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Kate Hayden, MA, PhD
Psychiatric Epidemiologist
To reduce the scale and impact of dementia, we need to dedicate more resources to educating people, reducing stigma, and increasing efforts for dementia prevention and care planning.
Current Work
Kate conducts research studies to better understand modifiable risk factors for dementia.
Personal Hero
Chuck Feeney
Words of Strength
Education improves lives
Vision
To reduce the scale and impact of dementia, we need to dedicate more resources to educating people, reducing stigma, and increasing efforts for dementia prevention and care planning.
Strategy
Kate has been studying modifiable risk factors for dementia for over 20 years. Through her work with the Global Brain Health Institute she plans to educate people about the science of dementia and dementia prevention.
Impact
As an Atlantic Fellow, Kate plans to develop a program for effective health communication about dementia risk.
Motivation
The United States has spent billions on Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias research, but fewer dollars have been directed at health education and care planning. Kate aims to raise awareness by sharing her expertise with middle-aged and older individuals to help them reduce their risk.
Education & Experience
Kate received her training in psychiatric epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Duke University and remained on faculty there until 2015. Currently she is a Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
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