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Experts unite to tackle tuberculosis in East London
4/16/2025 12:00:00 AM
With support from Barts Charity, leading health experts are joining forces to help tackle tuberculosis (TB) in East London.
Depression in later life could be an early sign of dementia
4/16/2025 12:00:00 AM
Having depression is known to increase a person’s risk of developing dementia. But new research, supported by Barts Charity, shows that depression is also an early indicator of dementia – particularly in older people.
Ground-breaking research at the Centre for Preventive Neurology
4/16/2025 12:00:00 AM
In 2017, our funding established the Preventive Neurology Unit at Queen Mary University of London. The unit brought together an ambitious team, including Ruth Dobson, Alastair Noyce and Charles Marshall, to pilot new, revolutionary research into dementia, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis (MS), tackling issues relevant to our local East London community.