Earlier this year, Alzheimer’s Research UK offered dementia researchers in the early stages of their career a chance to sit in on a meeting of our Grant Review Board. Dr Lauren Walker took the opportunity…
Respect for what you and your colleagues bring to the table is vital to successful integration, says Melissa T. Miller in her blog for Nature Careers
Blog shared from Hilary Evans for Alzheimer’s Research UK – New report published by Alzheimer’s Research UK shines a light on the UK’s attitudes towards dementia and research
Blog from Joshua Bauermeister for DPUK, providing an insight into a key job that makes it possible for researchers to compare data across different cohorts in the Data Portal.
Is your desk a hot mess right now? Dr Linda Devereux can relate. In this post she shares the touching story of cleaning her office after the PhD was finished and the unexpected difficulty of the clearing out process.
In this repost from the LSE Impact Blog, Staci Zavattaro, reflects on rejection in academia and gives 6 tips on how to manage the inevitable rejections that are part of academic life.
Should early career researchers be expected to relocate regularly in order to land a permanent job? In this post for the LSE Impact Blog, Eva Krockow weighs the benefits of an international career against the costs of constant mobility.
Rekindle your love for problem-solving by taking your lab skills to a completely different environment, says Jessica Sagers, in this Blog for Nature Careers.
Research shows women continue to face systematic disadvantages in research funding competitions, publishing, hiring, and promotion. In this blog from the LSE, Zena Sharman considers… ‘What do we know, what do we wish we knew, and where do we go from here?’
DPUK brought Marianne Talbot – a cohort participant, and Ivan – an old-age psychiatrist, together to discuss the bright prospects cohorts offer dementia research.
Participants in medical research are more empowered than ever to influence the design and outcomes of experiments. Now, researchers are trying to keep up.
In 2008 at the age of 58 I made a big change in my life – I moved from Oxford to Manchester to pursue a new career as a dementia researcher.
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