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MRC announces future investment in doctoral training

09/07/2021

Dementia Researcher

MRC has committed £79 million to support doctoral training for the next three years, through its Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) competition.

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Profile – Professor Jennifer Whitwell

09/07/2021

Dementia Researcher

Originally from the UK and now Professor of Radiology at the May Clinic, focused on the investigation of neuroimaging biomarkers

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Profile – Nathan Stephens, University of Worcester

09/07/2021

Dementia Researcher

PhD Student working on the Worcestershire Meeting Centres Community Support Programme , exploring a countywide approach to scaling up the service.

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Profile – Dr Betty Tijms

08/07/2021

Dementia Researcher

Associate Professor at Amsterdam UMC, researching interindividual differences in the early stages of Alzheimer’s through MR imaging and CSF proteomic analyses.

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Blog – Including the voices of people with dementia

08/07/2021

Dr Anna Volkmer

Dr Anna Volkmer shares how she approaches PPI when those people have cognitive and communication difficulties – advice for 1st timers.

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Scotland Brain Health & Dementia Research Strategy

08/07/2021

Dementia Researcher

Alzheimer Scotland, The Scottish Dementia Research Consortium and Brain Health Scotland have launched a Brain Health & Dementia Research Strategy

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Blog – How to build resilience and bounce back

06/07/2021

Adam Smith

Had a grant or manuscript rejection? Ethics challenges or experiment that didn’t work? Adam Smith has tips to build your resilience & help you overcome hurdles

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Transferable skills that span academia and industry

06/07/2021

Nature Careers Blog

Many researcher entrepreneurs forge successful portfolio careers across the two sectors. But how do they do it? This article from Nature Careers may help

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Profile – Professor Zahinoor Ismail

05/07/2021

Dementia Researcher

Zahinoor Ismail is a Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, Epidemiology & Pathology at University of Calgary exploring dementia prognostication & early detection

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Podcast – AAIC 2021 Preview

05/07/2021

Dementia Researcher

Adam Smith talks with Dr Claire Sexton, Alzheimer’s Associations Director, Scientific Programs and Outreach to hear what they have planned for AAIC 2021

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Blog – The Aduhelm Paradox

04/07/2021

Dr Sam Moxon

You may think Aducanumab is the miracle dementia drug we’ve been waiting for, so why do many researchers disagree? Dr Sam Moxon explores

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Blog – How does a brain bank work?

02/07/2021

Dr Christina Toomey

Dr Christina Toomey has worked at the Queen Square Brain Bank for 10 years, in this post we hear about her work and how it helps researchers worldwide

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