Clockwise from top left: John Hardy, Russell Viner, Lord Kakkar, Alan Cottenden, Hugh Montgomery, Lauge Poulsen.
Clockwise from top left: John Hardy, Russell Viner, Lord Kakkar, Alan Cottenden, Hugh Montgomery, Lauge Poulsen. Congratulations to all members of the UCL community who have been recognised in the 2022 New Year's Honours. Professor John Hardy (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) was appointed Knight Bachelor for services to human health in improving understanding of dementia and neurodegenerative diseases. Professor Hardy is Chair of the Molecular Biology of Neurological Disease at UCL and a member of the UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL. He is an international figure in the research of neurodegenerative disease and is globally recognised for his contribution to developing breakthrough therapies for dementia. He created the amyloid cascade hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease - the major theory of the disease. Professor Hardy said: "It is a great honour of course to get the knighthood and I'm very proud of the work we did working with families with Alzheimer's disease collected by my Institute of Neurology colleague Professor Martin Rossor.
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