AAIC Day Four 2026 Highlights

In this episode, we share highlights from the fourth day of the 2026 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC).

Adam Smith chats with Dr Niying Li, Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia; Dr Natasha Anita, a Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital; and Lillian Morgado, Research Coordinator at Georgia State University.

The AAIC brings together researchers from all areas of research to share their work, theories and breakthroughs while exploring opportunities to accelerate work and elevate careers.

Key topics

• The practical barriers to delivering new anti-amyloid treatments
• Rural and international inequalities in access to diagnosis and care
• What p-tau217 could tell us about future cognitive decline
• Promising results from new tau-targeting therapies
• Behavioural and personality changes as possible early signs of neurodegeneration
• Women’s brain health, inflammation and Alzheimer’s risk
• The ethical and legal questions surrounding biomarker disclosure
• Why research must include more countries and underrepresented populations

Find out more about the conference at https://aaic.alz.org/ and on social media with #AAIC26

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