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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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Women’s Heart Health and Dementia Risk – XXplored Podcast

23/10/2026

Dementia Researcher

Dr Jenny Rabin and Dr Louise Schindler on why heart health shapes women’s dementia risk, from midlife blood pressure to menopause, HRT and GLP-1s.

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The Dementia Research News Quiz: September 2026

23/10/2026

Dementia Researcher

Our first monthly dementia news quiz: 20 questions on September’s biggest dementia research stories. Play, get your score and see where you rank.

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The Stages of a PhD: What to Expect From Offer to Graduation

20/10/2026

Dementia Researcher

A stage-by-stage guide to the UK PhD, from accepting your offer to graduation: the milestones, reviews, teaching, the viva and what to think about when.

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Podcast – Starting & Managing Academic Collaborations

16/10/2026

Dementia Researcher

In this podcast, Sarah Marzi, Georgina Charlesworth, Nathan Davies and Amanda Heslegrave share how to start and manage academic collaborations that work.

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Blog – Care Home Research: Getting the Balance Right

15/10/2026

Dementia Researcher

Lesley Cousland of ENRICH Scotland asks what eight research requests landing at once mean for a busy care home, and how to coordinate studies better.

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Blog – From Research to Clinical: Seeing Neurological Disease from Two Perspectives

14/10/2026

Rahul Sidhu

Rahul Sidhu and Prisha Sharma started out in neuroscience research. One stayed in the lab, one moved into clinical work. They compare notes on both paths.

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Your Dementia Researcher profile is due its MOT

10/10/2026

Dementia Researcher

Finished your PhD, changed jobs or finally read that book? If you have a profile on our site, now’s your chance to give it a refresh.

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UK experts set out who should get an Alzheimer’s blood test

23/10/2026

Dementia Researcher

New ABN and RCPsych guidance makes p-tau217 the Alzheimer’s blood test of choice, but only within specialist assessment when Alzheimer’s is already suspected.

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Profile – Amelia Belsey, Cardiff University

23/10/2026

Dementia Researcher

Amelia Belsey, postgraduate researcher at Cardiff University, builds in silico neuronal models to study excitation/inhibition imbalance in brain disease.

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Profile – Professor Heather Wilkinson, University of Edinburgh

23/10/2026

Dementia Researcher

Professor Heather Wilkinson, University of Edinburgh, has spent decades developing creative ways to include people living with dementia in research.

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11.4 million new dementia cases a year, and they are not evenly spread

23/10/2026

Dementia Researcher

A 22-cohort meta-analysis puts global dementia incidence at 11.4 million new cases in 2023, rising to 24.7 million by 2050, higher in women and in LMICs.

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Profile – Dr Fauzia Knight, King’s College London

23/10/2026

Dementia Researcher

Dr Fauzia Knight, Research Fellow at King’s College London, co-creates support for people with dementia, their families and the care workforce.

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Blog – Why Research Culture Needs More Than Good Intentions

22/10/2026

Dr Yvonne Couch

Dr Yvonne Couch borrows from organisational psychology to ask what research culture really means, and why it follows what we reward, not what we say.

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Blog – Celebrating Scottish Research: A Carer on PPI

22/10/2026

Dementia Researcher

Carer and PPI member Fiona Hartley on the Celebrating Scottish Research conference in Stirling, co-production, and why other conditions matter in dementia.

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Universities measure almost everything – except leadership

22/10/2026

LSE Impact Blog

Universities count papers and grants but not leadership. Christoph Trattner sets out what good research leadership looks like and how to document it.

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AD-SMART Alzheimer’s Platform Trial Launches in the UK

22/10/2026

Dementia Researcher

AD-SMART, a new UK platform trial, will test several Alzheimer’s drugs at once, starting with two repurposed medicines used for diabetes and ADHD.

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Universities are overlooking their established researchers

21/10/2026

Dementia Researcher

Steve Joy argues that established researchers need development and recognition that reflect their working lives, not just support at the start and the top