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Profile – Dr Wioleta Zelek, Cardiff University

21/09/2021

Dementia Researcher

Race Against Dementia Fellow, at Cardiff University focussing on the complement system, its biology & roles in disease & in manipulating the system for therapy.

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Profile – Dr Aitana Sogorb-Esteve, University College London

21/09/2021

Dementia Researcher

Race Against Dementia Research Fellow and multi-instrumentalist at University College London looking for fluid biomarkers of synaptic dysfunction in genetic FTD

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Profile – Dr Emily Hill, University of Warwick

21/09/2021

Dementia Researcher

Race Against Dementia Research Fellow, using electrophysiological approaches to understand the mechanisms underlying tau pathology in neurodegeneration.

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Making it Brain – What its like to be a dementia researcher

17/09/2021

UK DRI

Catch-up on this fantastic webinar from the UK Dementia Research institute, a neuroscience research & career webinar for students

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Blog – Dementia Reporting Season

17/09/2021

Dr Clarissa Giebel

Dr Clarissa Giebel discusses the latest report from the UK APPG and WHO, and reflects on what made the spotlight, and what didn’t.

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New WHO Dementia Statistics & Status Report

16/09/2021

Dementia Researcher

The World Health Organisation has updated it’s Dementia fact sheet with the latest statistics around Dementia to coincide with World Alzheimer’s Month

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Blog – Why does brain injury increase the risk of dementia?

14/09/2021

Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali

Experiencing a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the strongest modifiable risk factor for developing dementia. Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali introduces her research

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Five keys to writing a reproducible lab protocol

14/09/2021

Nature Careers Blog

Effective sharing of experimental methods is crucial to ensuring that others can repeat results – tools to help. Shared from Nature Careers.

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Podcast – Supporting Social Care Research & Building Capacity

13/09/2021

Dementia Researcher

A discussion about social care research, with a researcher & 2 funders, Alzheimer’s Society & the NIHR. Exploring how they’re bringing new capacity to the field

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Profile – Dr Teresa Atkinson, University of Worcester

10/09/2021

Dementia Researcher

Senior Research Fellow at University of Worcester undertaking quality of life research, for people living with dementia and those who support them.

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Profile – Tom Redfearn

10/09/2021

Dementia Researcher

Alzheimer’s Society Public Affairs Manager working to influence the government to change policy to have a more positive impact on people affected by dementia.

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Profile – Dr Michael Clark, NIHR School for Social Care Research

10/09/2021

Dementia Researcher

Research Programme Manager for the NIHR School for Social Care Research & Associate Research Fellow looking at Care Policy

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