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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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Bullied abroad: how foreign researchers can fight back

16/08/2022

Nature Careers Blog

Most international scholars do not report experiences of bullying because they fear retaliation. But they can take action learn how from Nic Fleming

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Blog – Positionality and reflexivity, and why it’s not just for qualitative research

15/08/2022

Nathan Stephens

Nathan Stephens gets his head around positionality and reflexivity, two important essential concepts in qualitiative research

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Exploring gender composition of dementia researchers at different stages

11/08/2022

Dementia Researcher

New Alzheimer’s Research UK analysis published in AMRC Open Research this week explores gender disparities in dementia researcher careers

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Experiences of Racism Associated with Poor Memory, Increased Cognitive Decline

10/08/2022

Alzheimer's Association

Experiences of racism are associated with lower memory scores & worse cognition in midlife, in old age, and especially among Black people

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Persistent Loss of Smell Due to COVID-19 Closely Connected to Long-Lasting Cognitive Problems

10/08/2022

Alzheimer's Association

Persistent loss of smell may be a better predictor of long-term cognitive and functional impairment than severity of the initial COVID-19 infection

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Profile – Dr Natasha Clarke, Universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal

10/08/2022

Dementia Researcher

Postdoctoral Research Associate who navigated her way from London to Montréal to research brain functional connectivity as a biomarker of Alzheimer’s

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Profile – Dr Richard Lofthouse, University of Aberdeen

10/08/2022

Dementia Researcher

Country music loving, antibody engineer at the University of Aberdeen currently working on the development of new antibodies against Tau protein

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Blog – A guide to moving abroad as a PhD student

08/08/2022

Dr Beth Eyre

Beth Eyre provides a very practical guide of things you need to think about and plan for when moving overseas for a work placement

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ALZ-NET: A Long-Term Data Collection and Sharing Network for New Treatments

07/08/2022

Alzheimer's Association

ALZ-NET — a new platform that will collect long-term clinical and safety data from patients treated with Alzheimer’s disease therapies

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Podcast – AAIC 2022 Day Four

05/08/2022

Dementia Researcher

Our last AAIC 2022 highlights podcast hosted by Dr Natasha Clarke with guests Dr Richard Lofthouse, Dr Diana Karamacoska and Anqesha Murray

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Recommendations for use of Alzheimer’s “Blood Tests”

05/08/2022

Alzheimer's Association

Are we ready for blood based biomarkers? New publication shared at the AAIC explores the benefits and risks of their use in clinical practice and research

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Blog – Making an impact: A week in Westminster with the Royal Society

05/08/2022

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.