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Recordings from the Alzheimer’s Society ECR Retreat 2023

16/07/2023

Alzheimer's Society

Catch-up on talks from last months Alzheimer’s Society ECR Retreat – Professor Fiona Denney, Professor Chris Bird, Dr Shadreck Mwale, Simon Hall

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Profile – Dr Aoife Cosgrave, Alzheimer’s Research UK

15/07/2023

Dementia Researcher

Science Communications Officer for Alzheimer’s Research UK supporting the charity to communicate dementia research to a wider audience.

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Profile – Dr Iain Hartnell, Alzheimer’s Society

15/07/2023

Dementia Researcher

Rehabilitated Postdoc, now a Research Communications Officer for Alzheimer’s Society translating science into language that everyone can understand.

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Profile – Samita Kirve, Royal Holloway University of London

15/07/2023

Dementia Researcher

Senior Lecturer and Admissions Lead in Occupational Therapy, starting her PhD this year in Occupational Therapy and dementia education.

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Profile – Dr Arunima Sikdar, University of North Carolina

15/07/2023

Dementia Researcher

Postdoc Research Associate working in Structural Biology, specialising in Biophysics, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology techniques for Drug Discovery.

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Profile – Dr Sarah Gregory, University of St Andrews

15/07/2023

Dementia Researcher

Dr Sarah Gregory is a Lecturer and Head of IONA at the University of St Andrews, studying dementia risk and resilience, with focus on women’s health and diet.

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Profile – Sára Zsadányi, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

15/07/2023

Dementia Researcher

PhD Student working in neuroimaging of small vessel disease in Down Syndrome, having previoulsy worked on healthy brain aging and meditation.

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Enabling dementia research using UK Biobank

15/07/2023

UK DRI

Talks from a special webinar hosted by the UK Dementia Research Institute exploring opportunities to harness the UK Biobank’s data resources for your research.

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Profile – Sam Keat, Cardiff University

15/07/2023

Dementia Researcher

PhD student in the UK Dementia Research Institute investigating the role of genetic variants in complement genes in Alzheimer’s disease risk and pathology.

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Profile – Dr Sonata Mačiulskytė, Klaipeda University

15/07/2023

Dementia Researcher

Associate Professor in Social Sciences, passionate about Patient and Public Involvement and Chairperson of the European Dementia Carers Working Group

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Profile – Dr Helena Popovic, Family Practice

15/07/2023

Dementia Researcher

Family physician, educator and author of three books working to teach patients, health professionals and the public how to improve brain health

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Profile – Vyshnavy Balendra, Saint James School of Medicine

14/07/2023

Dementia Researcher

Med Student at Saint James School of Medicine interested in Oxidative stress/ free radical damage/ therapeutic potential of nutraceuticals in Alzheimer’s