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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.

Careers, Partner Blogs

How I switched from academia to science communication

06/08/2019

Dementia Researcher

Science communication can be a welcome destination for some PhD students, but my road there was not straightforward. It required support from a life coach and international organisations, explains Evguenia Alechine in this blog for Nature Careers.

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Time to flip your presentation format

05/08/2019

Dementia Researcher

Conference presentations often follow a simple narrative format. Pat Thomson discusses the benefits of adopting a less linear narrative structure and how doing so can create space for discussing the key messages in a research presentation.

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Blog – Health inequalities in dementia care – Knowledge Exchange

03/08/2019

Dr Clarissa Giebel

Blog from Dr Clarissa Giebel, sharing feedback from a recent knowledge exchange trip between Maastricht & Liverpool addressing health inequalities in dementia care

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Physical Activity May Shield the Brain from the Onslaught of Aβ

01/08/2019

Alz Forum

Physical activity not only benefits the heart and the body, it may also shield the brain from the damaging effects of Aβ says study published in JAMA Neurology (July 16)

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Podcast – MSc Programmes in Advanced Dementia Studies

29/07/2019

Dementia Researcher

Megan O’Hare talks with Catherine Quinn and Ana Barbosa about MSc programmes in dementia studies, who they suit, and how they can support care and academia too.

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Profile – Dr Ana Barbosa

26/07/2019

Dementia Researcher

Dementia care consultant and trainer at the Centre for Applied Dementia Studies, University of Bradford with scraped knees and a bag full of records.

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Profile – Dr James Pickett

25/07/2019

Dementia Researcher

Former Head of Research for Alzheimer’s Society now Hub Development Manager for Health Data Research UK

Careers, Partner Blogs

Planning on writing over the holidays? Here is how to do it

25/07/2019

LSE Impact Blog

Many academics use the summer holidays as a time to relax, unwind and finally get that writing project done. However, is setting aside large chunks of time over the holidays the best way to approach academic writing?