Professor Bruno Dubois

University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI - France

Bruno Dubois is currently Professor of Neurology at the Neurological Institute of the University Salpetriere Hospital in Paris. He is Director of the Cognitive Neurology Department and of the Alzheimer’s Center at the Hospital. He is also Director of the Research Unit Inserm U-610 and member of the Institute of Neurosciences of the University Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI. He is President of the Scientific Committee of France-Alzheimer and of IFRAD (International Fund Raising for Alzheimer’s disease), consultant for the Human Frontier Program and Expert of the French Agency of Drugs. He is a member of the European Alzheimer's Disease Consortium (Therapeutics and Intervention Studies).

Prof. Bruno Dubois has published on anatomical and biochemical studies on the central cholinergic systems in rodents and humans; on cognitive neuropharmacology; and on neuropsychology in patients with dementia, with special reference to memory and executive functions. He recently organized an Expert Consensus on the new criteria for Alzheimer’s disease and a Task Force on the new criteria for Parkinson’s disease dementia. He is principal or co-investigator of a number of research programmes focusing on AD, MCI and dementia in Parkinson’s disease.