Simon Lovestone
University of Oxford
Sir Simon Lovestone is professor of translational neuroscience at the University of Oxford. He is a specialist in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2008 and was appointed a knight bachelor in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to neuroscience research.
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Sir Simon Lovestone is professor of translational neuroscience at the University of Oxford. He is a specialist in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2008 and was appointed a knight bachelor in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to neuroscience research.
Affiliation
University of Oxford
Top Publications
- Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease (2013) - 4,720 citations
- Consensus guidelines for the clinical and pathologic diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) (1996) - 3,985 citations
- Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease (2009) - 3,421 citations
- Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing (2019) - 3,286 citations
- New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (2022) - 2,638 citations
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- Full name
- Simon Lovestone
- ORCID
- 0000-0003-0473-4565
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5002493210
Research interests
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
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- 3,286OpenAlex citations
- New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias ↗2022 · Nature Genetics2,638OpenAlex citations
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- New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias ↗2022 · Nature Genetics
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