Event

RCSI MyHealth Series – Dementia and maintaining a healthy brain for life

  • Date: 19 September 2024
  • Time: 07:00 - 23:30
  • Category: Community,  General events 
  • Location: Online and podcast

The final episode in the 2023/2024 RCSI MyHealth series will focus on the topic of dementia and maintaining a healthy brain for life. 

As part of this discussion, the panel will discuss the emotional impact of a diagnosis from a patient advocate living with Lewy Body Dementia, raise awareness and share practical tools for maintaining brain health, as well as discuss developments in disease modifying treatments in this area.   

This episode will be chaired by Professor Annie Curtis, Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences

Panellists include: 

  • Professor Alan Moore, Consultant Geriatrician, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin and Honorary Clinical Lecturer, RCSI 
  • Professor Norman Delanty, Consultant Neurologist at Beaumont Hospital, Clinical Investigator with SFI FutureNeuro Research Centre, and RCSI Honorary Clinical Professor  
  • Ms Kathleen Farrell, patient advocate for people living with dementia 

Please register your interest for this event.  

RCSI MyHealth Series 2023/2024 

The RCSI MyHealth Series is for people who want to learn more about common illnesses and health-related topics, and how we can improve out personal health and well-being.  

All episodes will be made available to watch on the RCSI YouTube channel. Alternatively, you can listen to the podcast version by searching ‘RCSI MyHealth’ on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts.  

Join the RCSI MyHealth conversation at #RCSIMyHealth. Don’t forget to subscribe to the RCSI YouTube and podcast channels, where you’ll find extensive content on a range of health science topics.  

For more information on previous RCSI MyHealth series events, please visit www.rcsi.com/myhealthlectures 

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Upcoming events  

The RCSI MyHealth Series 2024/2025 will launch at the end of August 2024. More details to follow.