Seminar 3 | How does air pollution affect the brain?
A seminar session exploring the evidence between air pollution and incidences of declining cognition and increasing dementia.
The session discussed the potential mechanisms through which air pollution can affect the brain, but also the associated risks for the population based on epidemiological evidence.
Speakers:
Professor Paul Matthews, Edmond and Lily Safra Chair, Imperial College London and Head of UK Research Dementia Institute at Imperial
Professor Roland Wolf, University of Dundee
Professor Klea Katsouyanni, Lead of the Air Pollution Epidemiology Team at the Environmental Research Group
Panel discussion chaired by Dr Ian Mudway.
Seminar 3: Speaker Recordings
How does air pollution affect the brain? | Dr Ian Mudway
Dr Ian Mudway discusses how air pollution affects the brain
Professor Klea Katsouyanni
Seminar on cognitive function and incidence of dementia by Professor Klea Katsouyanni
Professor Paul Matthews
How does air pollution contribute to risks of Alzheimer’s Professor Paul Matthews
Professor Roland Wolf
Environmentally-induced disease and in drug development Professor Roland Wolf