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 – Meeting of minds: Qualitative Research in Dementia

30/09/2019

Dr Anna Volkmer

Researchers unite to improve qualitative research with people with dementia and communication difficulties, sharing methods, ethical ideas and support.

Careers, Dissemination

How to make a career in medical research?

26/09/2019

Dementia Researcher

If you wish to contribute to the body of knowledge in medical sciences then you are a right candidate for a career in Medical Research – but resilience is a key requirement!

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Profile – Dr Jemima Dooley, University of Exeter

26/09/2019

Dementia Researcher

Dr Jemima Dooley is a Research Fellow at the University of Exeter studying communication and decision making in dementia care.

Careers, Funding

Help funders help you: Five tips for writing effective funding applications

26/09/2019

Adam Smith

This post written by Neil A. Lewis, Jr. from Cornell University for Science Magazine provides five tips to guide the way when writing your next funding application.

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Podcast – Collaborations & Qualitative Research in Dementia

25/09/2019

Dementia Researcher

Qualitative dementia researchers come together to share ideas, build links, and explore better ways to involve people with dementia in research.

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Blog – Preparing for your Viva Voce Examination

24/09/2019

Dr Naomi Gallant

New blog from Naomi Gallant – having just gone through the Viva, Naomi shares some snippets from her own experience which we hope may help you along the way. Adding to this weeks Viva theme.

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Podcast – Preparing for your Viva

23/09/2019

Dementia Researcher

Regular contributor Anna Volkmer is joined Dr Sarah Aldous, Dr James Fletcher and Dr Robyn Dowlen, with advice for anyone about to sit their viva.

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Profile – Dr Sarah Aldous

22/09/2019

Dementia Researcher

Post-doctoral research associate at University College London, funded by the UK Dementia Research Institute to research Huntingdon’s Disease. Likes to move it, move it with King Julien XIII.

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Could bots be contaminating your research?

19/09/2019

Adam Smith

Melissa Simone a PhD student from the University of Minnesota recently tweeted a very interesting thread, sharing her experience of problems she had with maintaining data integrity in her online survey.

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Work-life balance.. or should that be life-work balance?

19/09/2019

Dementia Researcher

Alexandra Olaya-Castro & Geraint Rees discuss the challenges and turning points as they maintain the balance between success in academia and personal life.

Top tips

5 top tips when preparing for your Alzheimer’s Society fellowship interview

17/09/2019

Dementia Researcher

Interviews can be stressful, especially if you are already eight to twelve months into the application process, and you feel as though your career is riding on clearing this final hurdle – Sophie Roberts from Alzheimer;s Society shares her top 5 tips for preparing for a fellowship application.

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Blog – Singing and dancing with people with dementia

16/09/2019

Dr Clarissa Giebel

Blog from Clarissa Giebel, discussing new dementia care services and how researchers can support service evaluation, and don’t always have to lead the development of interventions.