Cohort 
2016

Laurent Cleret de Langavant, MD, PhD

Neurologist

We need to adapt dementia prevention and care strategies to each country and society.

Current Work

Laurent is an Assistant Professor in Neurology at Paris Est University and a behavioral neurologist in Henri Mondor public faculty hospital (Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, France).

Personal Hero

Spiderman

Words of Strength

Exploring new research pathways

Vision

Dementia is a complex condition resulting from multiple influences (genetic, biological, environmental, nutritional, toxic, social, economic) that vary according to the origin of the person. We need to adapt dementia prevention and care strategies to each country and society.

Strategy

Laurent is studying population surveys of aging about persons living in more than 30 countries from 4 continents (America, Africa, Europe, Asia) to identify the most important risk factors for dementia according to the country.

Impact

As an Atlantic Fellow, Laurent has realized that scientific publications about dementia were too often based on data from high income countries with a lack of worldwide perspective. His fellowship has allowed him to gain a better understanding about the multiple dimensions of dementia.

Motivation

Dementia care is well developped in France but dementia prevention has been neglected: my clinical and research work aims at educating people about dementia prevention, targetting the most important risk factors.