Professor Bart De Strooper (UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL) has been awarded an honorary CBE for his services to dementia research in the UK and internationally. Bart De Strooper is a Professor in dementia studies in the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, a Principal Group Leader at the Francis Crick Institute, and served as the Founding Director of the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) from its conception in 2016 to 2022. Under his leadership from the institute’s hub at UCL,