News & Features

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.

Careers

EDI in clinical research: The case for adaptive strategies at every step

29/02/2024

NIHR

Interactive NIHR webinar recording delving beneath the surface of EDI in research to unpick common challenges in offering equal participation opportunities

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Profile – Dr Tim Siegert, Allyx Therapeutics

29/02/2024

Dementia Researcher

Innovator, Co-Founder, President & COO of Allyx Therapeutics former Yale Blavatnik Fellow working on Neurodegenerative diseases and synapse protection.

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Many Models in R – A Thriller in Three Parts

29/02/2024

National Centre for Research Methods

This resource from the NCRM shares an approach to using the tidyverse package to run many models within the programming language R delivered by Liam Wright

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Blog – How to use basic AI as a daily research tool

29/02/2024

Dr Ajantha Abey

Ajantha Abey explores explores the use of AI for research support; from writing to generating ideas, while being aware of its limits… and ethics

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Profile – Trevor Salomon

28/02/2024

Dementia Researcher

Trevor Salomon is vice-chair of the European Dementia Carers Working Group, using his caring experience to promote dementia awareness and support family carers

Partner Blogs

Could roving researchers help address the challenge of taking parental leave?

28/02/2024

Nature Careers Blog

Institutions are taking notice of a handful of programmes designed to address the issues scientists face when choosing to take a long-term absence.

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Blog – The price of deception, Academia’s dark side

27/02/2024

Dr Gaia Brezzo

Dr Gaia Brezzo discusses the pervasive issue of academic fraud, exploring motivations behind it & proposing solutions for a more ethical research environment

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ENLIVEN Programme Knowledge Exchange

26/02/2024

Dementia Researcher

Sharing outcomes from the ENLIVEN Project – Helping older people living with Dementia get outdoors and connect with nature.

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Blog – My experience as an ISTAART Ambassador

22/02/2024

Sára Erzsebet Zsadányi

Sára Erzsebet Zsadányi writes her first blog for Dementia Researcher, talking about her experience as an ISTAART Ambassador – you too could join the programme!

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Blog – Nonpharmacological interventions PIA Year in Review Recap

20/02/2024

Marija Taneska

Marija Taneska shares highlights from the recent ISTAART Nonpharmacological interventions PIA Year in Review Webinar which included a focus on new digital tools

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NIHR Impact for Researchers

19/02/2024

NIHR

In this series of six videos, the UK NIHR provides an introduction on how to maximise the benefit and impact of your research.

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Blog – British Neuropathological Society Meeting Highlights

19/02/2024

Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali

Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali discusses cutting-edge neuropathology at the 125th BNS meeting, highlighting collaborative prospects in neurodegeneration research.