Alina Solomon is an associate professor at the Department of Neurology, University of Kuopio, Finland, and Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet. Her research interests include (a) the effects of vascular factors on late-life cognitive functioning, (b) the role of vascular and lifestyle-related factors in identifying people who are at increased long-term or short-term risk of developing dementia/cognitive impairment, (c) the links between cholesterol metabolism (particularly 24- and 27-hydroxycholesterol) and Alzheimer´s disease. Alina is currently working with Professor Miia Kivipelto in a research network including Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, University of Kuopio and National Institute of Health and Welfare in Helsinki, Finland. The main epidemiological study Alina is involved in is CAIDE (Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Aging and Incidence of Dementia), but she also works with data from the Vantaa 85+ study, FINRISK study and with clinical data from the Memory unit at Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge. Alina is a medical doctor and received her PhD from the University of Kuopio in 2009. The title of her thesis is ´Cholesterol and late-life cognition. An epidemiological and clinical approach´(http://www.uef.fi/neuro/theses).

The effects of vascular factors on late-life cognitive functioning, (b) the role of vascular and lifestyle-related factors in identifying people who are at increased long-term or short-term risk of developing dementia/cognitive impairment, (c) the links between cholesterol metabolism (particularly 24- and 27-hydroxycholesterol) and Alzheimer´s disease, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Aging and Incidence of Dementia.