Jonathan Schott

Is there hope on the horizon for patients with Alzheimer’s? – podcast A trial is under way to find out if a £100 blood test could transform the way that the NHS diagnoses Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s is the leading cause of dementia and diagnosis is currently…

🎧 Listen to Prof @jmschott.bsky.social (@uclqsion.bsky.social) on The Guardian Science Weekly podcast explaining how a new blood test could pave the way for exciting new treatments for Alzheimer's.

Alzheimer's blood test could 'revolutionise' diagnosis Scientists leading the trial at University College London believe the blood test could improve the accuracy of diagnosis of the disease to more than 90%.

Great to see @jmschott.bsky.social on the BBC News homepage this morning talking about the potential impact of blood tests for Alzheimer's disease.

Prof Schott co-leads the diagnosis & treatment theme at #denpruQM. Read the full article below:

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A major clinical trial, aiming to transform the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease through a simple blood test, is welcoming its first participants. Led by Prof @jmschott.bsky.social & Dr Ashvini Keshavan @uclqsion.bsky.social, supported by @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social @alzheimersresearchuk.org

🧠 Our Chief Medical Officer, Prof Jon Schott (@jmschott.bsky.social) just presented at #AAIC25 sharing important insights into early detection and disease progression from the Insight46 cohort #ARUKfunded

Lifestyle Interventions to Improve Cognition in Later Life Preventing cognitive decline and the emergence of dementia in later life is one of the most pressing medical challenges facing society. The causes of dementia can broadly be categorized into neurodege...

✍️ Lifestyle Interventions to Improve Cognition in Later Life - When is Enough Enough?

New @jama.com Editorial from UK DRI Group Leader Prof @jmschott.bsky.social following the presentation of primary results of US POINTER

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Are you a UK health professional working in dementia? If so, please take this *5 min* survey to help @alzheimersresearchuk.org better understand the views of HCPs working across the NHS. Thank you! forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Honoured to be elected FMedSci and to be in such distinguished company

Seven UCL academics elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences Seven UCL researchers have been elected Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences in recognition of their ground-breaking research and delivery of new benefits to patients.

Congratulations to Professors Anna David ‪(@prenataltherapy.bsky.social)‬, Christina Pagel (@chrischirp.bsky.social), Jonathan Schott (@jmschott.bsky.social‬), Roz Shafran, Danail Stoyanov, Gregory Towers and David Werring on being elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences ‪#AcademyFellows

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6 simple ways to boost your brain and stay sharp this summer Love your heart, stay sharp and keep connected, says a Alzheimer’s Research UK expert.

🌞 How can you take care of your brain health in the summer months?
Ahead of #DementiaActionWeek, Prof @jmschott.bsky.social (@uclqsion.bsky.social) shares his top tips.

Guests networking at the launch event

Professor Liz Sampson, Dr Irini Kounoupias and Nicola Handley with a printed copy of the 'Delirium Matters' report. 

We've launched our new report 🎉

Led by @proflizsampson.bsky.social, 'Delirium Matters: priorities and opportunities for health and social care policy in England’ has 5 urgent recommendations to improve delirium care in England.

📕 Full report: shorturl.at/pio7T
📝 Policy brief: shorturl.at/khrCT

Neurology 2025: leading edge neurology for the practising clinician

10th annual @uclqsion.bsky.social neurology course — book your place now
www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/neurolog...

How and when to use blood tests for dementia: TL, DR — outside of research not (yet) in people who don’t have symptoms. Pleased to contribute to this piece in the @observeruk.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Latest *open access* paper — with @ProfHampshire we evaluated the @iamcognitron remote cognitive battery in the @MRCLHA 1946 birth cohort and explored relationships with biomarkers alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The Alzheimer's Association Global Biomarker Standardization Consortium (GBSC) plasma phospho‐tau Round Robin study INTRODUCTION The Alzheimer's Association Global Biomarker Standardization Consortium conducted a blinded case–control study to learn which phosphorylated tau (p-tau) assays provide the largest fold-...

New *open access* paper in @alzdemjournals — with the @alzassociation #GBSC we compared 33 different plasma p-tau assays. TLDR — Plasma p-tau217 on several platforms was the best at discriminating Alzheimer’s from controls alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Latest paper @MRCLHA Insight 46 study — Physical activity across life may buffer the cognitive impacts effects of early Alzheimer’s pathology — particularly in women pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

A group of international early career researchers wearing purple tee shirts and holding cut out signs reading “AAIC” and “ISTAART”

Applications are now open for the ISTAART Ambassador Program 2025-26!

This program offers early-career researchers access to #AAIC25, as well as year-round training, networking, and mentoring opportunities.

Apply by Feb 10, 2025, at alz.org/ISTAARTambassadors!

Pleased to contribute to the @telegraphnews.bsky.social ARUK appeal about the importance of brain health www.telegraph.co.uk/christmas/20...

I hope this was the *exact* location #statsjoke

RIP John Prescott, who threatened to sue me over this portrait I shot…

Nice coverage of blood tests for Alzheimer's at #CTAD from the ever excellent Alzforum www.alzforum.org/news/confere...

Latest *open access* paper on the @MRCLHA Insight 46 cohort explores the relationship between vascular risks across the life course and cerebral haemodynamics/blood flow. A great collaboration with colleagues @amsterdamumc journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Very pleased to contribute to this great paper. And a great welcome to @bsky.app !