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Profile – Professor Emma Mead, University of Oxford

01/07/2020

Dementia Researcher

Professor Emma Mead leads the neuroinflammation team at ARUK’s Oxford Drug Discovery Institute, developing cell-based assays for new dementia treatments.

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What Black scientists want from colleagues & institutions

26/06/2020

Nature Careers Blog

Frustrated and exhausted by systemic racism in the science community, Black researchers outline steps for action.

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Webinar Catch-up – Virtual Teaching and Learning

26/06/2020

Dementia Researcher

Erin L. Dolan, Ph.D., explores the similarities and differences between in-person and online instruction, equity and inclusion.

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Tau: Why Alzheimer’s Worsens Fast in Some, Slowly in Others

25/06/2020

Alz Forum

Update on research underlining once more the importance of the soluble tau oligomeric assemblies over long tau filaments in Alzheimer’s disease

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Catch-up – Sporting reminiscence in dementia by Dr Cara Sass

25/06/2020

Dementia Researcher

In this webinar, first broadcast Dr Cara Sass, Research Fellow from Leeds University discusses her research on sports reminiscence therapy.

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Podcast – If you can’t love yourself, then how the hell you gonna love your science – Part 2

22/06/2020

Dementia Researcher

So much to talk about we made it a two part special – part two of ‘A semi-serious chat with three early career researchers about self-care in academia’.

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Podcast – If you can’t love yourself, then how the hell you gonna love your science – Part 1

22/06/2020

Dementia Researcher

A semi-serious chat with three early career researchers about self-care in academia – delivered in a two part special. Insights into live in research.

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Profile – Mohammad Amin Abdollahi

19/06/2020

Dementia Researcher

Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapist researching links between the olfactory system, attention, memory, ageing and Cognitive Disorders based in Tehran, Iran.

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Catchup – Moving Away from the Scientific Pack

19/06/2020

Dementia Researcher

Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, Ph.D., discusses how to move into uncharted territory in research and studying nontraditional research organisms.

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Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods Raise Odds of Alzheimer’s

18/06/2020

Dementia Researcher

Living in an under served neighbourhood has been linked to all manner of health problems and disadvantages, and a new study adds Alzheimer’s disease to the list