Welcome to Vas-Cog: The International Society of Vascular Behavioural and Cognitive Disorders.
The society was founded to:

  • bring diverse scientific and clinical research interests together for the study of vascular causes of various brain disorders, and
  • serve as an organization for the dissemination of this information, patient advocacy and the training of researchers.
Interest in the vascular causes of various brain disorders including Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, mild cognitive impairment, depression, and other behavioural disorders has grown immensely over the last decade. Recent evidence suggests that these brain disorders may be delayed or even prevented by treatment of vascular risk factors such as hypertension and hypercholesterolemia. The potential implications of these findings span a diverse arena of both scientific and clinical interest and it is increasingly apparent that a forum for discussion and education on vascular causes of various brain disorders is needed. Such a forum should also develop research strategies to address key issues in cerebrovascular disorders.


Upcoming conferences

  VasCog 2013 Toronto, Canada, June 25-28  
   Chair: Sandra Black 
   Click here to sign up to the congress mailing list.

   Bids are now invited to host Vas-Cog 2015

   The International Society for Vascular Behavioural and Cognitive
   Disorders is now accepting applications from destinations interested in
   hosting the 7th Vas-Cog Congress in 2015. Please follow the
   guidelines available to download here. To be considered the
   completed bid should be returned in electronic format to the Vas-Cog
   Secretariat by 15th November 2011.



Executive Committe Election Results

Congratulations to the five persons elected as members of the Executive Committee 2012-2015. Voting ended on January 10th and the following candidates were elected.

Chris Chen, Singapore
Elisabet Englund, Sweden
Raj Kalaria, UK
Vince Mok, Hongkong
Perminder Sachdev, Australia

Click here to see the details of the election results.