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Catchup – Salon – The day to day of working in drug trial delivery
May 7 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
A weekly webinar to discuss careers and research topics. These sessions combine livestreams, guest speakers, and group online chat to exchange ideas, challenge, influence, inspire, and educate. In this session, we hear from Laura Rooney, Lead Nurse for the Alzheimer’s Society and Dr Sarah Gregory, Research Fellow and former Study Coordinator at The University of Edinburgh – discussing the day-to-day experiences of working in clinical and drug trials delivery.
Clinical trials are where research moves from theory to impact—but they’re also a career pathway full of opportunities. Behind every successful trial is a team of researchers, coordinators, data specialists, and innovators, each playing a crucial role in bringing new dementia treatments to life. But what does a career in trial delivery look like? How do you navigate the complexities, gain the right skills, and even carve out new roles? Today, we’ll explore the day to day work and careers behind clinical trials, uncovering the skills, challenges, and opportunities that could shape your future in dementia research.
Speakers
Laura Rooney is Lead Research Nurse for the Alzheimer’s Society. With a decade of experience workin in Cancer Trials Delivery, Laura recently started to work at Alzheimer’s Society leading the first dementia research nurse programme in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This is a £3m pilot project, which will embed 10 dedicated dementia research nurses into NHS settings across the UK to accelerate recruitment into research studies.
Dr Sarah Gregory is a Research Fellow at The University of Edinburgh, researching risk factors for dementia in young adults (18-39 years) and in mid- and later life (40 years and older). Before undertaking a PhD, Sarah worked at West London Mental Health NHS Trust, as a Deputy Team Manager and Senior Clinical Research Officer in a busy clinical trials facility. Responsibilities include coordination of complex clinical trials, ethics and regulatory submissions, contracts, rater training, staff supervision and ongoing development.
