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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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Balancing Act – Dr Lovesha Sivanantharajah

02/09/2023

Dementia Researcher

Dr Lovesha Sivanantharajah talks about starting a family, pregnancy, returning to work, adapting to a new life and co-parenting – get some top tips.

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Profile – João Moreira

01/09/2023

Dementia Researcher

Staff Engineer and Husband to Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Isabel Castanho helping to deliver balance, occasional coding help and gaming support.

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Profile – Michael O’Reilly

01/09/2023

Dementia Researcher

Scenic Artist, Father and Husband to Neurologist and PhD Student Dr Zanna Voysey helping to deliver balance, great design and empathy.

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Profile – Andrew Lashley

01/09/2023

Dementia Researcher

Architect, Father and Husband to Professor Tammaryn Lashley helping to deliver balance, great design and cooking up a storm.

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Profile – Dr Zanna Voysey, University of Cambridge

01/09/2023

Dementia Researcher

Clinical Research Fellow & Neurology Specialist Registrar funded by Guarantors of Brain researching if sleep abnormalities accelerate dementia pathobiology.

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Blog – Reconsidering The Leaky Pipeline

31/08/2023

Dr Jodi Watt

Dive into Dr Jodi Watt’s blog, where they challenge academia’s “leaky pipeline” metaphor, spotlighting queer experiences, inclusion, and diversity.

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Blog – Barriers to Innovation & what it means for Dementia Research

30/08/2023

Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali

Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali uncovers barriers to scientific innovation in dementia research – resistance, funding biases, & cultural hurdles. Embrace change for progress

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Goodbye, APOE4. Hello, Healthy Brain?

29/08/2023

Alz Forum

Would carrying a muted version of APOE4, the strongest genetic risk factor of sporadic Alzheimer’s disease, protect against the disorder? Alz Forum explores

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Blog – How Dogs Are Helping Us Understand And Solve

29/08/2023

Dr Ajantha Abey

Discover dogs’ vital role in dementia research through Ajantha Abey’s blog, uncovering canine insights into human disease.

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How to identify dementia in people with hearing loss

28/08/2023

NIHR

NIHR Evidence has published new work by Dr Piers Daws introducing a new test that could could accurately diagnose dementia in people with hearing problems.

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Blog – Self-Report: It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it

25/08/2023

Rebecca Williams

Rebecca Williams’ discusses self-report scales in psychological research, talking complexity & cautioning against assumptions and advocating tailored approaches

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Eye scans can detect signs of Parkinson’s disease

23/08/2023

NIHR

A new NIHR Biomedical Research Centres Study has found that eye scans can identify signs of Parkinson’s disease up to seven years before symptoms may appear