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Merce Boada

Merce Boada MD, PhD

Neurology, Neuroscience
Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

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Dr Merce Boada is founder and medical director of Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades. Until 2013 she was responsible for Neurodegenerative Diseases Unit at the Neurology Service , University Hospital Vall d'Hebron, and Head of the research group "Alzheimer" at the Vall d'Hebron – Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain..

Its activity is focused on the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Especially interested in research on the factors involved in the degenerative process of AD and vascular dementia; genome and phenome of common diseases; neuroimaging biomarkers for the diagnosis of prodromal AD, and design of new pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments.

She is the co-director of "Documento Sitges" on the ability and rights to decision making in the process of dementia. She leads the Observatory on Cognitive Health, Autonomy and competence, OBSCAC, since 2011.
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