On 21 September, World Alzheimer’s Day, the Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative (ADDI) announced its inaugural cohort of William H. Gates Sr. Fellows. The William H. Gates Sr. Fellowship is named after the father of Bill Gates, who passed away from Alzheimer’s Disease in 2020. The Fellowship is a two-year programme that provides researchers a $100,000 USD financial award, mentoring and network opportunities, and other supports such as publication assistance and conference attendance. The first cohort of Fellows was selected following a competitive application process, and have a broad range of research interests ranging from artificial intelligence to genomics and epidemiology.
They also span a wide geographical range, with Fellows based in the US, Australia, Asia and Europe – including Dr. Natalia Vilor-Tejedor at Barcelona Beta Brain Research Center, Spain. For the next two years, Fellows will use data from clinical studies and novel statistical approaches to advance their research programmes and make new discoveries on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Read more about the Fellows, here: https://www.alzheimersdata.org/fellows/2023