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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Profile – Dr Rebecca O’Brien, University of Nottingham

18/05/2021

Dementia Researcher

Senior Fellow, Speech and Language Therapist focused on improving the communication of healthcare practitioners when working with people living with dementia.

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Blog – Mental Health Awareness Week and Me

14/05/2021

Adam Smith

Mental Health Awareness Week, aims to reducing stigma, and raise awareness. Adam Smith wrote about his own experience and how it has affected him

Research News

UKDRI Emerging Leaders: to support bright research talent

14/05/2021

Dementia Researcher

The UK Dementia Research Institute Emerging Leaders programme – a new initiative to support research fellows on their journey to independence.

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Blog – What have I learned on my MSc so far?

12/05/2021

Morgan Daniel

Morgan Daniel reflects on what she has learned so far, as the ‘taught’ part of her MSc comes to an end, highlighting everything learned in a short time

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Blog – A resource for translational stroke research

11/05/2021

Dementia Researcher

Dr Siobhan Crilly & James Cooper discuss their dataset of genes expressed in macrophages and neutrophils that have been isolated from a zebrafish

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Profile – Dr Siobhan Crilly

11/05/2021

Dementia Researcher

Postdoc at The University of Manchester and keeper of fish. Researching Stroke and modelling in vitro in order to reduce the number of animals required

Funding

Postdoctoral Funding Opportunities in the US

10/05/2021

Dementia Researcher

John Hopkins University continuously update a repository of federal and private funding opportunities from the US – take a look

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Podcast – COVID-19 Care Home Research

10/05/2021

Dementia Researcher

Dr Clarissa Giebel hosts Professor Adam Gordon, Dr Ramona Backhaus and Paul Marlow talking about their research on COVID-19 and Care Homes

Careers

Good presentation skills benefit careers — and science

08/05/2021

Nature Careers Blog

Compelling reasons for researchers to prioritize developing the skills that will improve their presentations. Shared from Nature Careers

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Profile – James Cooper

08/05/2021

Dementia Researcher

Research Technician working to understand the role of innate immune cells that regulate inflammation following intracerebral haemorrhage

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Blog – Research networking in a socially distanced age

05/05/2021

Dr Clarissa Giebel

Have you remained connected to your colleagues and the wider research community over the last year? Clarissa discusses she’s maintained collaborations

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Profile – Dr Ramona Backhaus

05/05/2021

Dementia Researcher

Postdoctoral Researcher in the Living Lab in Ageing and Long-Term Care, Maastricht University researching improvements in staffing in long-term care.