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Pongpat Putthinun, PhD
Health Economist
Early detection, enhanced research, healthy lifestyles, and supportive environments for dementia patients and caregivers can significantly reduce dementia's impact and improve quality of life for both individuals and communities.
Current Work
Postdoctoral scholar at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology
Personal Hero
Anyone who devotes themselves to helping people, improving lives, and making a difference.
Words of Strength
Empowering individuals, fostering education, providing support, advocating change, embracing cultural humility.
Vision
Early detection, enhanced research, healthy lifestyles, and supportive environments for dementia patients and caregivers can significantly reduce dementia's impact and improve quality of life for both individuals and communities.
Strategy
Pongpat's current project examines how genetic predispositions to frontotemporal dementia affect decision-making in the pre-symptomatic phase, using neuroeconomic methods to identify early impaired judgment and develop early intervention strategies.
Impact
As an Atlantic Fellow, Pongpat aims to shed light on the complex relationships in dementia and identify early signs of impaired judgment. This will help develop intervention strategies to delay the disease's onset and improve patient quality of life.
Motivation
In many parts of the world, the rising prevalence of dementia underscores the urgent need for early detection and intervention strategies to mitigate its impact on individuals and healthcare systems.
Education & Experience
Pongpat has a PhD in Health Economics from Hiroshima University and a master's degree in Human Resource Development from Waseda University in Tokyo. His doctoral research identified key determinants of increased health risks in populations in Japan and the US, enabling timely interventions. After completing his PhD, he joined the UCSF Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, as a postdoctoral scholar.
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