Ian G. McKeith is a professor of Old Age Psychiatry at

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in the

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of England. He is a

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and a

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. McKeith is credited with bringing together international researchers to develop and refine diagnostic criteria for

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s (LBD). In 2015, he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award in Alzheimer's Research from the

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for his groundbreaking work in LBD. He was also honoured that year by the

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for his work in LBD advocacy and research. 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

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in 2017. 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.

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