Brains For Dementia Research

Dementia Researcher Vodcast · May 26, 2019 · 17m

This week Dr Aoife Kiely from Alzheimer's Society and Dr Katie Subbs from Alzheimer's Research UK talk with Dr Kirsty McAleese and Dr Keeley Brookes about their work on Brains for Dementia Research. Brains for Dementia Research (BDR) was set up in 2007 to establish a network of brain bank facilities across England and Wales. It is now a ‘gold standard’ for brain tissue banking, linking six leading centres (based in London, Oxford, Newcastle, Bristol, Manchester and Cardiff) in a network of common standards, best practice and cooperation. This lays the foundation to enable the highest quality…