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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Forefront Webinar – Brain Waste Disposal System & Dementia

28/11/2021

Dementia Researcher

Dr Gemma Lace from University of Salford presents her research into the brains waste disposal system and its connections to dementia.

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New NIHR Open Access policy

25/11/2021

NIHR

The NIHR launches a new Open Access policy, requiring all peer-reviewed articles from research they fund to be made immediately open access

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Profile – Alan Richardson, Alzheimer’s Society

24/11/2021

Dementia Researcher

Former carer and Research Network Volunteer for Alzheimer’s Society providing lived experience input into the Society’s research funding programme

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Alzheimer’s Innovation Readiness Index 2021

24/11/2021

Dementia Researcher

Alzheimer’s Disease International launches its Readiness Index, which evaluates 10 European countries on how well they are addressing Alzheimer’s disease.

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Profile – Cherie Nyota, Alzheimer’s Society

24/11/2021

Dementia Researcher

Research Engagement Office for Alzheimer’s Society coordinating patient and public involvement, and working alonside Research Network volunteers.

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Blog – Conversation analysis, tips & lessons learned

23/11/2021

Felicity Slocombe

Felicity Slocombe shares the progress she is making in her research, and the lessons she has learned so far from analysing conversations.

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Donanemab Puts Plasma p-Tau, Remote Assessments to the Test

23/11/2021

Dementia Researcher

Donanemab, Aducanumab, Lecanemab and Gantenerumab its all just Monoclonal Antibodies to me! News from CTAD via Alz Forum.

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Podcast – MSc Complete, reflecting with Morgan Daniel

22/11/2021

Dementia Researcher

We’ve been following Morgan Daniel as she studies for her MSc in Dementia & Neuroscience. Adam Smith catches up with Morgan to reflect on the year.

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Blog – Tips on Job Hunting after Grad School

22/11/2021

Morgan Daniel

In the last post from Morgan Daniel’s MSc journey blogs, she discusses job hunting, the challenges, ups and downs and a few things she learned along the way.