Suvarna Alladi

Suvarna Alladi, Professor of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India specialises in cognitive and behavioural neurology. Dr Alladi established one of the first Memory Clinics in India which offers service to a large number of patients with dementia and other cognitive disorders. She co-founded the NGO- Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India, Hyderabad Deccan that is committed to creating awareness about dementia in the community and providing support to families of patients with dementia. She has authored several international publications in the field of dementia and stroke. Dr Alladi’s research interests include studying cognitive disorders in the cross-cultural context of socio-economic, cultural and linguistic diversity. Dr Alladi’s group studies the impact of lifetime experiences such as education, complex skills, bilingualism and physical activity on cognition and dementia in the Indian context, using multi-modality methods of investigation Dr Alladi is a Commonwealth research fellow in Cognitive Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cambridge, UK and trained in cognitive epidemiology and ageing in University of Edinburgh UK. She is Vice-Chairperson of World Federation of Neurology, Research group on Aphasia & Cognitive disorders and a member of the International Society for Vascular Behavioural and Cognitive Disorders. She is LMIC representative to the the Vascular Professional Interest Group of Alzheimer's Association International society.