Profile – Dr Hannah Scott
Research Associate at Cardiff University and, Humming Bird, investigating the effects of Alzheimer’s disease risk variants in non-coding regions of the genome on microglial cells
All posts by Dementia Researcher
For One in Four Memory Clinic Patients, Amyloid-PET Changes the Diagnosis
Aβ-PET scans may be the norm for AD research studies, but their use is limited. According to a study published June 11 in JAMA Neurology, the time may have come to expand access to the scans.
Profile – Dr Barbara Kramarz
Gene Ontology Biocurator at University College London, fast learner and new violinist.
Profile – Siobhan O’Connor
Lecturer in nursing working on Digital health / eHealth in Edinburgh, with loyal support from Harris
How product management could be a route out of academia for PhDs and postdocs
Are job prospects for PhD candidates and postdoctoral scientists dismal?
Profile – Dr Nazira Albargothy
Based in Sweden developing an understanding of the neuroanatomical pathways involved in the entry and clearance of drugs and toxins from the brain.
Profile – Dr Rachael Kelley
Research Fellow at Leeds Beckett University. Driven by a family connection, and driven by the potential to deliver improvements in care – and will eat any caterpillar that gets in her way!
Digital Technologies for the Assessment of Cognition: A Clinical Review
Interested in what digital technologies can do for dementia?
Profile – Dr Cara Sass
Completed her PhD looking at the value of sporting reminiscence for men living with dementia, now a research Fellow at University of Leeds
How to mentor undergraduates as a postgraduate, and why it’s important
There’s a difference between mentoring and doling out to-do lists…
Alzheimer’s Society releases Impact report on PPI in research
New report shows impact of Alzheimer’s Society work in Patient & Public Engagement, and highlights what help is on offer.
To save the research literature, get rid of the literature review
The literature review is a staple of the scholarly article. But when those previous studies are misrepresented by an author, isn’t the knowledge base in fact degraded rather than preserved?