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Salon -The Practicalities of Overseas Lab Visits
July 30 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Join our weekly webinar series exploring careers and research topics. Each session features a livestream, guest speakers, and interactive group chat — offering a space to exchange ideas, inspire progress, and tackle challenges together. This week, we’re joined by Dr Clíona Farrell & Dr Anna Volkmer (University College London) and Dr Cassandra Dinius (University College Dublin), who will discuss the practicalities of arranging and undertaking overseas lab visits.
An overseas lab visit can be a turning point in a research career. It offers new skills, fresh perspectives, and valuable international collaboration. But behind the excitement lie a host of practical questions. How do you fund it? What paperwork is required? How do you adapt to new systems, cultures, and expectations while staying focused on your work? How do you make it happen? For dementia researchers, these experiences can open real opportunities, but only if they are planned well. Today, we’ll explore the logistics, challenges, and rewards of taking your research abroad.
Speakers
Dr Cassandra Dinius completed her PhD in the USA and has moved between Ireland and the US for research roles. With direct experience of international relocation, she offers practical insight into overseas lab visits. Now based in Dublin, she works as PPI Liaison Officer for the Rare Disease Clinical Trial Network, with a research background in brain health and ageing.
Dr Anna Volkmer is a Speech and Language Therapist and Senior NIHR Research Fellow at University College London. Anna has been successful in navigating the NIHR funding programmes from PhD through to Senior Fellow, and grants in-between.
