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Dr Andrew Harkin Professor Brian Lawlor Dr James Hadley CPBNORREAUANTIRNNCOEHHCSEETCTAIINTEL,TNGHCE&: ATRDEVAATNMCEINNGTOOUFRALUZNHDEEIMRSETRA’SNDDIISNEGAASNED Acclaimed comic fantasy writer, Terry Pratchett, author It will allow a doctoral researcher to undertake of the popular Discworld series of novels became one of cutting-edge research on the impact of noradrenaline the most vocal advocates for research into Alzheimer’s on brain cell loss, something that is relevant not disease after h is o wn d iagnosis i n 2 007. H e s poke only to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s publicly about his condition at Trinity, when he held disease, but also to brain ageing. At the same time, an adjunct professorship. Sadly, Pratchett died from this programme will develop new ways to share Alzheimer’s disease in 2015. Now, the College maintains neuroscience research and its implications with its link with Pratchett through ground-breaking the general public, advancing Alzheimer’s research, interdisciplinary research into his life and work, under advocating to destigmatise the disease, and attracting the banner of “The Pratchett Project”. A central aim of further support, all, as Pratchett said: “to get this the Project is to carry on Pratchett’s mission to advance thing out of our hair”. understanding of Alzheimer’s disease, a degenerative brain condition that causes a loss of memory, difficulty thinking, problems with judging space and distance, and trouble speaking and understanding language. There is a collaborative project team in place. Dr Andrew Harkin leads a laboratory-based research group in Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, specialising in inflammation, neuronal atrophy This project has been made possible by a generous gift and brain degenerative conditions. Professor Brian from Mr John Gillespie (MA 1969). It will combine three Lawlor is co-director of GBHI and has extensive clinical of Trinity’s strengths: its thriving research culture in experience in the field of Alzheimer’s research. Dr Neuroscience, its brain health research at the James Hadley of the Trinity Centre for Literary and Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) and its unique Cultural Translation leads The Pratchett Project. Pratchett Project in a fully interdisciplinary programme. This programme will not only advance Alzheimer’s research, but will also develop new Click to view project Facebook page methods for translating the findings and their implications for the community. 16
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