dame Mary Fagan DCVO, HM Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire

1:10pm Professor Jane Falkingham
--Population change: The challenges and opportunities of an ageing society

1:30pm Professor Maria Evandrou
--Modelling the future demand and supply of social care in the United Kingdom

1:50pm Dr Roxana Carare
--Maintaining the health of blood vessels could prevent Alzheimer's Disease

2:10pm Professor Andrew Lotery
--Progress in treating macular degeneration

2:30pm Tea/Coffee Break

2:50pm Professor Clive Holmes
--Past and future treatments for Alzheimer's Disease

3:10pm Professor James Nicoll
--Immunisation for Alzheimer's Disease

3:30pm Tea/Coffee Break

3:50pm Professor Peter Coleman
--The role of religious and secular ritual in adaptation to bereavement in later life

4:10pm Anne Carty, Age Concern Southampton
--Keeping Your Brain Healthy

4:30pm Ruth Dixon, Assistant Director of Adult Services, Hampshire County Council
--The Challenges in Planning Services in Hampshire and the Role of Research

4:50pm Wine Reception, Refreshments and Poster Prizes

Programme Board
Professor Avan Aihie Sayer, Professor George Attard, Dr Roxana Carare, Professor Maria Evandrou, Professor Lindy Holden-Dye, Professor Clive Holmes, Professor Peter J. Smith

Dr Roxana Carare on Alzheimer's Research on BBC Radio: LISTEN HERE

Contact: Petrina Butler

p.butler@southampton.ac.uk

+44(0)23 8059 3244