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Profile – Professor Christian Benedict, Uppsala University

10/06/2026

Dementia Researcher

Professor Christian Benedict is Professor of Pharmacology at Uppsala University, researching how sleep affects the brain and dementia risk.

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Alzheimer’s Research UK invests £9.5m in research

10/06/2026

Dementia Researcher

Alzheimer’s Research UK invests a record £9.5m in 25 dementia research projects, supporting new ideas, better diagnosis and future treatments.

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Profile – Dr Clare Ellis-Smith, King’s College London

10/06/2026

Dementia Researcher

Dr Clare Ellis Smith is a Senior Lecturer at King’s College London researching dementia palliative care and person centred outcomes for families and carers.

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The Hidden REF 26 is open & dementia research belongs in it

09/06/2026

Dementia Researcher

The Hidden REF 2026 is open. It celebrates the data, tools and people dementia research relies on but the REF overlooks. Entries close 13 Sept.

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Introducing the new Alzheimer’s Society awardees

09/06/2026

Alzheimer's Society

Alzheimer’s Society funds 17 new dementia research awards, supporting early career researchers across diagnosis, care, prevention and disease biology.

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Blog – Learning to Belong Somewhere New

09/06/2026

Dr Connor Richardson

Dr Connor Richardson swapped Newcastle for Edinburgh after almost ten years. He reflects on the excitement, the fear and learning to belong somewhere new.