Clive Ballard

Clive Ballard, MD, PhD, United Kingdom
President-Elect (2026-2027)

Clive Ballard is Professor of Age-Related Diseases at Exeter University in the UK, with a previous role as Pro-Vice Chancellor/Dean of Medicine at Exeter. Ballard founded the digital PROTECT study in the UK, enabling linked studies in Canada, Spain, and Norway; and leads the iWHELD virtual nursing home programme.

He has led more than 50 clinical trials focussing on dementia, with a particular focus on psychosis and other neuropsychiatric symptoms including key studies of atypical antipsychotics, pimavanserin and non-pharmacological interventions.  He also helped pioneer novel decentralized clinical trials through PROTECT and iWHELD. Ballard has 1000+ peer-reviewed papers, with a H-factor of 160.