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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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IMI2 Neuronet programme releases Knowledge Base dashboard

01/02/2021

Dementia Researcher

The IMI2 Neuronet programme releases Knowledge Base dashboard representing key information on 18 neurodegeneration research projects.

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Blog – Implementing Dementia Research Findings

28/01/2021

Dr Anna Volkmer

What drives you and gives you the passion continue? Dr Anna Volkmer discusses her own work, and how she finds the implementation of discovery exciting

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New paper calls for global action to support dementia ECRs

26/01/2021

Dementia Researcher

A new editorial published in Ageing & Mental, by Dr Deborah Oliveira highlights the career challenges faced by early- and mid-career researchers in dementia.

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Blog – How the COVID-19 lockdown impacted people with dementia and their carers

26/01/2021

Dr Prerana Sabnis

Dr Prerana Sabnis discusses some of the latest research led by Dr Aida Suárez-González on the impact of COVID-19 on people with rare forms of dementia

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Blood tests could bring new hope to Alzheimer’s trials

26/01/2021

Dementia Researcher

UCL Researchers have found that blood tests measuring the hallmark Alzheimer’s protein, beta-amyloid (amyloid), could reduce the cost of clinical trials

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Podcast – Dementias Platform UK supporting researchers worldwide

25/01/2021

Dementia Researcher

Discover how DPUK is helping researchers (and can help you) with tools and access to over 3 million health records with Dr Sarah Baumeister & Dr Danielle Newby

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Blog – Looking after your wellbeing as a PhD student

22/01/2021

Dr Beth Eyre

It can sometimes feel like you take 2 steps forward & 1 step back during your #PhD, but as long as you’re moving forward, you’re doing well! In her first blog for 2021 Beth Eyre shares tips for looking after your wellbeing in a pandemic.

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Profile – Dr Prerana Sabnis

20/01/2021

Dementia Researcher

Science Communicator and Cognitive Neuropsychologist with a PhD from University of Trento, Italy and Macquarie University, Australia.

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Blog – Relational counselling as a psychosocial intervention for dementia

19/01/2021

Dr Alys Griffiths

Dr Alys Griffiths discusses the findings of her recent paper published in the Journal of Dementia – ‘Relational counselling as a psychosocial intervention for dementia: Qualitative evidence from people living with dementia and family members’. (Also published in the Welsh Language)

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Profile – Dr Danielle Newby

19/01/2021

Dementia Researcher

Postdoc with a multi-disciplinary background in epidemiology, pharmacology & machine learning, working to find drugs that could be used to prevent dementia