Bump in the Road or Disaster? BACE Inhibitors Worsen Cognition
EditorMerck shook the field with news that people on verubecestat scored worse than those on placebo – find out more in this post from AlzForum
Dissemination
Celebrating Impact Prize
The ESRC 2019 Impact Prize is now open! Share the outstanding impacts you’ve achieved
Clinical Trial Design Is A Two-Way Street
CoLAB brings clinical research teams and external partners — including patients, study coordinators, nurses, and physicians — face-to-face for a dress rehearsal of a clinical trial protocol.
Communicating your research toolkit – The Health Foundation
Want to communicate your health research in a better way in 2018? This resource from The Health Foundation is the tool you need.
Cracking the mysteries of Alzheimer’s disease
With Pfizer shutting down its neuroscience unit and a long list of failed late-stage trials, the sheer difficulty of improving the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease has become painfully clear. How can researchers crack the mystery of this much-feared neurodegenerative disease?
CSF tau and the CSF tau/ABeta ratio for the diagnosis of Dementias
This review, aims to assess the ability of CSF tau biomarkers (t-tau and p-tau) and the CSF tau (t-tau or p-tau)/ABeta ratio to enable the detection of Alzheimer’s disease pathology in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
David Hague Early Career Investigator of the Year Award
Adam SmithThe David Hague Early Career Investigator of the Year Award is presented each year to the most outstanding early career researcher in the field of biomedical dementia research.
Dementia Matters Podcast from the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centre
A great podcast which aims to humanize Alzheimer’s disease, by speaking with the experts in their community keeping you informed on the latest headlines, research studies, and caregiver resources.
Dementia Prevention Open Lectures – 6th March 2019
Megan Calvert-O'HareThe University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Open Learning and Centre for Dementia Prevention
Dementia Special Issue: Patient and Public Involvement in Dementia Research: Moving from Proving to Improving
Eight articles that report on the diverse methods and impact of PPI
Dementias Portfolio Development Group is looking for new members
Seeking researchers to help identify research gaps, and support writing groups to prepare grant applications for clinical studies and health and social care research.
Designing ‘attention points’ in academic work: Four principles for improving tables, graphs, charts and diagrams.
Four top-level design principles to consider when constructing tables, charts, graphs, or diagrams.