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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Podcast – Diet and Alzheimer’s Disease, ISTAART Research Perspectives

05/09/2022

Dementia Researcher

Dr Claire McEvoy & Daniel Gibbs provide a researcher and participant perspective on diet and cognition in this ISTAART Perspectives Podcast

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Profile – Dr Sarah Campbell, Manchester Metropolitan University

04/09/2022

Dementia Researcher

Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University leading Dementia and Ageing research inspired by personal family experience of dementia.

Careers

Feeling lonely in research? You’re not alone

02/09/2022

Nature Careers Blog

The research world can feel isolating, especially for first-generation students and those moving to a new country. Post by Jolene Tan from Nature Careers

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Profile – Dr Daniel Gibbs, Alzheimer’s Association

01/09/2022

Dementia Researcher

Retired Neurologist and Neuroscientist living with Mild Cognitive Impairment, study participant and blogger tattooonmybrain.com

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Urgent action needed to address inequalities in dementia

01/09/2022

Dementia Researcher

A new report from the UK Dementia Research Institute details the impact of scientific research on health inequalities for people affected by dementia

Research News

Falls prevention programme is effective in care homes

31/08/2022

NIHR

Read how an NIHR Funded falls prevention programme was effective in care homes in the 3 to 6 months after it was introduced in this update from NIHR Evidence

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Blog – The Importance of Public Trust in Science

31/08/2022

Dr Sam Moxon

In this blog Dr Sam Moxon talks about the dangers of scientific misconduct and the importance of ethics and integrity in research.

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Diagnosis, Care & Research in Low & Middle Income Countries

30/08/2022

Dementia Researcher

If you’re based in a Low- and Middle-income Country, the ISTAART Diversity and Disparities Professional Interest Area (PIA) needs your help.

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Blog – From remote to face-to-face International Research in Colombia

30/08/2022

Dr Clarissa Giebel

Dr Clarissa Giebel wants her research to influence policy and bring about real change, but to do that you need to know how policy is decided.

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Profile – Dr Claire McEvoy, Queen’s University Belfast

30/08/2022

Dementia Researcher

Dietitian and Senior Lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast investigating the role of nutrition, plant-based diets and lifestyle behaviours in age-related disease

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Blog – The Great Academic Resignation

26/08/2022

Dr Yvonne Couch

Heard of ‘Quit Lit’? Don’t look, it will only despress you. In this Dr Yvonne Couch discusses the great academic resignation and what needs to change.