STROKOG Scientific Steering Committee

CHeBA Consortia - STROKOG
STROKOG is a consortium of post-stroke/TIA or high vascular risk studies from around the world. Originally established in 2016, it was the first international effort to harmonise work on post-stroke dementia

The STROKOG Scientific Steering Committee is formed to lead the scientific agenda of the consortium and provide ongoing support and governance. It comprises of one representative from each of the contributing studies, generally the lead investigator or a delegate.

Member Study, Country
Dr Rufus Akinyemi Cognitive Function After Stroke Nigeria (CogFAST-Nigeria), Nigeria
Professor Hee-Joon Bae Bundang VCI cohort (Bundang VCI), Korea
Professor Philip Bath Prevention Of Decline in Cognition After Stroke Trial (PODCAST), UK
Professor Régis Bordet Clinical Biological and Pharmacological Factors Influencing Stroke Outcome (BIOSTROKE) and Study of Factors Influencing Post-Stroke Dementia (STROKDEM), France
Dr Amy Brodtmann Cognition and Neocortical Volume After Stroke (CANVAS), Australia
Professor Christopher Chen Cognitive Outcome After Stroke (COAST), Singapore
Dr Charlotte Cordonnier Prognosis of Intracerebral Haemorrhage (PITCH), France
Dr Paul de Kort Prediction of cognitive recovery after stroke (PROCRAS), Netherlands
Dr David Desmond Epidemiologic Study of the Risk of Dementia After Stroke, USA
Professor Martin Dichgans Determinants of Dementia After Stroke (DEDEMAS), Germany
Dr Abdel Douiri South London Stroke Register (SLSR), UK
Professor Olivier Godefroy Groupe de Réflexion pour l'Evaluation COGnitive VASCulaire study (GRECOG-VASC), France
Dr Michael Hoffmann Durban Stroke Data Bank (DSDB), South Africa
Dr Hanna Jokinen Helsinki Stroke Aging Memory (SAM), Finland
Professor Raj Kalaria Cognitive Function After Stroke (CogFAST), UK
Dr Nagaendran Kandiah National Neuroscience Institute (Post Stroke Cognitive Impairment) Study, Singapore
Professor Frini Karayanidis Systems of Care in Minor Stroke & TIA: Cognition (INSIST-COG), Australia
Dr Aleksandra Klimkowicz-Mrowiec Cracow Stroke Database and PRospective Observational POLIsh Study (PROPOLIS), Poland
Dr Sebestian Köhler Cognition and Affect after Stroke: Prospective Evaluation of Risks (CASPER) and Maastricht Cognitive Disorders After Stroke (CODAS), The Netherlands
Dr Gary Lau The HKU Stroke Cohort, Hong Kong
Professor Byung-Chul Lee Korean-Vascular Cognitive Impairment Harmonization Standards Study (K-VCIHS), Korea
Dr Thomas Linden Göteborg 70+ Stroke Study, Sweden
Professor Hugh Stephen Markus St George's Cognition and Neuroimaging in Stroke (SCANS), UK
Dr Javier Marta-Moreno ICTUS Cog Aragón (ICTUS), Spain 
Professor Vincent Mok Stroke Registry Investigating Cognitive Decline (STRIDE), Hong Kong
Dr Akin Ojagemi  Delirium and Risk of Vascular dementia after a Stroke (DRIVERS), Nigeria
Professor Michael O'Sullivan White Matter Connections and Memory: The STRATEGIC Study, UK
Dr Behnam Sabayan Prospective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER), The Netherlands, Scotland, Ireland
Professor Perminder Sachdev Sydney Stroke Study (SSS), Australia
Professor Velandai Srikanth North East Melbourne Stroke Incidence Study (NEMESIS), Australia
Professor Latchezar Traykov Bulgarian Post-stroke Study and Subcortical small vessel disease - Bulgarian cohort, Bulgaria
Professor Joanna Wardlaw Mild Stroke Study II (MSS-II), UK
Professor Kyung-Ho Yu Hallym VCI, Korea
Professor Qun Xu Renji CSVD Cohort Study (RCCS), China