March Lunchtime Talk: Dr Shahid Zaman will be talking about the understanding of Dementia in people with Down’s syndrome

Dr Shahid Zaman is an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability, Director of the CIDDRG (Cambridge Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Group) and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the University of Cambridge. He is a part of ABC-DS (Alzheimer’s Biomarkers Consortium-Down Syndrome), a major clinical research programme funded by the National Institute of Health (USA). For over 15 years he has undertaken research in ageing and neurodegeneration in people with Down syndrome. He will present a summary of the tremendous increase in knowledge and our understanding of dementia in people with Down syndrome.

Date: Tuesday 25^th March

Time: 12.30-1.00pm

Cost: Free