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 – An incoherent blurb from an unpaid family care worker

28/06/2022

Nathan Stephens

You’ll already know Nathan Stephens the brilliant PhD Student, in this blog we get to Nathan Stephens the unpaid family carer

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A Postdoc’s guide to choosing the right lab

27/06/2022

Nature Careers Blog

Allison McClure describes how she secured her first postdoctoral position and shares her thoughts on how laboratories can attract candidates for Nature Careers

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Continence, dementia & preserving dignity

23/06/2022

NIHR

NIHR Evidence review looks at the latest continence research for professionals, family and carers, to support improvements and identify research gaps

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Blog – Do you have to be a good writer to be a successful academic?

22/06/2022

Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali

Do you spend more time writing, or undertaking experiments? Did you expect that? Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali discusses in her new blog.

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Profile – Esra Hassan, Brighton and Sussex Medical School

21/06/2022

Dementia Researcher

PhD Student working to establish the drivers and determinants of dementia attitudes in adolescents and understanding how they form and change over time

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Podcast – Writing the BEST Fellowship Application

20/06/2022

Dementia Researcher

Dr Stefania Forner from Alzheimer’s Association guest hosts a discussion with the Association current & past grant holders to get their top tips

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Discovery indicates MND may be caused by abnormal lipid processing in cells

20/06/2022

Dementia Researcher

Genetics study adds weight to a theory that motor neurone degenerative diseases are caused by abnormal lipid processing pathways inside brain cells

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Profile – Dr Stefania Forner, Alzheimer’s Association

17/06/2022

Dementia Researcher

Director, Medical & Scientific Relations for Alzheimer’s Association, overseeing the International Research Grants Program.

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Blog – Negative Data

17/06/2022

Dr Yvonne Couch

Dr Yvonne Couch talks about how ECRs can help the scientific field change by thinking about how, where and what we publish, and use the negative data.

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Podcast – Whats new with Alzheimers Society Grants

16/06/2022

Dementia Researcher

Adam Smith talks with the Alzheimer’s Society Grants Team, sharing details on 10 brand new grants – PhDs, Fellowships, Clinicians, Careers & Projects

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Profile – Dr DeAnnah R. Byrd, Arizona State University

15/06/2022

Dementia Researcher

Assistant Prof at Arizona State studying the effects of chronic conditions & stressors in older Blacks and reducing dementia among minority populations

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Blog – Can Conversation Analysis infiltrate mainstream Dementia Research?

15/06/2022

Dr Anna Volkmer

Do research funders and those responsible for comissioning service favour quantative research over qualitative? Dr Anna Volkmer thinks so