NICE – Why Carers Deserve More Than Medals
Dementia ResearcherAfter 50 years of caring, a child gave me a chocolate medal. His gesture says it all: carers are invaluable, but we deserve more than sweet recognition.
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UKDRI Bioinformatics for Biologists Training Workshop
The UKDRI shares videos from its recent ‘Bioinformatics for Biologists Training’ covering- High content screening and imagaing analysis and Biostatistics with R
Understanding Dementia MOOC
Think you know dementia? Join 26,000 others on the free Wicking MOOC to explore the brain, the disease, and care – courses every few months
The Global Caring Crisis
Exploriong care systems in different economies across the world, questioning why domestic work carried out chiefly by women and girls is largely underpaid
Improving Survey Response Rates
Find out how University Hospital Southampton has improved survey response rates to their Patient Research Experience Survey.
Can BACE2 Protect Against Amyloidosis?
It may seem counter intuitive, but could BACE2 protect against amyloidosis, rather than contribute to it? Find out in the post shared from the Alz Forum website
New reports from Alzheimer Europe
Alzheimer Europe publishes key reports on ethical diversity in dementia research and updated prevalence data showing falling rates but rising future numbers.
Three-quarters of researchers say yes to meeting-free weeks
Nature Careers BlogRespondents to a Nature poll largely agree that meeting free weeks… would be practical, read to reveal how much time it would save them.
Alzforum’s Dataset of APP Mutations Gets a Makeover
Alz ForumThe notorious amyloid precursor protein, central to Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis, sports a new look on Alzforum’s Mutations database – open access
Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Experience Toolkit
Alzheimer's SocietyFind out how to measure the experience of people with dementia when commissioning, improving or creating new services & products
Improving UK research culture
Results of a survey published by Wellcome Trust, have revealed high levels of stress and insecurity. You can help inform plans to how this should be improved.
Accelerating Progress: ARUK’s Dementia Moonshot Report
Alzheimer’s Research UK outlines key priorities to deliver the Dementia Moonshot and accelerate progress towards life-changing treatments in a new report.