Professor Eef Hogervorst
Professor Eef Hogervorst talks about her dementia research at Loughborough University.
Eef Hogervorst did her PhD in at the University of Maastricht on the modelling of age-related cognitive decline.
She subsequently worked at the Universities of Oxford (1998-2005), Arkansas Medical Sciences USA and Cambridge as a neuropsychologist and epidemiologist to investigate risk factors for Alzheimer's disease and age-related cognitive decline.
Early diagnoses and modifiable risk and protective factors (e.g. hormones, exercise and nutrition) for dementia and age-related cognitive decline; development and validation of cognitive tests and computerized diagnostic systems.
We are interested in early dementia screening and treatment and have set up collaborations with UK universities at Oxford, Cambridge, and London and multiple partners abroad, e.g. in Shanghai China, Bangalore India, Jakarta, and Yogyakarta Indonesia and Perth Australia to assess our test battery. This research includes the use of standardized questionnaires to investigate risk and protective factors for dementia and age-related cognitive decline which is funded by the Alzheimer's Research Trust and other bodies, such as the New Dynamics of Ageing (investigating the use of ICT). We are also involved in exercise, sex steroid and nutritional treatment programs to improve cognitive function and mood in the elderly (e.g. KEEPS funded by NIA in the USA)
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