Profile – Dr Ingrid Ekström, Karolinska institutet
Dr Ingrid Ekström is Assistant Professor at Karolinska Institutet researching smell loss, brain health, dementia risk and cognitive ageing.
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Blog – What My First Major NIHR Award Taught Me
Dr Maria Drummond got her first major NIHR award at a farm park, inbox in hand. Then came the conditions, and five months of not knowing.
Pride Month: a few free courses, and a note on our own field
It’s Pride Month. Free OpenLearn courses on allyship and LGBTQ+ history, plus resources on LGBTQ+ people, dementia, and being out in research.
Profile – Annika Dhawan, King’s College London
Annika Dhawan is a Research Assistant at King’s College London researching dementia, palliative care, caregiver wellbeing and support at home.
Blog – If I Fall Behind, I’ll Fall Into Torpor
Dr Tatiana A. Giovannucci imagines a world where researchers must justify their work or face enforced hibernation. It is, quietly, about burnout.
Profile – Dr Magdalena Martínez-García, University of California Santa Barbara
Dr Magdalena Martínez García is a neuroscientist at UC Santa Barbara studying how pregnancy and motherhood reshape women’s brains.
Podcast – Leaving Academia, Staying in Research
In this podcast, Dr Ellice Parkinson, Dr Alice Carstairs and Lizzie English on leaving academia without leaving research behind, and why they don’t regret it.
Profile – Dr Maria Drummond, University of Glasgow
Dr Maria Drummond is Team Leader at ENRICH Scotland, supporting care home research shaped by staff, residents and people living with dementia.
Qualitative Data Analysis for PhD Research
Elizabeth Yardley explains how PhD researchers can judge qualitative analysis with clearer criteria, stronger themes, and less self doubt.
Profile – Tony O’Flaherty, Home Instead Care
Tony O’Flaherty: Director of Home Instead, Wandsworth, leading outstanding home care, 85 carers, 82 clients and three dementia cafes.
Profile – Jonathan Hoover, Prima Mente
Jonathan Hoover is a bioinformatics research scientist at Prima Mente, building AI models to explore how brain diseases emerge and progress in cells.
Profile – Dr Niranjan Bose, Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative
Dr Niranjan Bose leads ADDI, advancing global data sharing for dementia research, and brings deep experience in health, philanthropy and biotechnology.