Professor Siddharthan Chandran: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- director and CEO, UK Dementia Research Institute; practising neurologist
- Quoted on
- Dementia, Adult social care & reform
- Tracked press citations
- 4
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 8 Sept 2026
“We warmly congratulate Bart on receiving this award. It is richly deserved, and a fitting recognition of his leadership and dedication in founding and shaping the UK DRI.”
What Professor Siddharthan Chandran has said
“As a practising neurologist, I see first-hand the devastating impact that a long delay for diagnosis can have on an individual and their family. We're now at an inflection point. The next five years will see a revolution in both therapeutics and diagnostics for dementia, and we're already seeing the beginnings of that transformation today.”
Director and CEO, UK Dementia Research Institute; practising neurologist · Dementia · 30 Sept 2026 · Advances in science set to transform treatments for people living with dementia ↗
“Bal is an exceptional scientist who has already contributed so much to the field of neurobiology and neurodegeneration, evidenced by his recent election as Fellow of the Royal Society.”
Director of the UK Dementia Research Institute · Dementia · 30 Sept 2026 · Global leading scientist to head up Cardiff’s UK Dementia Research Institute ↗
“As a practising neurologist, I see first-hand the devastating impact that a long delay for diagnosis can have on an individual and their family. We're now at an inflection point. The next five years will see a revolution in both therapeutics and diagnostics for dementia, and we're already seeing the beginnings of that transformation today.”
director and CEO, UK Dementia Research Institute; practising neurologist · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · We’re on the cusp of ‘very early’ dementia diagnosis, says Minister, as £5m funding announced ↗
Where Professor Siddharthan Chandran has been quoted
- World-leading Alzheimer’s researcher awarded CBEucl.ac.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Advances in science set to transform treatments for people living with dementiagov.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Global leading scientist to head up Cardiff’s UK Dementia Research Institutecardiff.ac.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- We’re on the cusp of ‘very early’ dementia diagnosis, says Minister, as £5m funding announcedcarehomeprofessional.com · 8 Sept 2026
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