UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL is formally opened

The UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) has officially opened its hub facility at UCL, marking the "beginning of the end for dementia". Launched in 2016, the UK DRI has received significant investment from three founding partners: the Medical Research Council, the Alzheimer's Society and Alzheimer's Research UK. Headquartered at UCL, the UK DRI is made up of world-leading academics, whose work is helping benefit the lives of millions of people living with dementia now and in the future. In opening the hub this month (July 19) Professor Nick Fox, Associate Director at the UK DRI at UCL, said: "This is the beginning of the end for dementia. We have no other choice: we can, will and must find treatments. We will look back at today and see this as the start of a change." The UK DRI has been set up to find scientific solutions to one of society's biggest health challenges: over 1 million people are expected to have dementia in the UK by 2025. The five other universities that make up the UK DRI are: University of Cambridge, Cardiff University, University of Edinburgh, Imperial College London, and King's College London.