Dr Susan Mitchell is part of the policy and public affairs team at the UK’s leading dementia research charity with responsibility for developing evidence-based policy to support progress in the dementia research field. In particular Susan has led on work around dementia risk reduction, leading a successful pilot in collaboration with Public Health England and Alzheimer’s Society to expand dementia risk reduction messaging within the NHS Health Check. She has experience of management in the NHS and health policy from a number of medical fields.