May 8, 2020

Dissertation, 8 May 2020: Christina Dintica

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Christina Dintica

On 8 May Christina Dintica will defend her PhD thesis “Oral health and olfactory function: What can they tell us about cognitive aging?” in the Andreas Vesalius Hall, Berzelius väg 3, Karolinska Institutet, at 1:30 PM.

The thesis investigates the association between oral and olfactory conditions and cognitive trajectories, brain structural differences, and the risk of dementia.

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