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Claudia Suemoto

Claudia K. Suemoto

Claudia is a physician who graduated from the University of São Paulo Medical School (FMUSP), with a residency in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics at the same institution. She has a PhD about the association between cardiovascular risk factors and dementia. She received a Master's in Epidemiology and a postdoctoral degree from the Harvard School of Public Health. Claudia is an Associate Professor of Geriatrics at FMUSP. She is director of the Biobank for Aging Studies at FMUSP and a researcher at the Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brazil). Her research focuses mainly on successful brain aging and dementia, and their associations with cardiovascular diseases. In 2016, she was one of the laureates of the "For Women in Science" award promoted by L'Oreal, UNESCO, and the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. In 2022, she received the Ewald W. Busse Research Award in the Biomedical Sciences for her contribution to aging studies. Claudia is a member of the Advisory Council of the Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART), Vice Chair of the Diversity Professional Interest Area of ISTAART, and the scientific director of the Brazilian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology, São Paulo section.

 

Research interests: His main area of interest is the study of risk factors for dementia, mainly the association between cardiovascular diseases and dementia.
 

Matthew Prina

Matthew Prina

Matthew is Professor of Ageing and Epidemiology within the Population Health Sciences Institute. His research has a global outlook and he works closely with several international collaborators, including the World Health Organization. He is one of the leads for the Cochrane Global Ageing Thematic Group and of the NUCoRE in Ageing & Inequalities
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Laiss Bertola

Laiss Bertola

Neuropsychologist with a Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine (Neuroscience and Neuropsychology) from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) and research experience at Columbia University (Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, USA). Completed postdoctoral training at Universidade de São Paulo (USP) and Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Former researcher for the National Report on Dementia in Brazil – Care, Costs, and Investment (2022–2023), conducted by the Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital and the Brazilian Ministry of Health. Vice President of the Brazilian Society of Neuropsychology (SBNp, 2024–2025).

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Yu-Tzu Wu

Yu-Tzu Wu 

Dr Yu-Tzu Wu is a Research Fellow at Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University. She has a background in epidemiology and public health and is a chartered statistician by Royal Statistical Society.

She completed a MSc in Social Epidemiology at University College London and a PhD in Public Health at University of Cambridge. Before joining Newcastle University, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher for the Improving the Experience of Dementia and Enhancing Active Life (IDEAL) project at University of Exeter and the Ageing Trajectories of Health: Longitudinal Opportunities and Synergies (ATHLOS) project at King’s College London. 

She has been working with several UK-based and international cohort studies to identify risk factors and determinants related to health and wellbeing in older age. Her research interests focus on investigating the epidemiology of ageing and dementia using quantitative research methods. She is interested in utilising interdisciplinary data resources in health, geography, environmental and data sciences to examine the role of the environment in supporting healthy ageing.

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Marlon Aliberti

Márlon J. R. Aliberti

Geriatrician and clinical researcher with a Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from the University of São Paulo (USP) and research experience at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Johns Hopkins University. Postdoctoral researcher at USP, recipient of the Alzheimer's Association Research Fellowship to Promote Diversity. Participant in the Multiple Chronic Conditions Scholar Program in Aging Research, supported by the National Institute on Aging. Principal investigator of the CHANGE (Creating a Hospital Assessment Network in Geriatrics) study, a multicenter cohort involving Brazil, Angola, Chile, Colombia, and Portugal.

Research interests: His main area of interest is the study of risk factors for dementia, mainly the association between cardiovascular diseases and dementia.
 

Andrew Kingston

Andrew Kingston

As a Chartered Statistician with a PhD in statistical epidemiology, Andrew had specialise in using complex longitudinal data and advanced statistical techniques to gain a deeper understanding of how health outcomes evolve over time, particularly with respect to the development of specific diseases and the occurrence of multimorbidity.

His principal area of technical interest relates to statistical methods that are applicable to complex longitudinal data that have the capacity to identify temporal trends and how factors impact/shape those trends. The mathematical expertise centres on methodology used to analyse longitudinal continuous and categorical data and microsimulation.
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Eduardo Ferrioli

Eduardo Ferrioli

Dr. Eduardo Ferriolli is a Full Professor of Geriatrics in the Discipline of Geriatrics at the Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. He is the coordinator of NAPENV – Research Center on Aging and Older Adults at the University of São Paulo, and the coordinator of LIM-66 – Medical Research Laboratory on Aging at the Hospital das Clínicas, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo. Previously, he coordinated the FIBRA study – Frailty in Brazilian Older Adults, which assessed the presence of Frailty Syndrome in approximately 5,000 older adults from all regions of Brazil. He also coordinated a study on sarcopenia in Latin America and the Caribbean, involving the participation of 13 countries in the region and sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency, with final data currently being prepared for publication. He is a consultant for the World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization on Intrinsic Capacity and ICOPE (Integrated Care for Older People). Currently, he leads the ICOPE-BR study, a multicenter study on Intrinsic Capacity and the ICOPE Screening Tool involving 20 Brazilian universities across all regions of the country.

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Beatriz Carvalho Pontes

Beatriz Carvalho Pontes

Biomedical Scientist with a postgraduate degree in Cellular Therapy and Genetics from Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. Currently pursuing a Master’s degree at the Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo (FMUSP), under the supervision of Dr. Claudia Suemoto. Her research focuses on the association between atherosclerotic plaque composition and cerebrovascular lesions in post-mortem individuals aged 50 years and older.
 

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Lilian R De Lima Sunica

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