Balancing Act – Dr Lovesha Sivanantharajah
Dr Lovesha Sivanantharajah talks about starting a family, pregnancy, returning to work, adapting to a new life and co-parenting – get some top tips.
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Profile – João Moreira
Staff Engineer and Husband to Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Isabel Castanho helping to deliver balance, occasional coding help and gaming support.
Profile – Michael O’Reilly
Scenic Artist, Father and Husband to Neurologist and PhD Student Dr Zanna Voysey helping to deliver balance, great design and empathy.
Profile – Andrew Lashley
Architect, Father and Husband to Professor Tammaryn Lashley helping to deliver balance, great design and cooking up a storm.
Profile – Dr Zanna Voysey, University of Cambridge
Clinical Research Fellow & Neurology Specialist Registrar funded by Guarantors of Brain researching if sleep abnormalities accelerate dementia pathobiology.
Embedding Research into Clinical Practice
From the ARUK Clinical Conference in 2022 Dr Vanessa Raymont, Dr Roy Jones, Dr Emer MacSweeney & Carli Pirie discuss “Embedding research into clinical practice”
Podcast – Thirst for Knowledge: Hydration & Dementia
Anna Volkmer talks with Ellice Parkinson, Amy Zile, Dr Florence Jimoh & Dan Skipper talk about their work, understanding & improving hydration in older adults.
Profile – Dr Ellice Parkinson, Health Innovation East
Dr Ellice Parkinson, Senior Advisor at Health Innovation East and UEA, researches hydration care for older people and people living with dementia.
Connect with CARD to strengthen your science and career!
Learn about new career tools from the NIH intramural program Center for Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias (CARD) in the USA.
Profile – Dan Skipper, Age UK
Chief Executive of Age UK Norwich, delivering services for people aged 50+ and supporting local aged care research in the region.
Smart socks that track distress in people with dementia
A sock which combines sensors with artificial intelligence could help carers and care home staff detect agitation and prevent falls in people with dementia.
Profile – Amy Zile, University of East Anglia
Final year PhD Student working on Hydration in older adults who live in the community & Mental health and wellbeing of students and academic staff.