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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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

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Race Against Dementia fuels new Australian research

19/01/2021

Dementia Researcher

Race Against Dementia announces recipients of the ‘Race Against Dementia – Dementia Australia Research Foundation Post-doctoral Fellowship’ programme

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A retrospective analysis of the peer review

18/01/2021

Dementia Researcher

Most funding agencies rely on peer review to evaluate grant applications and proposals, but do changes to process affect funding decisions?

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Blog – Finding the right experience

18/01/2021

Morgan Daniel

Thinking about the next steps in her MSc, Morgan Daniel discusses the challenge of finding some work experience, and shares her tips for others doing the same.

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Tips for applying for a NIHR Pre-doctoral Fellowship

17/01/2021

NIHR

Gain insights into the NIHR Pre-doctoral Fellowships and find out what makes a successful application with Rosie Padley and David Lunn.

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Blog – New year, new goals

14/01/2021

Dr Emily Jones

Dr Emily Oliver, discusses her goals for 2021, with advise on how you can also make your own goals SMART.

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Webinar Catch-up – The Dementia Enquirers Programme

13/01/2021

Dementia Researcher

Philly Hare and George Rooks discuss their work on the Dementia Enquirers Programme, funding & supporting people living with dementia to lead their own research

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Call for Data Study Group challenges

13/01/2021

UK DRI

UK DRI and DEMON Network are seeking a range of research questions (challenges) across disciplines to better understand dementia-causing disorders.

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Blog – Interviewing people with dementia and carers remotely

13/01/2021

Dr Sarah Griffiths

Dr Sarah Griffiths and Dr Hannah Wheat reflect on the challenges that remote interviewing of study participants brought for the Dementia-Person Aligned Care Team (D-PACT) project, and practices that addressed them.

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Blog – Science Operates on Evidence, not Proof

12/01/2021

Dr Sam Moxon

New blog by Dr Sam Moxon, discussing evidence versus proof. Arguing that proof restricts the scientific endeavour because if we can prove everything, we may as well stop looking. Then who knows what we will miss?

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Think Brain Health – policy, clinical & research

11/01/2021

Dementia Researcher

Presentations from ‘Think Brain Health’ Conference, including Professors Philip Scheltens, Craig Ritchie, Wiesje van der Flier