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Blog – The Thesis: Sitting on the edge of the precipice looking into the abyss

07/03/2019

Dr Anna Volkmer

New Blog from Anna Volkmer, sharing a few tips and hints that seemed small but have really helped her on route through her PhD.

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Profile – Dr Kirsty McAleese

06/03/2019

Dementia Researcher

Junior Research Fellow at Newcastle University working in Neuropathology, white matter damage in dementia and MRI-pathology correlates in dementia. Who can always find time for her favourite show on Bravo (can you guess which?)

Careers, Partner Blogs

Self-plagiarism: When is re-purposing text ethically justifiable?

05/03/2019

LSE Impact Blog

Mark Israel explores the ethics of self-plagiarism for the LSE Impact Blog and asks, when is it right to reproduce social research?

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Podcast – Career Paths to Studying Huntington’s Disease Linked Dementia

04/03/2019

Dementia Researcher

Lakshini Mendis speaks with Dr Marina Papoutsi, Dr Akshay Nair and Lauren Byrne, from the Huntington’s Disease Centre at University College London.

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Profile – Dr Akshay Nair

01/03/2019

Dementia Researcher

Budding photographer and Wolfson Clinical Fellow at UCL, researching Neuropsychiatric symptoms in Huntington’s disease

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Multi-Gene Score Predicts Cognitive Decline Independently of Brain Imaging

28/02/2019

Alz Forum

On their own, most genetic variations linked to Alzheimer’s disease affect a person’s risk by a minuscule amount. Together, however, they pack a wallop, This article from Alz Forum explains.

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ARUK Blog: The Dementia Revolution is saving me

27/02/2019

Dementia Researcher

In 2017, Laura found out she carries a rare gene which means she will develop early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Now she’s using the Dementia Revolution to speak out about her diagnosis.

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Profile – Dr Marina Papoutsi

26/02/2019

Dementia Researcher

Research Associate at UCL, working on Cognitive impairment in Huntington’s disease helped by a constant supply of Green Tea.

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Some tentative advice about advice

26/02/2019

Dementia Researcher

This post was written by Dr Amber Gwynne, for Thesis Whisperer. Amber is a researcher, writer and academic editor from Brisbane, Australia. Should you always accept the advise of others?

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Profile – Lauren Byrne

25/02/2019

Dementia Researcher

Potterhead and Research Fellow at UCL, working towards her PhD working on Biofluid biomarkers for Huntington’s disease

Careers, Partner Blogs

Undertaking a PhD in an International Lab

21/02/2019

Dementia Researcher

How many times through your PhD have you asked yourself: “Why am I doing this? Is this what I wanted? Is it all worth it?” Sonia Sanz Muñoz blogs for Hello Bio.

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Review assesses the benefits and harms of exercise for preventing falls in older people living in the community

20/02/2019

Dementia Researcher

New evidence published in the Cochrane Library provides strong evidence that falls in people over sixty-years old can be prevented by exercise programmes.

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