Research Platforms' Performance Reports BRIMS 2015-2017 | Page 27

Professor Akiko Taguchi, National Center for Geriatrics and
Gerontology (NCGG) Professor Johannes Attems, Newcastle University Dr Christos Plakiotis, Monash Australia
Professor Mahendhiran Nair, Monash Malaysia Professor Ian Smith, Monash Australia Mr Yoshio Uetani, President and CEO of Koujinkai
Medical Corporation, Japan (Main sponsor)
Professor Yoo-Hun Suh, Ganchon University (Keynote
speaker) Professor William James, University of Oxford Associate Professor Gavin Dawe, National
University of Singapore
With an ageing population worldwide, the incidences of mental illness and neurodegenerative diseases are becoming more
prevalent. Dementia is the umbrella term for the progressive loss of structure or function of neurons, including death of
neurons in diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Hosted by BRIMS, the Interna