Professor of Neurology, University of Calgary; Kathy Taylor Chair in Vascular Dementia

Email: eesmith@ucalgary.ca

Biography: Dr. Smith is a Professor of Neurology and the holder of the Kathy Taylor Chair in Vascular Dementia at the University of Calgary. He chairs the Executive Committee of the VAST Health Research Training Program. He uses neuroimaging data from cohort studies and epidemiological studies to identify signs of cerebral small vessel diseases and how they contribute to cognitive decline and dementia.

Relevant expertise/areas of interest: Cognitive decline and dementia, cerebral small vessel disease, neuroimaging, epidemiology