Blogger profile – Joanna Sun
Dementia ResearcherPhD Candidate & Social Media Coordinator at the Wicking Dementia Research & Education Centre, University of Wollongong. Researching Dementia Enabling Environments and collector of Maneki-nekos statues.
Blogs & features
Making time to give a little back
With fund raising events cancelled, dementia charities need your help more than ever! Take a look at these two campaigns and please, do what you can to help!
A new ISTAART Professional Interest Area focused on Early Career Researchers
Adam SmithProvide your input to our new ISTAART Professional Interest Area – Early Career Researcher Group application
Open for entries: Early Career Researcher of the Year
Registered UK Biobank data users (from across the world), can apply now to be awarded Early Career Researcher of the Year. Great kudos and a prize of £1000 for the winner and £500 for two runners up.
Guest Blog – Stress and Alzheimer’s disease- what do we know so far?
Sarah GregoryClarissa Giebel updates on her recent trip to Maastricht for her Alzheimer’s Society funded project, and discusses differences in study recruitment.
5 Strategies for writing in turbulent times
LSE Impact BlogFor many academics currently working from home, writing will be a secondary consideration, or even impossible. However, for others writing can be an essential way to maintain a sense of stability and to meaningfully respond to the current situation.
UK Dementia Research Institute to Double Coronavirus Testing
Alz ForumWhile science groups worldwide are grappling with the logistics of shutting down to comply with the social distancing required to slow the spread of COVID-19, neurodegenerative disease researchers are asking how they can help. And help they can.
Midday Lecture Webinar Catch-up – What’s dementia got to do with my eyesight? by Dr Marianne Coleman
In part two of this two part webinar – first broadcast on Tuesday 31st March 2020 – Dr Marianne Coleman a Research Orthoptist from the University of Surrey presents dementia and vision research, funded by Fight for Sight and the Royal Society of Medicine.
Guest Blog – Dementia researcher’s mental health and productivity in Covid-19 times
Dr Aida Suarez-GonzalezDr Aida Suarez-Gonzalez talks about her experiences of staying home for 16 days, with tips to stay physically and mentally healthy.
Midday Lecture Webinar Catch-up – What happens to your eyes as you get older? by Dr Marianne Coleman
In part one of this two part webinar – first broadcast on Monday 30th March 2020 – Dr Marianne Coleman a Research Orthoptist from the University of Surrey explains what happens to your eyes as you get older, and how to look after them.
Podcast – Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Dementia
Megan O’Hare is with Dr Byron Creese, Miguel Vasconcelos Da Silva and Isabel Foote. Talking about apathy, depression, treatments for the various symptoms, and exploring drug side effects and ways to develop safer drug treatments
Dementia Researcher Webinars – Measuring delivery & Engagement of dementia interventions
Next weeks Dementia Researcher Midday Lecture Webinar comes from Dr Holly Walton, Research Fellow from University College London. Register today.