Alzheimer Europe is pleased to welcome two new colleagues, who joined the team on 1 March 2024, Sarah Campill and Lukas Duffner. Sarah (she/her/hers) joined Alzheimer Europe’s Public involvement and Ethics team in the role of Public Involvement Officer. She holds a MSc in Gerontology from the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany) and has a background in Psychology (BSc) as well as Science of Education (BA). Some of her prior work experiences include managing activities for people with dementia within different residential aged care facilities. At Alzheimer Europe, she primarily contributes towards EU-funded projects in relation to Public Involvement, such as AD-RIDDLE, MULTI-MeMo, and PREDICTOM.
Lukas Duffner (pictured, right) joined Alzheimer Europe as Project Officer. Previous to his start, he was finishing up his PhD at the research line “dementia prevention and risk reduction” of the Alzheimer Centre Limburg (Maastricht University), which focused on the role of a cognitively and socially active lifestyle for healthy cognitive and brain ageing. Within Alzheimer Europe, Lukas is involved in several projects including AD-RIDDLE, AI4HOPE and Gates Ventures. You can see a list of all our staff at: