Dr. Franziska Laporte Uribe is a postdoctoral researcher at the Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) in Witten, Germany. She holds a PhD in Health Sciences from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. For many years now, her research has aimed at understanding and improving the lives of those affected by dementia. As a member of the Research Group 'Implementation Science' at the DZNE, she is focusing on the challenges of translating innovations into practice. With a strong expertise in the community setting, Franziska is interested in understanding phenomena in the context of dementia care research from different perspectives (individual, dyadic, organisational, national, global).