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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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Study offers hope after dementia diagnosis

26/04/2022

Dementia Researcher

Study at Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust aims to understand if attending ‘Recovery College’ courses can help people follwoing a dementia diagnosis

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Drilling Down into the CMS Aduhelm Decision

26/04/2022

Alz Forum

Medicare limits Aduhelm coverage to clinical trials, but OKs registry-based studies for traditionally approved anti-Aβ antibodies

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Podcast – Listening to Early Career Researchers – ECR Survey

25/04/2022

Dementia Researcher

Adam Smith hosts a discussion with his ISTAART colleagues Dr Beth Shaaban, Dr Lindsay Welikovitch & Wagner Brum to discuss the findings of their ISTAART / UCL ECR Survey

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Survey shines spotlight on early career researcher life & challenges

25/04/2022

Dementia Researcher

Global survey of early career researchers reveals their feelings on a wide range of topics including job satisfaction, workplace, discrimination + more

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Blog – Dementia in Down syndrome and the role of neuroinflammation

22/04/2022

Dr Clíona Farrell

In her first blog Clíona Farrell discusses her research and why inclusion of people with Down syndrome is a key to understanding Alzheimer’s Disease.

Careers, Partner Blogs

8 Ways Universities Can Make Career Assessment Equitable

21/04/2022

Nature Careers Blog

New measures to reward scholars in the Netherlands could widen gender inequality if they are not designed and implemented correctly, warn four academics.

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Profile – Dr Clíona Farrell, University College London

21/04/2022

Dementia Researcher

Dr Clíona Farrell, Postdoc Researcher at UCL researching mechanisms of Alzheimer’s & Down syndrome, using preclinical models and human post-mortem brain tissue

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Blog – Can fasting help prevent dementia?

21/04/2022

Hannah Hussain

We are in the middle of the holy month of Ramadhan, which prompted Hannah Hussain explore diet and fasting, and the benefits for health.

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Using Consumer Data in Research

20/04/2022

National Centre for Research Methods

A three-part webinar series recording delivered by Dr Nick Bearman for the NCRM exploring the use of consumer data in research.

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Blog – Aphasia, public awareness

19/04/2022

Dr Anna Volkmer

Aphasia, Apraxia and Dysarthria something the public may be more aware of since news of Bruce Willis’s diagnosis. and it’s Dr Anna Volkmer’s specialist subject.

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Blog – How to Present Your Research

14/04/2022

Dr Yvonne Couch

Dr Yvonne Couch has a new blog which will help you avoid boring your colleagues, giving you the ins and outs of a good scientific presentation.

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AMiNDR summarising the latest research

14/04/2022

Dementia Researcher

AMiNDR – A month in neurodegeneration, a podcast made by scientists for scientists, summarising the latest abstracts to help you save time so you can conduct better research