Prof Jonathan SchottAcademic

Professor of Neurology, Dementia Research Centre; Chief Medical Officer, Alzheimer's Research UK

UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology is based in Holborn and St Pancras (London)

Cited in UK press coverage of health & social care

1 citation

Across 1 topic, first on 27 Aug 2026.

Biography

Professor Jonathan Schott is Professor of Neurology at the Dementia Research Centre, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, and an Honorary Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCLH. He trained at St Mary's Hospital Medical School and completed his neurology training at Queen Square and the Royal Free Hospitals, later completing an MD at the Dementia Research Centre using MRI to track Alzheimer's disease progression. His clinical practice and research are centred on dementia, with a focus on early accurate diagnosis, detection of pre-symptomatic Alzheimer's disease, and promoting healthy cognitive ageing. He leads Insight 46, a longitudinal biomarker study of the British 1946 birth cohort, and heads the ADAPT team examining blood-based biomarkers (p-tau217) for Alzheimer's disease in NHS memory clinics as part of the Blood Biomarker Challenge. He was appointed in 2019 as the inaugural Chief Medical Officer of Alzheimer's Research UK and is a publicly active advocate for improving early and equitable dementia diagnosis in the NHS.

References

1.Professor Jonathan Schott receives the 2023 Bill Thies Award | UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology — Role title, institutional affiliation, UCLH honorary position, research interests, fellowship memberships, CMO role at Alzheimer's Research UK, ISTAART leadership
2.Professor Jonathan Schott | University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust — Training history, clinical role at NHNN, cognitive disorders service, fellowship memberships, 2019 appointment as inaugural CMO of Alzheimer's Research UK
3.Professor Jonathan Schott appointed Group Leader at UK DRI at UCL | UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences — Current roles, research focus, publication count, Oxford Textbook co-editorship, awards, fellowship statuses including NIHR Senior Investigator and Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
4.NIHR appoints Professor Jonathan Schott as Senior Investigator | UCL Brain Sciences — Appointment as NIHR Senior Investigator (March 2025)

Expertise

Cited on

Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

Stated areas of expertise

Dementia diagnosis and biomarkers
Alzheimer's disease pre-symptomatic detection
Blood-based biomarker tests for NHS
Cognitive ageing research
Dementia health policy and advocacy
Translational neuroscience

Notable achievements

Appointed in 2019 as the inaugural Chief Medical Officer for Alzheimer's Research UK, the UK's largest dementia research charity. Source ↗
Received the 2023 Bill Thies Award for Distinguished Service to ISTAART (The Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment). Source ↗
Appointed NIHR Senior Investigator in March 2025, recognised for significant contributions to health and care research leadership. Source ↗
Has published more than 400 papers on dementia and ageing and co-edited the Oxford Textbook of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia. Source ↗
Appointed Group Leader at the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) at UCL in 2025. Source ↗
Recipient of the Alzheimer's Association de Leon Prize in Neuroimaging (2011). Source ↗

What they’ve said

“We're expecting numerous further treatments to come on stream within the next 10 years, so we need to prepare the National Health Service now, to be able to deliver these treatments, as well as the benefits an accurate diagnosis already gives.”
neurologist at University College London · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · Doctors trial £100 blood test that could transform how NHS detects Alzheimer’s ↗

Source references

Doctors trial £100 blood test that could transform how NHS detects Alzheimer’stheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

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