Profile – Dr Clare Shaw
Join Dementia Research Delivery Manager, working for the National Institute for Health Research (after her family persuaded her to give up on the dream of a life in comedy)
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Hope for a head start on dementia begins with cohort volunteers – DPUK
DPUK brought Marianne Talbot – a cohort participant, and Ivan – an old-age psychiatrist, together to discuss the bright prospects cohorts offer dementia research.
Profile – Anne-Marie Greenaway
Camel wrestler, mountain climber and early career researcher. Studying for a PhD in Biomedical Engineering, at the University of Reading, looking at dementia, depression and music (EEG correlates)
Profile – Dr Keeley Brookes
Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham working in Human Genetics and Genomics. Does her best work around ‘Twilight’.
Disease-in-a-dish studies open a window to a new level of detail in dementia
Blog by Bryan Ng from University of Oxford, for Dementia Platforms UK. Working with patient-specific stem cells comparing experimental outcomes he’s observing with symptoms recorded in the clinics.
New NIHR funding awards website
The website provides information about NIHR funding awards for research, career development, infrastructure and Global Health projects.
Profile – Dr Kirsty McAleese
Junior Research Fellow at Newcastle University working in Neuropathology, white matter damage in dementia and MRI-pathology correlates in dementia. Who can always find time for her favourite show on Bravo (can you guess which?)
Podcast – Career Paths to Studying Huntington’s Disease
Lakshini Mendis talks with Marina Papoutsi, Akshay Nair and Lauren Byrne about Huntington’s disease research and what it can teach dementia science.
Profile – Dr Akshay Nair
Budding photographer and Wolfson Clinical Fellow at UCL, researching Neuropsychiatric symptoms in Huntington’s disease
ARUK Blog: The Dementia Revolution is saving me
In 2017, Laura found out she carries a rare gene which means she will develop early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Now she’s using the Dementia Revolution to speak out about her diagnosis.
Profile – Dr Marina Papoutsi
Research Associate at UCL, working on Cognitive impairment in Huntington’s disease helped by a constant supply of Green Tea.
Some tentative advice about advice
This post was written by Dr Amber Gwynne, for Thesis Whisperer. Amber is a researcher, writer and academic editor from Brisbane, Australia. Should you always accept the advise of others?