Dr. William E. Reichman
President and CEO · Baycrest
Overseeing one of the leading academic healthcare organizations specializing in complex specialized geriatric care and brain research.
Nutrition and the Aging Brain Mental Health and Aging Strategies for Remembering The Interactive Impact of Fitness and Brain Health Maintaining Autonomy: the Brain Fitness Movement
Prof. Kaarin Anstey
Director, UNSW Ageing Futures Institute · Australian National University
Psychology and neuroscience expert exploring the epidemiology of cognition and dementia
Fostering Healthy Ageing Older Drivers Public Health and Health Services Neurosciences Psychology
Dr. Heather E. Whitson, MD, MHS
Professor · Duke University School of Medicine
She has particular interest and expertise related to the interface between age-related changes in sensory and cognitive health.
Population Health Alzheimers Ageing Age-Related Changes in the Eye Cognitive Health
Dr. William Reichman
President and CEO · Baycrest
Dr. Reichman is a noted global authority on the delivery of mental health and dementia services in geriatric care and residential settings
Geriatrics Maintaining Autonomy: the Brain Fitness Movement Strategies for Remembering Nutrition and the Aging Brain Mental Health and Aging
Prof. Perminder Sachdev
Co-Director of the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) · UNSW Sydney
Neuropsychiatry expert revolutionizing our understanding of the ageing brain, apropos of lifestyle choices
Cognitive Reserve Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy) Geriatrics and Gerontology Neurosciences Neurogenetics
Prof. Yaakov Stern
Professor of Neuropsychology · Columbia University
Neurology and psychology expert exploring the neural basis for cognitive aging and cognitive reserve
Alzheimer's Disease Cognitive Reserve Psychology Neurology Cognitive Neuroscience
Dr. Rory Fisher
Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicine · University of Toronto
Dr Rory Fisher is a Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
Frailty Public Policy Quality of Care
Dr. Sytse Zuidema
Professor of Elderly Care Medicine and Dementia · University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
Prof Sytse Zuidema is Professor of Elderly Care Medicine and Dementia at University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
Geriatric Medicine Dementia Long-term Care and Community Frailty
Prof. Antony Bayer
Emeritus Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Cardiff University · Cochrane Institute of Primary Care and Public Health
Professor of Geriatric Medicine in the Division of Population Medicine in the School of Medicine at Cardiff University
Frailty Re-enablement Cognitive impairment and dementia Research Methods and Older People
Dr. Anne Martin-Matthews
Professor, Ageing and Lifecourse · University British Columbia
Anne Martin-Matthews' current research focuses on two areas of inquiry in the sociology of aging.
Public Policy Work Carers and Caregiving Active Ageing
Alicia Walf
Senior Lecturer, Cognitive Science · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Neuroscientist with extensive research into body, brain, and mind relationships related to brain health, social cognition and emotions.
Brain Health Emotion Memory Neuroplasticity Well-Being
Dr. Pamela B. Teaster
Dean of Research · Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Dr. Pamela Teaster professor in the Department of Human Development in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.
Public Policy Active Ageing Elder Abuse Human Rights Frailty
Elkhonon Goldberg, PhD
Adjunct Faculty - School of Psychology · Fielding Graduate University
A student and close associate of the great neuropsychologist, Alexander Luria
Neuropsychology Cognitive Neuroscience Adult, Forensic, Pediatric and Geriatric Neuropsychology
Dr. John Beard
Director of Ageing and Life Course · World Health Organization
Dr John Beard, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., is Director of Ageing and Life Course with the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva
Fostering Healthy Ageing Population Ageing Epidemiology Public Health and Ageing
Dr. Nikolaos Scarmeas
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology · Columbia University
Neurology expert theorizing the ageing brain and the variability of clinical response to AD pathology
Cognitive Reserve Nutrition Diet and Cognition Lifestyle Social Intellectual Activities and Cognition - Dementia Diet and Cognition - Dementia
Prof. Michael Valenzuela
Associate Professor · The University of Sydney
Psychology, clinical medicine, and neuroscience expert, exploring how complex mental activity impacts dementia
Cognitive Reserve Computerized Cognitive Training Cognitive Decline Human Skin-Derived Neural Precursors
Prof. Ian Robertson
Professor · Trinity College Dublin
Psychology and neuroscience expert theorizing the future of cognitive rehabilitation
Cognitive Reserve Neuropsychology of Attention of Awareness Cognitive Genomics of Attention Neurorehabilitation
Prof. Nicola Lautenschlager
Academic, Psychiatry · The University of Melbourne
Expert on old age, conducting preventative clinical research on cognitive decline
Cognitive Reserve Alzheimer's Disease Dementia Mental Health in Older Adults Mild Cognitive Impairment
Emily A. Greenfield, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Social Work · Rutgers
Dr. Greenfield's research addresses how early life experiences matter for aging. She also studies age-friendly community change processes.
Ageing Life Course Human Development Social Services Theory Development Loneliness
Dr. Natalie Phillips
Research Chair in Sensory - Cognitive Health in Aging and Dementia · Concordia University
Natalie is an expert in neuropsychology, studies cognition and brain function in healthy older adults and those with/at risk for dementia.
Cognitive Assessment Sensory Function and Cognition Neuropsychology Aging and Dementia Bilingualism