Professor Bettina Platt, PhD, FRSB, is an established dementia researcher with over 30 years of experience. She holds the Chair in Translational Neuroscience and is the Neuroscience Theme Lead at the Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Scotland. She heads a multi-disciplinary research team that investigates aspects of brain function and malfunction from the single molecule to the systems level. Her team is combining advanced molecular and biochemical techniques, with electrophysiological and imaging approaches, as well as behavioural studies. Additionally, she works closely with clinical dementia experts, is a founding member of the Scottish Dementia Research Consortium (SDRC) and has served on a number of advisory boards, e.g. with Alzheimer’s Research UK and the Alzheimer’s Society. She also sits on the board of The Brain HealthARC, funded by the Scottish Funding Council Alliances for Research Challenges (ARC). In 2024, she launched her pre-spin out company WellBrain (www.wellbrain.co.uk).