NICM HRI Seminar 2020: Is control of blood pressure our best hope for dementia prevention?
| Event Name | NICM HRI Seminar 2020: Is control of blood pressure our best hope for dementia prevention? |
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| Start Date | 19th Oct 2020 12:00 pm |
| End Date | 19th Oct 2020 1:00 pm |
| Duration | 1 hour |
| Description | NICM Health Research Institute presents Dr Ruth Peters, Senior Research Scientist, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) and Conjoint Senior Lecturer, UNSW Sydney.Join our guest seminar speaker, Dr Peters, as she provides an overview of evidence for raised blood pressure as a risk factor for dementia, and the complexities in the evidence for reducing blood pressure to reduce risk of dementia. With her research cited widely in academic literature and by guidelines, Dr Peters industry leading work has focused on developing our understanding of the factors which increase our risk of cognitive decline and dementia. She has a particular interest in hypertension and the treatment of hypertension in older adults, and was the cognitive function lead for the award winning multinational Hypertension in the Very Elderly trial. OverviewHypertension or raised blood pressure is widely accepted to increase our risk of developing dementia or cognitive decline later in life, and seems to be a particularly potent risk factor when it occurs in midlife. This leads to the question of whether or not blood pressure lowering could reduce risk of later dementia or cognitive decline. This is particularly pertinent since safe blood pressure lowering drugs already exist and are used in clinical care to reduce risk of cardiovascular events. There have been many clinical trials of antihypertensive (blood pressure lowering) drugs, and a small number have collected data on cognitive function. This presentation will discuss the results from these trials and will explore the issues and next steps to answer the question, “Is control of blood pressure our best hope for dementia prevention?”. How to join and requirements: Our seminars have moved to online delivery using the Zoom platform. Joining the webinar is easy. If you don’t already use Zoom don’t worry, Zoom will download automatically when you click the link to join the webinar. This link will be provided to you in a confirmation email upon registration, and is the easiest and more direct way to join the webinar. Alternatively you can go to the Zoom website https://zoom.us/join (opens in a new window) and enter the Meeting ID (provided to you in the confirmation email) and click join. Otherwise, you can also dial in on the phone number (provided to you in the email a week before the session commence). If you have any questions before the day, please contact our seminar programs team at nicm@westernsydney.edu.au To ensure a seamless learning experience, please follow these simple steps:
Please note this webinar will not require a webcam or audio for participants. This webinar will have the Q&A function available for questions at the end of the webinar and a recording may also be made available to participants. Webinar recording disclaimer: The presenter’s video and audio (including screen shared content) will be recorded.As attendees, your video and audio are not being transmitted and you will not be visible or heard during the webinar. You will also not be recorded.Further to this, a recording of this webinar may be published online for reference. Attendees will not be visible or heard in this recording.Participation in the ‘Chat’, ‘Question and Answer’ and/or ‘Poll’ sections of the webinar is completely optional.Any personal information collected by Western Sydney University during the webinar will be handled in accordance with its Privacy Policy and Privacy Management Plan which can be accessed online at https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/policy/policy_dds Event detailsWHEN: Monday 19 October 2020 |
