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All the posts every put on our website. Blogs, Podcasts, Careers Support, News and all the good stuff that you wouldn’t want to miss. Only made possible thanks to funding from our amazing partners, NIHR, Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Alzheimer’s Society & Race Against Dementia.

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XXplored Podcast – Women, Hormones & Mental Health: Rethinking Psychiatric Disorders

15/05/2026

Dementia Researcher

Why do mood disorders cluster around hormonal change? Vibe Frøkjær and Franziska Weinmar join Laura Stankeviciute on women’s brain biology.

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Speak at the Salon: Showcase Slots Open (Sept–Nov)

15/05/2026

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Want to present your dementia research to a global ECR audience? Salon Showcase slots for Sept to Nov are open. Apply via the form.

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Blog – The Contradictions & Challenges of the Junior PI

14/05/2026

Dr Yvonne Couch

Dr Yvonne Couch on the junior PI trap: you train people up, lose them to bigger labs, and try to define a job nobody else has defined for you.

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Blog – Building accessible & inclusive research environments

07/05/2026

Dr Becky Carlyle

Becky Carlyle on what disabled researchers need from PIs, why flexible working matters, and how accessible labs make better science for all.

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Blog – Alzheimer’s Disease Takes a Lifetime

07/05/2026

Professor Louise Serpell

Professor Louise Serpell explores why Alzheimer’s disease may begin long before symptoms, and why models, biomarkers and collaboration now matter.

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Podcast – Leaving Academia, Staying in Research

22/05/2026

Dementia Researcher

In this podcast, Dr Ellice Parkinson, Dr Alice Carstairs and Lizzie English on leaving academia without leaving research behind, and why they don’t regret it.

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Have I Over Specialised My PhD?

We find the perfect people to help answer your questions

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Blog – Overcoming the Fear of Public Speaking

21/05/2026

Rahul Sidhu

Rahul Sidhu on turning public speaking from his greatest fear into something he genuinely enjoys, with seven tips he picked up along the way.

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Only One in Four Governments Has a Dementia Plan

21/05/2026

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Only 1 in 4 governments has a national dementia plan — yet 139 million people will be affected by 2050. Read the new ADI report: From Plan to Impact 2026.

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When Peer Review Feels Personal

We find the perfect people to help answer your questions

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Profile – Dr Laura Pritschet, University of Pennsylvania

20/05/2026

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Dr Laura Pritschet, NIH funded postdoctoral scholar at Penn studying hormones, womens brain health, cognition, and Alzheimer’s risk through life.

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Blog – It’s getting (too) hot in here; the climate crisis & brain health

19/05/2026

Dr Clíona Farrell

Dr Clíona Farrell on what the Hot Brain conference revealed about heatwaves, air pollution and the brain health of people with dementia.

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Calling all past Dementia Researcher contributors

18/05/2026

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Former Dementia Researcher contributors, please complete our survey. We may have missed you by email, but we still want to hear from you.

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Profile – Dr Lesley Williamson, King’s College London

18/05/2026

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Dr Lesley Williamson is a postdoctoral researcher at King’s College London, improving integrated palliative dementia care from diagnosis to end of life.

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Help shape future trials for multiple long-term conditions

18/05/2026

Dementia Researcher

Round 2 of a Delphi study from Professor Laura Gray at Leicester is open. Help rank the methodological priorities for future MLTC trials. Closes 28 June.