In February 2024, the Brain Health ARC, supported by Race Against Dementia, launched a national competition inviting researchers to submit proposals to access the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation (GAP)’s Bio-Hermes-001 dataset, the most comprehensive set of dementia biomarker data from ground-breaking blood testing studies for Alzheimer’s disease.
Over 40 submissions were received in just over a year and in March 2025, the Data Summit showcased some of these projects in a hybrid Glasgow-based event. “Dementia progresses quickly, but traditional research moves slowly. We wanted our Data Challenge to challenge this assumption. We have shown that with collaboration, support, and a little hard work we can do things differently. Through working in partnership with GAP, and the dementia research community, in a matter of months, we have completed a portfolio of high quality, impactful research,” said Professor Terry Quinn, Director of the Brain Health ARC. The one-year timeline is extraordinary in Alzheimer’s research, where studies and clinical trials typically take years. The ambitious timeline has now proven that researchers could take an agile approach in Alzheimer’s research, demonstrating that urgency is possible. "It was an honour for GAP to collaborate with the Brain Health ARC and the Alzheimer's Disease Data Initiative to undertake the Bio-Hermes Data Challenge Summit. Professor Quinn and his colleagues organised the Challenge in six months and attracted a multi-disciplined group of the UK's leading researchers to interrogate the Bio-Hermes database with the assistance of ADDI to explore novel hypotheses related to Alzheimer's and related dementias. Over the ensuing year, competing teams advanced their research with unparalleled speed and rigor." said GAP President John Dwyer. Research teams showcased their concepts for a chance to win in three categories: poster presentation, quick-fire project presentation, and oral presentation. Below are the winners along with titles of their projects: Winning Poster Presentation:
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