Next Generation (NextGen) Brain Health is an international research study exploring brain health in young adults aged 18-39 years. Our goal is to identify risk and resilience factors for brain health that are most important in young adulthood, so that we can intervene and prevent future dementia.
The Next Generation Brain Health study is led by researchers Dr Francesca Farina, Dr Laura Booi, Dr Sarah Gregory and Katie Bridgeman. The study is supported by the Next Generation Working Group, which comprises early and mid-career researchers based at leading universities in the Europe, North America and Africa.
Exploring Brain Health Awareness and Dementia Risk in Young Adults that Play Contact Sports. Funded by the School of Health, Leeds Beckett University.
Next Generation brain health survey in young Ghanaian adults. Funded by the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh.
Intergenerational Neurological Education and Prevention Trial (INEPT): A comedic roadshow about brain health for young adults. Funded by Alzheimer’s Research UK Inspire Fund.
Farina, F. R., Booi, L., Occhipinti, J. A., Quoidbach, V., Destrebecq, F., Muniz-Terrera, G., & Eyre, H. A. (2023). Young adult brain capital: a new opportunity for dementia prevention. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 94(2), 415-423. DOI: 10.3233/JAD-230260
Gregory, S., Booi, L., Jenkins, N., Bridgeman, K., Muniz-Terrera, G., & Farina, F. R. (2023). Hormonal contraception and risk for cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in young women: a scoping review of the evidence. Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 4, 1289096. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/MVX63.
Farina, F. R., Gregory, S., Lawlor, B., & Booi, L. (2022). Brain health in young adults. bmj, 378. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o2311.
Booi, L., Bridgeman, K., Gregory, S., An, H., Marquez, M., & Farina, F. (2023, September 1). “Growing up we’re taught about physical activity, but very pttle mention of brain health, but it’s all brain health”: Exploring Conceptuapzation of Brain Health in Young Adults. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/7w8r3
Booi, L., Gregory, S., Bridgeman, K., Wilpngham, K., Davies, M., Agyapong, N., … Farina, F. (2024, January 8). Protocol for the Next Generation brain health survey: an international survey of attitudes, understanding and exposure to brain health risk factors in young adults. Retrieved from osf.io/c2kjt
Gregory, S., Amfo‐Antiri, A., Agyapong, N. A. F., Davies, M., Danso, S. O., Farina, F. R., ... & Booi, L. (2023). Co‐production in the PREVENT Next Generation Study: methodology and outcomes. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19, e077949.
Farina, F.R., Bridgeman, K., Gregory, S., Crivelli, L., Foote, I.F., Jutila, O-E.I., Kucikova, L., Mariano, L.I., Nguyen, K-H., Thayanandan, T., Akindejoye, F., Butler, J., Calandri, I.L., Čepukaitytė, G., Chiesa, S.T., Dawson, W.D., Deckers, K., De la Cruz-Góngora, V., Dounavi, M-E., Govia, I., Guzmán-Vélez, E., Heikal, S.A., Hill-Jarrett, T.G., Ibáñez, A., James, B.D., McGlinchey, E., Mullin, D.S., Muniz-Terrera, G., Pintado Caipa, M., Qansuwa, E.M., Robinson, L., Santuccione Chadha, A., Shannon, O.M., Su, L., Weidner, W., Booi, L. (2024). Next generation brain health: transforming global research and public health to promote prevention of dementia and reduce its risk in young adult populations. The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 5 (12). Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanhl.2024.100665
Booi, L., Gregory, S., Bridgeman, K. Farina, F.R., et al. (2024). Protocol for the next generation brain health survey on attitudes, understanding, and exposure to brain health risk factors in young adults globally. Discover Public Health, 21. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-024-00362-z
Booi L., Bridgeman, K., Greene, L., Gregory, S., An, H., Marquez, M., Willingham, K., Davies, M., Agyapong, N., Amfo-Antiri, A., Pintado-Caipa, M., Jenkins, N., Eyre, H.A., Su, L., Lawlor, B., Muniz-Terrera, G., Farina, F.R. (2025).
Exploring brain health awareness and dementia risk in young adults: A focus group study. Public Health, 239. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2024.12.035
Next Generation Brain Health: https://www.gbhi.org/news-publications/next-generation-brain-health
Introduction to NextGen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0mSVBv2izk
PREVENT Dementia 10-year Anniversary: NextGen presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zRKPZa8Q50
A lifetime of Dementia Prevention, Dementia Connections Magazine: https://dementiaconnections.org/a-pfetime-of-dementia-prevention/
Why I research Podcast: https://podcasts.ncl.ac.uk/whyiresearch/episode-1-dr-laura-booi/
World Alzheimer’s Report 2023 pages 73-74: https://www.alzint.org/u/World-Alzheimer-Report-2023.pdf
Brain Health, Dementia, and Young People, Young at Heart Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3eTqfOHNGwN2bLJqoPqMwC
Dementia Connections Interview: https://dementiaconnections.org/a-pfetime-of-dementia-prevention/
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