 I would like to thank the Brain Foundation and the Board of Directors on behalf of myself and my co-investigators for this award, which I am extremely grateful for. Neurodegenerative diseases are a major public health issue and they are devastating for individuals. We often think of them affecting only people as they get older. That actually affects people a large percentage less than age 65 when they are still working and has drastic effects on their lifestyle and their dependence and their carers. Patients often ask about how modifying their diet may change their prognosis and their survival. So our study aims to use methods that have been used in obesity research and apply these methods to several neurodegenerative diseases, Alzheimer's disease, frontal temporal dementia and amyotrophic collateral sclerosis and see how eating behaviour may affect metabolic changes, things like cholesterol, body fat and lipid levels. That will enable us to see if these have effects on disease progression and survival. On a more personal note recently my family was affected by a disease affecting the brain and I think as a neurologist I didn't realise until that point how important research is to patients and their families. I spent hours on the internet looking for that study that made the percentage difference. I think that's why the Brain Foundation is so important because it provides early career research as such as myself with money to do research which may make a difference to patients. So thank you.