Podcast – Agentic AI and the Future of Dementia Research
In this podcast, Dr Niranjan Bose, Jonathan Hoover and Dr Kexin Huang on the Alzheimer’s Insights AI Prize and what agentic AI means for dementia research.
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Alzheimer Europe – Data Sharing in Dementia Care
Alzheimer Europe Research Insights, webinar recordings on data sharing, collaboration and key dementia research developments across Europe.
Profile – Professor Christian Benedict, Uppsala University
Professor Christian Benedict is Professor of Pharmacology at Uppsala University, researching how sleep affects the brain and dementia risk.
Alzheimer’s Research UK invests £9.5m in research
Alzheimer’s Research UK invests a record £9.5m in 25 dementia research projects, supporting new ideas, better diagnosis and future treatments.
Profile – Dr Clare Ellis-Smith, King’s College London
Dr Clare Ellis Smith is a Senior Lecturer at King’s College London researching dementia palliative care and person centred outcomes for families and carers.
The Hidden REF 26 is open & dementia research belongs in it
The Hidden REF 2026 is open. It celebrates the data, tools and people dementia research relies on but the REF overlooks. Entries close 13 Sept.
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.
Blog – Not a good advert for Dementia
Bernie McInally reflects on brain donation calls, dementia identity and the sharp humour that reminds us every person remains individual.
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.