Ian G. McKeith explained

Ian G. McKeith is a professor of Old Age Psychiatry at Newcastle University in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North-East of England.^[1] He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.^[1]

McKeith is credited with bringing together international researchers to develop and refine diagnostic criteria for Lewy body dementias (LBD). In 2015, he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award in Alzheimer's Research from the Alzheimer's Association for his groundbreaking work in LBD.^[2] He was also honoured that year by the Lewy Body Dementia Association for his work in LBD advocacy and research.^[3] As a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Lewy Body Dementia Association, he led the Dementia with Lewy Bodies Consortium effort that published new diagnostic criteria for dementia with Lewy bodies in 2017.^{[4] [5]}

In 2018, he was the President of the Lewy Body Society, a European charity whose mission is to raise awareness of dementia with Lewy bodies.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Professor Ian McKeith . Newcastle University . Institute of Neuroscience . 14 May 2020.
2. News: Pioneering Newcastle University professor Ian McKeith given lifetime achievement award . ChronicleLive UK . Brown, Michael . 10 August 2015 . 13 April 2018.
3. Web site: International conference a huge success . Lewy Body Dementia Association . 19 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180420074558/https://www.lbda.org/go/international-conference-huge-success. 20 April 2018 .
4. Web site: New diagnostic criteria published for DLB . Lewy Body Dementia Association . 10 April 2018.
5. McKeith IG, Boeve BF, Dickson DW, et al . Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies: Fourth consensus report of the DLB Consortium . Neurology . 89 . 1 . 88–100 . July 2017 . 28592453 . 5496518 . 10.1212/WNL.0000000000004058 . Review .
6. Web site: About us . . 14 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180616204149/https://www.lewybody.org/about-us/ . 16 June 2018.