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.

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Blog – My Research Career from Biochemistry to Biostatistics

15/12/2022

Dr Connor Richardson

Dr Connor Richardson brings us part two of his introduction, taking us through how one step leads to another in his career to date.

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9 in 10 of the public underestimate the impact of dementia

13/12/2022

Dementia Researcher

A public opinion poll conducted by YouGov for EMBED-Care, finds that only 42% of the British public are aware that dementia is a terminal illness

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Blog – Addressing Market Failure: why we can’t let the market win

13/12/2022

Nathan Stephens

Market failure is when market forces cause poorer societal welfare – So is dementia care a market failure? Nathan Stephens discusses

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Food for Thought, Brain-Healthy Foods with Dr Michael Greger

12/12/2022

Dementia Researcher

Dr Michael Greger is a leading expert & best-selling author of How not to Die & How not to Diet. Dr Sam Moxon interviews Michael for his Food for Thought Series

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Blog – Looking back on 2022: A year of change

09/12/2022

Dr Sam Moxon

In his last blog for 2022, Dr Sam Moxon reflects on the year and shares a personal and professional perspective on events

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Blog – INTERDEM Taskforce exploring Inequalities in Care

07/12/2022

Dr Clarissa Giebel

Dr Clarissa Giebel reports back from the Alzheimer Europe Conference and a new effort from INTERDEM to research Inequalities in Dementia Care

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Profile – Dr Michael Greger, NutritionFacts.org

06/12/2022

Dementia Researcher

Dr Michael Greger, clinician, nutrition expert and author of How Not to Die, The How Not to Die Cookbook, and How Not to Diet

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Blog – Should failure be normalised in academia?

05/12/2022

Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali

Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali had a bad few months, and in this blog she asks the question: should failure be normalised in academia?

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Lecanemab – good news for people living with dementia

30/11/2022

Dementia Researcher

Lecanemab – Eisai Co. and Biogen Inc. announced today that the results from the Clarity AD clinical study of lecanemab were positive.

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Blog – Early career research events: to attend or not to attend?

30/11/2022

Dr Gaia Brezzo

How do you decide what events to, or not to attend? Is attending worthwhile? Dr Gaia Brezzo discusses in this months blog

Careers, Partner Blogs

Women and LGBTQ+ people aren’t tokens

29/11/2022

Nature Careers Blog

A disingenuous invitation made Gwen Grinyer reconsider taking part in equity, diversity and inclusion sessions at conferences. Shared from Nature Careers

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Podcast – ISFTD 2022 Conference Highlights

28/11/2022

Dementia Researcher

Dr Anna Volkmer chats Dr Chris Hardy, Jess Jiang and Dr Jochum Van’t Hooft from UCL, sharing their highlights from the recent ISFTD Conference