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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.

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Building a culture of research impact

21/01/2019

LSE Impact Blog

Louise Shaxson writes for the LSE Impact Blog suggesting developing a culture of engagement and collaboration, is just as important to achieving research impact.

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Podcast – Research and Improving NHS Dementia Care

21/01/2019

Dementia Researcher

Emily Oliver and Naomi Gallant discuss improving NHS dementia care in hospitals, from mealtimes to relational care and better staff support.

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Outputs from the UK DRI Meet The Funders Workshop

20/01/2019

Dementia Researcher

Representatives from the MRC, Wellcome, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Alzheimer’s Society describing support schemes suitable for early career researchers

Dissemination, Science

CryoEM γ-Secretase Structures Nail APP, Notch Binding

18/01/2019

Alz Forum

In the January 11 Science, Yigong Shi, Tsinghua University, Beijing, and colleagues present a high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy structure of γ-secretase enfolding a fragment of APP. Find out more on their work from this post on the Alz Forum.

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Profile – Dr Emily Jones

17/01/2019

Dementia Researcher

Lead Dementia Nurse at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, passionate about improving dementia care in acute hospitals.

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Turing Lecture from Stephen Friend – How smartphones and wearable technology can help in the care of chronic illnesses

16/01/2019

Dementia Researcher

Now available watch healthcare researcher Stephen Friend’s Turing Lecture on using smartphones & wearable technology to support those with chronic conditions such as dementia.

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Enabling NHS staff to contribute to research

15/01/2019

Dementia Researcher

A new report from the RAND Europe looks at NHS staffs contribution to research reflecting on current practice and informing future opportunities

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Profile – Dr Naomi Gallant, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

14/01/2019

Dementia Researcher

Occupational Therapist and Clinical Academic now putting what she found in her PhD into practice back working in the National Health Service

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The ICFTD Conference’s Podcast

14/01/2019

Dementia Researcher

Seven podcasts from the International Society for Frontotemporal Dementias sharing presentations and news from the 11th Conference for Frontotemporal Dementias, held during November 2018 in Sydney, Australia.

Careers, Dissemination

Diversity & Inclusion Schemes

11/01/2019

Dementia Researcher

In this helpful post by Tom Davies shared from the King’s Careers Blog they share a round-up of some of the main providers of diversity and inclusion schemes in the UK.