Plenary Lecture 4

A/Prof Adeline Ng

Deputy Head & Director, Research

SingHealth Duke-NUS Centre of Memory and Cognitive Disorders

Head, Dementia Program

Senior Consultant, Department of Neurology

National Neuroscience Institute

Assoc Prof Adeline Ng is a Senior Consultant Neurologist and Director, Special Projects, Office of Academic Affairs at the National Neuroscience Institute. She completed a fellowship at the Memory and Aging Centre, University of California San Francisco, on Young-Onset Dementias (YODs), and is head of the Dementia and Cognitive Neuroscience program at NNI, as well as deputy head of the SingHealth Duke NUS Memory and Cognitive Disorders Centre. Adeline is Principal Investigator of clinical dementia cohort studies as well as translational studies in the field of neurodegenerative diseases and neurogenetics, including being a recipient of the NMRC Clinician-Scientist Award.

Session:

Neurogenetic and Rare Neurodegenerative Disorders: Clinical and Translational Updates
13 April 2024, 0915 - 1000hrs

In this talk, we will present interesting cases from NNI that go beyond the “classical” spectrum of neurodegenerative etiologies to highlight lesser-known causes of neurological decline, ranging from more “common” inherited vascular dementias, to novel repeat expansions affecting global motor and cognitive function, and rare genetic causes of rapidly progressive neurodegeneration. Updates on ongoing translational work in these disorders that impact future therapeutic initiatives will also be discussed.

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