Stiftelsen Fingers Brain Health Institute

The Institute is dedicated to promoting healthy brain aging and preventing cognitive impairment and dementia through innovative multimodal clinical research and rapid translation of results into personalized interventions and clinical practice.

The FINGERS Brain Health Institute (FBHI) was founded in 2019 by Professors Miia Kivipelto and Maris Hartmanis, supported by a group of donors and philanthropists with strong engagement in the field of healthy brain aging. 

FBHI drives, coordinates, and supports the continued clinical research that builds on the original FINGER study (Ngandu, Kivipelto, et al., Lancet 2015), which showed that lifestyle factors have significant relevance in the prevention of cognitive decline.  

As a Global Scientific Coordinating Center for the World-Wide FINGERS Network, FBHI helps connect and support research teams conducting FINGER-based trials around the world. The network was established in 2017 and has grown to include scientific teams from 60 countries.