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Stream Dementia Researcher’s latest podcast now discussing the new Deep Dementia Phenotyping (DEMON) Network!  Today’s topic is the new DEMON Network the new national network for the application for data science and AI applied to dementia research. Led by Professor David Llewellyn at the University of Exeter and supported by Alzheimer’s Research UK, the Alan Turing […]

With a wealth of digital data at our fingertips, now is the time to transform the early detection of the diseases that cause dementia.   The initiative Early Detection of Neurodegenerative diseases (EDoN) is an ambitious project spearheaded by Alzheimer’s Research UK to develop innovative ways to pick up diseases like Alzheimer’s in the brain years […]

Living a healthy lifestyle may help offset a person’s genetic risk of dementia, according to new research. The study was led by the University of Exeter – simultaneously published today in JAMA and presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2019 in Los Angeles. The research found that the risk of dementia was 32 per cent lower […]

A branch of artificial intelligence which is based on training computers to learn patterns has the ability to transform our understanding of dementia. David Llewellyn co-leads the first Dementias Platform UK datathon next month. He explains why machine learning could be the beginning of the end for this devastating condition. Dementia isn’t a single disease […]

Are you a data scientist interested in dementia? We’re looking for innovators with expertise in machine learning to take part in an exciting datathon on the 1st-3rd of May 2019 at the University  of Exeter. The event will bring together scientists to develop new ways of predicting and diagnosing dementia with real-world clinical data. This […]

Dr James Grogan talks with Dr David Llewellyn about his Neurology: Clinical Practice paper on predictors of dementia misclassification when using brief cognitive assessments:     Dr Llewellyn also talked to Amanda Balbi from Neurology Consultant about the paper:   For further information about our paper read our Blog. Link to the full paper: Ranson, […]

Quick tests used in primary care settings to identify whether people are likely to have dementia may often be wrong, according to a study published in the November 28, 2018, online issue of Neurology® Clinical Practice, an official journal of the American Academy of Neurology.   The tests, called brief cognitive assessments, evaluate thinking and […]

Our team have received a Landmark Futures Award from the Landmark Trust. Only 20% of applicants were lucky enough to benefit from this prestigious scheme, which provides research groups with protected time to get away from it all in beautiful surroundings. We will be staying at Wortham Manor near Lifton in Devon, a medieval and […]

Dr David Llewellyn has been awarded the prestigious Turing Fellowship which will aim to accelerate the application of machine learning within the healthcare industry. Dr Llewellyn will use the Fellowship to fund research into the potential of machine learning to promote new treatments and interventions, and the timely identification of dementia. In addition to identifying […]

The University of Exeter Medical School led a study which analysed data on stroke and dementia risk from 3.2 million people across the world. The link between stroke and dementia persisted even after taking into account other dementia risk factors such as blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Their findings give the strongest evidence to […]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) – human intelligence exhibited by machines – in healthcare is developing rapidly, with many applications currently in use or in development in the UK and worldwide. We speak to Dr David Llewellyn, a Senior Research Fellow in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Exeter Medical School, about the impact of AI on dementia diagnosis. […]

Two researchers at the University of Exeter have pedalled a whopping 460 km from London to Paris, raising thousands of pounds for Alzheimer’s Society in a gruelling four-day challenge. Drs Mark Tarrant and David Llewellyn have exceeded their £1,550 fundraising target for the Society, raising over £2,000 so far to boost the Society’s ground-breaking dementia […]