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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Blog – 5 transferable skills you can gain from a PhD

05/10/2021

Dr Beth Eyre

Beth Eyre reflects on the skills she has gained through her PhD, and how they could be transferred into the job market (over and above awesome lab skills).

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Carers benefit from online help for anxiety and depression

04/10/2021

NIHR

NIHR Evidence has published a review of research by Dr Jane Fossey, comparing online CBT with and without telephone support online psychoeducation.

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Podcast – Literature meets science – Finding the Right Words

04/10/2021

Dementia Researcher

Dr Claire Sexton talks with Cindy Miller & Professor Bruce Miller about their new book, which brings together Neuroscience and a story family and dementia

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Adam Smith adds to the World Dementia Council Global Voices

03/10/2021

Dementia Researcher

Our Programme Director Adam Smith was asked to write a blog for the World Dementia Council, take look to see how he connected ECRs to Space X Inspiration 4.

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Profile – Prof Bruce Miller, University of California San Francisco

03/10/2021

Dementia Researcher

Behavioral neurologist studying the underlying mechanisms of neurocognitive disorders & Co-Director of the Global Brain Health Institute

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Profile – Prof Cindy Weinstein, California Institute of Technology

03/10/2021

Dementia Researcher

Professor of English at the Caltech & Global Brain Health Institute Fellow inspired to dementia research in honour of her father who was diagnosed in the 1980s.

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People with dementia need more involvement in decisions about their long-term care

30/09/2021

NIHR

Research by Dr Rachael Kelley, highlighting that info-sharing, decision-making & capacity assessments can be improved for hospitalised people with dementia

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International Podcast Day – What we’re listening to

30/09/2021

Dementia Researcher

It’s International Podcast Day, so Adam Smith is sharing is current faves, which could be worth adding to your own line-up.

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Forefront Webinar – Using Narrative Design for Dementia Care

29/09/2021

Dementia Researcher

Loukia Minetou from University of Stirling presents on her great work on improving dementia care and using narrative design to improve support and environments.