Graduate School of health and Medical Sciences

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

Activity no.: 3513-21-00-00
	Enrollment deadline: 16/08/2021

Date and time	23.08.2021, at: 10:00 - 26.08.2021, at: 14:00
Regular seats	30
Course fee	3,000.00 kr.
Lecturers	Kristian Steen Frederiksen
ECTS credits	2.50

Contact person	Jette Gotlieb Iversen E-mail address: jette.gotlieb.iversen@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), and for PhD students at graduate schools in the other Nordic countries. All other participants must pay the course fee. Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at a Danish university, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. This also applies to PhD students from Nordic countries. After the enrollment deadline, available seats will be allocated to applicants 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 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: Neuroscience Molecular Mechanisms of Disease Psychiatry 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 2021. Course director Professor Gunhild Waldemar DMSc; Danish Dementia Research Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Section 8005, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen; 35342580; gunhild.waldemar.01@regionh.dk Professor Steen Hasselbalch DMSc; Danish Dementia Research Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Section 8005, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen; steen.gregers.hasselbalch@regionh.dk Kristian Steen Frederiksen, MD, PhD; Danish Dementia Research Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Section 8005, 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; Eva Løbner Lund MD, PhD, Consultant pathologist; Laboratory of Neuropathology, Righospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital 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 Jørgen Nielsen Consultant neurologist, MD Memory Clinic, Danish Dementia Research Centre, Dept. of Neurology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital Andrew Sommerlad MD, PhD, Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist Division of Psychiatry, University College London, UK Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Rik Ossenkoeppele Associate senior lecturer Alzheimer Center Amsterdam UMC - VU University Medical Center Amsterdam the Netherlands Christina Jensen-Dahm MD, PhD Danish Dementia Research Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital Peter Johannsen MD, PhD, International Medical Vice President Global development, Novo Nordisk Denmark Laila Øksnebjerg Neuropsychologist, MSc; Memory Clinic, Danish Dementia Research Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital Henrik Zetterberg Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden Dates 23rd - 26th of August 2021 Course location Danish Dementia Reseach Centre, Section 8007, Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark Registration Please register before 1st of July 2021. 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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