Graduate School of health and Medical Sciences

Alzheimer´s disease and other neurodegenerative dementias
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3513-17-00-00
	Enrollment deadline: 01/07/2017

Date and time	22.08.2017, at: 09:00 - 25.08.2017, at: 16:00
Regular seats	30
Course fee	3,720.00 kr.
Lecturers	Kristian Steen Frederiksen
ECTS credits	2.50

Contact person	Jette Rasmussen E-mail address: jette.marie.rasmussen@regionh.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser	PhD administration E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content This course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School). Special rules apply for research year students enrolled at Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at UCPH. All other participants must pay the course fee. Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student, you will be placed on the waiting list for the course until enrollment deadline. After the deadline of enrollment, available seats will be allocated to students on the waiting list. Learning objectives A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to: 1. Learn about the epidemiology, clinical course and treatment of Alzheimer´s disease and other dementias 2. Get hands-on experience with the application of brain imaging modalities, cognitive testing and neuropathological methods in AD research 3. Understand the neurobiology of AD 4. Analyse at a basic level typical imaging, neuropathological and neuropsychological findings in the most common dementias 5. Have insight into epidemiology, clinical coruse and treatment of Alzheimer´s disease and other dementias 6. Discuss the most recent advances in research in Alzheimer´s disease and other dementias Content Alzheimer´s disease and related neurodegenerative disorders present an ever-growing challenge in the current setting of world-wide aging populations. Major advances have been made within the last decades into the clinical and molecular understanding of these diseases. However, for the majority of these devastating diseases, treatment options are limited and clinicians are still faced with major diagnostic obstacles, emphasising the need for further research. The course will present a wide spectrum of research in this exciting area ranging from epidemiological, clinical, biomarker, imaging and translational research. We will present the challenges and pitfalls within the field with special emphasis on Alzheimer´s disease. The course will focus on research into neurodegenerative dementias with a special focus on Alzheimer´s disease. Specific topics covered include clinical presentation and course of dementias, pathogenesis and neuropathology of Alzheimer´s disease, imaging and biofluid markers, genetics of dementias and neuropsychology of dementia. Participants PhD-students and other researchers working with research in clinical, translational or basic sciences in neurodegenerative disorders. No specific backgroud is acquired to participate in the course, and applicants such as medical doctors, engineers, computer scientists, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and others are encouraged to participate. Participants will be expected to read relevant research articles, which will be provided prior to the course. Relevance to graduate programmes The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH: All Graduate programmes Language English Form The course will consist of lectures in the morning and workshops in the afternoon. A detailed program will be available at www.videnscenterfordemens.dk in January 2017. Course director Professor Gunhild Waldemar DMSc; Danish Dementia Research Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Section 6922, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen; 35342580; gunhild.waldemar.01@regionh.dk Professor Steen Hasselbalch DMSc; Danish Dementia Research Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Section 6922, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen; steen.gregers.hasselbalch@regionh.dk Kristian Steen Frederiksen, MD, PhD; Danish Dementia Research Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Section 6922, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen; 3537662; kristian.steen.frederiksen@regionh.dk Teachers Gunhild Waldemar DMSc; Danish Dementia Research Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Section 6922, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen Steen Hasselbalch DMSc; Danish Dementia Research Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Section 6922, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen; Kristian Steen Frederiksen, MD, PhD; Danish Dementia Research Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Section 6922, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen; Elisabeth Englund Associate professor, MD, PhD; Dept. of Pathology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden Eva Løbner Lund MD, PhD, Consultant pathologist; Laboratory of Neuropathology, Righospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital Lisbeth Marner PhD, DMSc, Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine and PET, Copehnagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet. Asmus Vogel Associate professor, neuropsychologist, MSc, PhD; Memory Clinic, Danish Dementia Research Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital Kasper Jørgensen Neuropsychologist, MSc. Danish Dementia Research Centre, Dept. of Neurology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital Ian Law Professor, PhD, DMSc, Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine and PET, Copehnagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet. Jørgen Nielsen Consultant neurologist, MD Memory Clinic, Danish Dementia Research Centre, Dept. of Neurology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital Bente Finsen Professor, MD, DMSc; Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark Anja Hviid Simonsen MSc, PhD; Memory Clinic, Danish Dementia Research Centre, Dept. of Neurology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital Laila Øksnebjerg Neuropsychologist, MSc; Memory Clinic, Danish Dementia Research Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital Peter Johannsen Consultant neurologist, MD, PhD; Memory Clinic, Danish Dementia Research Centre, Dept. of Neurology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital Bengt Winblad Professor, MD, DMSc; Karolinska Institutet, KI-Alzheimer Disease Research Center (KI-ADRC), Swedish Brain Power, Novum, Huddinge, Sweden Maiken Nedergaard Professor, MD, DMSc; Center for Basic and Translational Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen Dates 22nd to 25th of August 2017 Course location Danish Dementia Research Centre, Section 6922, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. Registration Please register no later than 1st of June 2017 Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules. Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment. Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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