Associate Professor Jade Cartwright is a speech pathologist, researcher, and educator with more than 20 years of experience in the dementia field. Jade’s research focuses on developing interventions to support communication and connection in people with dementia and their families, with a particular interest in primary progressive aphasia and young onset dementia. Jade is the current co-chair of the Australian Young Onset Dementia Special Interest Group and chair of the Speech Pathology Australia Dementia and PPA Community of Practice.