Longitudinal change in everyday function and behavioral symptoms in frontotemporal dementia
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- Received January 29, 2016
- Accepted April 14, 2016
- First Published June 17, 2016.
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Author Disclosures
- Claire M. O'Connor, MOT (Hons),
- Lindy Clemson, PhD,
- Michael Hornberger, PhD,
- Cristian E. Leyton, PhD,
- John R. Hodges, MBBS, MD,
- Olivier Piguet, PhD and
- Eneida Mioshi, PhD
- Claire M. O'Connor, MOT (Hons),
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Travel fellowship from the Alzheimer's Association to attend the 2015 AAIC conference.
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(1) Alzheimer's Australia Dementia Research Foundation (AADRF) PhD Scholarship, (2) Mary Frances Stephens Scholarship to support postgraduate research in the discipline of occupational therapy at the University of Sydney, (3) Leslie Rich Scholarship for research into dementia administered by the Sir Zelman Cowen Universities Fund at the University of Sydney.
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- Lindy Clemson, PhD,
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Jnl of Ageing and Health, editorial advisory board member, 2012 plus
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NHMRC & DoHA Seeding Grant ID 1025006 Clemson L., Gitlin, L., Pizzi, L., Mioshi, E. Jeon, Y-H, Brodaty, H (AI) Black, D. (AI) Tailored activities to reduce challenging behaviours in persons with dementia: A randomized trial of the TAP program August 2012= August 2014 University of Sydney Bridging Grant Clemson, L. Tailored activities to reduce challenging behaviours in persons with dementia 2015
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- Michael Hornberger, PhD,
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Journal of Alzheimer Disease - associate editor Frontier in Aging Neuroscience - section editor No compensation for either role.
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- Cristian E. Leyton, PhD,
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Associated editor of Journal of Alzheimer's disease since 2015
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The University of Sydney, Faculty of Health Sciences
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- John R. Hodges, MBBS, MD,
Member Advisory Board ? Nature Reviews, Neurology - non-profit entity
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Aphasiology (2000 - ) Cognitive Neuropsychology (2002- ) Nature Reviews (2005 - ) Journal of Alzheimer?s Disease, Associate Editor (2010 - ) Acta Neuropsychologica (2011 - ) ALS Journal (2011- ) Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience (NCN) (2013)
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OUP, Cognitive Assessment for Clinicians, 2007 CUP, Frontotemporal dementia Syndromes, 2007
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Australian Research Council Federation fellowship, 2007 to 2012 National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia 2007 to 2015
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- Olivier Piguet, PhD and
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Frontiers in Dementia Research, Editorial Board, since 2011 Frontiers in Emotion Science, Editorial Board, since 2011 Behavioural Neurology, Editorial Board, since 2013 Journal of Alzheimer's disease, Editorial Board, since 2015
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1) National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, APP1022684, Career Development Fellowship, 2012-2015 2) National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, APP1003139, Research Project Grant, 2011-2013 3) Australian Research Council, CE110001021, Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, 2011-2017
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1) Velux Stiftung, Switzerland
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- Eneida Mioshi, PhD
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Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, Member of the Editorial Board, January 2010 to present. BMC Neurology, Associate Editor (Section Dementias)
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NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (1016399) 2011-2014
Motor Neurone Research Institute of Australia (MNDRIA)
Alzheimer Society (UK) Alzheimer Association USA (NIRP-12-258380)
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- Ageing, Work & Health Research Unit (CMO, LC) and Speech Pathology (CEL), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Australia; Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (MH, EM), University of East Anglia, UK; Neuroscience Research Australia (CEL, JRH, OP); and ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders (JRH, OP) and School of Medical Sciences (JRH, OP), University of New South Wales, Australia.
- Correspondence to:
e.mioshi{at}uea.ac.uk
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