Dementia Research at Sheffield

The number of people living with dementia in the UK is expected to rise to 1.6 million by 2040. We are uniting researchers in our flagship Neuroscience and Healthy Lifespan Institutes to advance dementia research.

Our expertise

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Our dementia research 
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Flagship research institutes

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The Neuroscience Institute

The Neuroscience Institute brings together internationally recognised expertise in medicine, science and engineering to improve the lives of patients and families affected by neurological, sensory and developmental disorders.

Neuroscience research

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The Healthy Lifespan Institute

The Healthy Lifespan Institute focuses on improving health across the life course by preventing multimorbidity – the presence of two or more chronic health conditions – and age-related frailty.

Healthy Lifespan research

Latest dementia research news

Dementia diagnosis could be sped up thanks to AI

Heart disease causes early brain dysfunction and can treble key Alzheimer’s protein

Obesity may exacerbate the effects of Alzheimer’s disease, new study shows

Arthritis drug to be investigated as possible treatment for vascular dementia

Sheffield scientists identify potential oxygen treatment to increase brain blood flow in Alzheimer’s disease

World Alzheimer’s Month - PhD research investigates mitochondrial function in Alzheimer’s disease

Artificial intelligence could speed up and improve Alzheimer’s diagnosis

A biomarker linked to the development of Alzheimer’s could lead to a new way of screening the elderly population for early signs of the disease

Sheffield scientists awarded £610k funding for pioneering new dementia research

Liver disease drug could help restore cells damaged by Alzheimer’s

Sheffield scientists receive £150,000 boost for pioneering dementia research

Detecting diminished dopamine-firing cells inside the brain could reveal earliest signs of Alzheimer’s disease

Contact us

To find out how you can partner with us on dementia research, please contact Dr Jason Berwick on: j.berwick@sheffield.ac.uk