Prof @drcionucl • Neurologist @uclh • @MRC Investigator • @nihr Senior Investigator • CMO @alzresearchuk • Fellow @acmedsci • Dementia, ageing, biomarkers

Queen Square, London
Joined July 2009
I’m honoured to be taking up my new role with @AlzResearchUK and look forward to contributing to the team effort needed to makes transformative changes to people living with, or at risk of, dementia @drcionucl
We’re delighted to announce our new Chief Medical Officer, @UCL’s Prof @jmschott, who will play a pivotal role in supporting and shaping ongoing research, policy, advocacy and strategy work to help deliver life-changing dementia research. Let’s #MakeBreakthroughsPossible!
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The recent Cochrane review on anti-amyloid immunotherapies for Alzheimer’s disease attracted lots of coverage and lots of criticism. Here is our critique published today in @TheLancet @alzassociation @AlzResearchUK @NIHRresearch @UCLBrainScience thelancet.com/journals/lance…
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A new trial launches today to see if a blood test can diagnose Alzheimer’s earlier and more accurately. It’s part of our Blood Biomarker Challenge and our Chief Medical Officer @jmschott says,
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The first site in our @ucl @uclh ADAPT clinical trial of plasma ptau217 to help diagnose Alzheimer’s is now open for recruitment! Made possible through funding from @AlzResearchUK @alzheimerssoc @PostcodeLottery @NIHRresearch
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✍️ Lifestyle Interventions to Improve Cognition in Later Life - When is Enough Enough? New @JAMA_current Editorial from UK DRI Group Leader Prof @jmschott following the presentation of primary results of US POINTER 👉 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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Early trials results show that trontinemab may clear amyloid quicker than lecanemab and donanemab. Roche, who manufactures the drug, are planning to run larger trials later this year to see if the drug canslow down the decline in memory and thinking in people with early Alzheimer’s, and in those at risk of developing the disease. Read more in The @Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07…
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Jonathan Schott retweeted
Ahhhhh…. Surrounded by the greats at #AAIC25. The only question is who is going to get the Nobel Prize first? (hint, hint, it isn’t going to be me!) #Alzheimers @SamGandy @jmschott @RonPetersenMD
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Jonathan Schott retweeted
Editorial by @jmschott: The US POINTER study suggests that modest lifestyle interventions can enhance cognitive health in aging populations. ja.ma/45q9H2w #AAIC2025
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🧠 Our Chief Medical Officer, Prof Jon Schott (@jmschott) just presented at #AAIC25 sharing important insights into early detection and disease progression from the Insight46 cohort #ARUKfunded
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Latest @MRCLHA Insight 46 paper — TL/DR: midlife air pollution influences late life cognitive function. Full text @LancetLongevity authors.elsevier.com/sd/arti…
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Jonathan Schott retweeted
@asjdseesit @dfmcauley @Bernade84181190 @OFMPP David Beverland Henrik Zetterberg @jmschott Amanda Heslegrave Elena Veleva @RhiannonLaban @aoifemsweeney
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Pleased to be able to contribute to this huge international effort led by @RikOssenkoppele and colleagues @biofinder_study exploring tau PET in n=12,048 individuals *open access* paper here: nature.com/articles/s41593-0…
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Are you a UK health professional working in dementia? If so, please take this *5 min* survey to help @AlzResearchUK better understand the views of HCPs working across the NHS. Thank you! forms.office.com/Pages/Respo…
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Congratulations on a great defence, Anika!
Yesterday, Anika brilliantly defended her PhD thesis on the fole of MTL in Alzheimer’s disease. It was a brilliant discussion with @jmschott between peers. Congratulations Dr. Wuestefeld! You did a great job👏👏👏
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We’re proud to see our Chief Medical Officer, @jmschott named a Group Leader at the UK DRI at UCL!
We're excited to welcome a new Group Leader to the UK DRI at UCL! 🙌 🎉 🥳 Prof @jmschott’s clinical practice & research are centred on the dementias with a focus on early accurate diagnosis and detection of pre-symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease👉buff.ly/LxEvpCH
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I’m honoured to be joining the DRI as a group leader — and look forward to helping translate the amazing science being done there into benefits for people with, and at risk of, dementia. @ARUKscientist @NIHRresearch @acmedsci @UCLBrainScience
We're excited to welcome a new Group Leader to the UK DRI at UCL! 🙌 🎉 🥳 Prof @jmschott’s clinical practice & research are centred on the dementias with a focus on early accurate diagnosis and detection of pre-symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease👉buff.ly/LxEvpCH
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Latest open access @MRCLHA Insight 46 paper — remote cognitive testing in a healthy elderly population is feasible #online46 #cognitron alz-journals.onlinelibrary.w…
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Great to see this out! Thanks for leading this, Nick and of course to @AlamarBio
Fluid biomarker discovery in Alzheimer's and neurodegenerative diseases using Nucleic Acid Linked Immuno-Sandwich Assay @AlamarBio @andrealessa alz-journals.onlinelibrary.w…
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Honoured to be elected @acmedsci FMedSci and to be in such distinguished company ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/may/seve… @ucl @AlzResearchUK @alzassociation @UKDRI
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🌞 How can you take care of your brain health in the summer months? Ahead of #DementiaActionWeek, Prof @jmschott (@UCLIoN) shares his top tips. buff.ly/vMs2Agu
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