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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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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

Partner Blogs

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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Blog – What the ethics? Negotiating ethics submissions

10/09/2021

Felicity Slocombe

Research ethics are the moral principles that govern how researchers should carry work. Felicity Slocombe has some advice for getting your ethics approved