Miia Kivipelto

Professor Miia Kivipelto, MD, PhD, is a specialist geriatrician with a PhD degree in Neurology, and a docent in Neurology and Neuroepidemiology.
She is the Chief Executive Officer of the Nordic Brain Network, a multidisciplinary research team of around 100 researchers and clinical staff based in Finland (University of Eastern Finland, THL), Sweden (Karolinska Institutet), and the United Kingdom (Imperial College London). Prof. Kivipelto is a member of a number of leading global dementia task forces, including the G8 Dementia Summit, OECD Mapping for big data in Alzheimer research, WHO ministerial meeting in Global actions against dementia and WHO dementia risk reduction guidelines working group.
Other appointments:
Professor of Clinical Geriatrics and senior geriatrician; Center for Alzheimer Research Karolinska Institutet; Stockholm, Sweden.
Director for Research & Development of Theme Aging; Karolinska University Hospital; Stockholm, Sweden.
Chair in Neuroepidemiology and Director of the Ageing Epidemiology Research Unit; Imperial College London; London, United Kingdom.