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.

Dissemination, Partner Blogs

Why I think junior researchers really benefit from datathon events

12/09/2019

Dementia Researcher

Blog by Dr Sarah Bauermeister shared from the UK Dementias Platform website, discussing their work on datathons and how they can support and develop younger data scientists in dementia research.

Careers

Thesis Whisperer – Some New Books on Writing

11/09/2019

Thesis Whisperer

There’s a LOT of books out there on how to do a thesis/dissertation. In this article from the Thesis Whisperer website, they have ploughed through a couple of new books on the subject, and provided a compilation of reviews. Would a new guide help inspire and organise your time?

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Profile – Dr Lorraine Work

10/09/2019

Dementia Researcher

Orcadian and Reader at the University of Glasgow researching Vascular cognitive impairment, small vessel disease and ischaemic stroke

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Profile – Dr Fiona Kerr

10/09/2019

Dementia Researcher

Research Fellow at the Glasgow Caledonian University, researching the Molecular causes of Alzheimer’s disease. Spending spare time drawing, making, dinosaur digging and going to tea parties!

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Blog – Alzheimer’s Research UK Scotland Network: Growing Dementia Research in Glasgow

10/09/2019

Dr Fiona Kerr

New blog from Dr Fiona Kerr, and Dr Lorraine Work sharing news from the recent ARUK Scotland network meeting.

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Podcast – Writing Your Thesis

09/09/2019

Dementia Researcher

Thesis writing tips, struggles and real talk from researchers who’ve been there. Get motivated, feel less alone, and maybe even enjoy getting back to writing

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Profile – Dr Maxine Mackintosh, Genomics England

07/09/2019

Dementia Researcher

Postdoc Researcher and a cofounder of One HealthTech, leading the Genomics England Diverse Data initiative to to reduce health inequalities in genomic medicine.

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Profile – Dr Josie Jenkinson

07/09/2019

Dementia Researcher

Horse whisperer and Consultant Psychiatrist for Older People and Vice Chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Faculty of Old Age Psychiatrist.

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Blog – Consenting study participants in dementia research

05/09/2019

Dr Anna Volkmer

New blog from Anna Volkmer – tips and hints and guidance (and how to use them) for anyone attempting to produce an information or consent form for their study.

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New NIHR Funding Call – Research for Patient Benefit Programme – Competition 40

05/09/2019

Dementia Researcher

Applications are invited for research proposals that are concerned with the day-to-day practice of health service staff, and which have the potential to have an impact on the health or wellbeing of patients and users of the NHS.

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PPI in pre clinical and basic life sciences research

05/09/2019

Dementia Researcher

Dr Emma Dorris, University College Dublin delivers a session on ‘Patient and Public Involvement in preclinical and basic life sciences research’.

Dissemination

Reflections on academic fundraising: the art of getting there

04/09/2019

LSE Impact Blog

In this post from the LSE Impact Blog, Abel Polese reflects on his own experiences of academic fundraising and argues that for researchers seeking research funding, failure is relative and that rather than trying to game the system academics should focus on quality.