Helen Rochford Brennan, Dementia Advocate, discusses dementia advocacy efforts with Fionnuala Sweeney, Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health.

Ian Robertson, PhD Co-Director of Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), discusses dementia and resilience with Fionnuala Sweeney, Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health.

Maria Carillo, MD, Chief Science Officer of Alzheimer's Association, talks about the efforts of this organization with Fionnuala Sweeney, Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health.

Victor Valcour, MD, PhD, Executive Director of Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), discusses the mission and aims of GBHI with Fionnuala Sweeney, Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health. More than 50 million people around the world are living with dementia, and by 2050 that number could rise to 152 million. The scale of the disease threatens to overwhelm families, communities, public health care systems, and economies. Based at the University of California, San Francisco and Trinity College, Dublin, the Global Brain Health Institute, through the Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health program, is tackling this looming epidemic by working to improve brain health and dementia care. In this Dementia Matters podcast series, Fionnuala Sweeney speaks to a wide range of people working in the dementia field. She hears from those directly impacted by dementia and learns what's being done to combat it."

Bruce Miller, MD, Co-Director of Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) and Director of UCSF Memory and Aging Center, talks dementia and empathy with Fionnuala Sweeney, Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health.

Brian Lawlor, MD, Deputy Director of Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), and Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin, talks dementia and hope with Fionnuala Sweeney, Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health.