It was the Alzheimer Research Foundation's patron H.K.H. Princess Benedikte, who presented the clinical researcher award 2024 to Professor of Psychology Dorthe Berntsen. The award of DKK 300,000 is awarded to researchers who have made an extra effort in the field of dementia, and Dorthe Berntsen receives the award for her research into autobiographical memory.

"Research in this area helps to give us new insight into how we can best help people with dementia to have meaningful experiences and a better quality of life. Here, Dorthe Berntsen has delivered ground-breaking research," writes the Alzheimer Research Foundation in their news.

Dorthe Berntsen is centre leader at the Center for Autobiographical Memory Research – CON AMORE – at the Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences at Aarhus BSS, Aarhus University, where she and her colleagues conduct research into autobiographical memory, i.e. the ability to consciously remember one's own past. She highlights the collaboration with her colleagues in her statement to the Alzheimer's Research Foundation’s news:

"It is a great honor to receive the Alzheimer Research Foundation's Researcher Prize, and I am delighted that such fine recognition is being given to research into memory and memory in Alzheimer's disease. I would like to dedicate the award to the colleagues and students I have collaborated with in my research team. Without them this research would not have been possible. I also owe a big thank you to the staff at the many care centers who have helped us find participants, the older adults who have participated in our studies, and to the foundations that have supported us," says Dorthe Berntsen.

Further info:

• More about Dorthe Berntsen and her research
• More about Center on Autobiographical Memory Researc – CON AMORE
• News story from the Alzheimer Research Foundation