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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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Podcast – Young onset dementia and PhD life in Sydney

29/04/2019

Dementia Researcher

Adam Smith talks to Michelle Lai and Luisa Krein in Sydney about young onset dementia, PhD life, studying abroad, publishing pressure and work life balance.

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Guest Blog – Retaining research study participants

24/04/2019

Dr Anna Volkmer

New Blog from Anna Volkmer, talking about her experience of finding and retaining dementia research study participants.

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Profile – Michelle Lai

23/04/2019

Dementia Researcher

Research officer and PhD student at the University of Sydney, working in Young-onset dementia and fuelled by Australian sunshine and classic British comedy.

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Networking for introverted scientists

23/04/2019

Dementia Researcher

Networking is a crucial skill for all scientists. Ruth Gotian offers tips for those who struggle to make it work, in this blog from Nature Careers.

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Blog – People with dementia are still able to engage in daily tasks – so let’s stop doing everything for them

18/04/2019

Dr Clarissa Giebel

Blog from Dr Clarissa Giebel, exploring the fine balance between caring, helping, empowering and disempowering people with living with dementia.

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Dealing with Rejection in Academia

17/04/2019

LSE Impact Blog

In this repost from the LSE Impact Blog, Staci Zavattaro, reflects on rejection in academia and gives 6 tips on how to manage the inevitable rejections that are part of academic life.

Dissemination, Science

Resetting Brain Rhythms Gives Working Memory a Brief Boost

16/04/2019

Alz Forum

Groups of neurons fire in sync with each other across the brain when it performs a task; however, with age, they fall out of step. Can an electrical current have a restorative effect?

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Podcast – Risk Enablement in Dementia Care

15/04/2019

Dementia Researcher

Megan O’Hare explores dementia care with Pippa Collins and Kellyn Lee, from Southampton, on functional objects, identity, and enabling mobility in hospitals UK

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Profile – Dr Pippa Collins, University of Southampton

12/04/2019

Dementia Researcher

Safe driver and Dem Comm Research Fellow and physiotherapist by background, currently work as an ACP in frailty developing frailty pathways in Southampton.

Careers, Partner Blogs

Five reasons to do an internship during your PhD programme

10/04/2019

Dementia Researcher

Rekindle your love for problem-solving by taking your lab skills to a completely different environment, says Jessica Sagers, in this Blog for Nature Careers.

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Profile – Dr Kellyn Lee

09/04/2019

Dementia Researcher

Senior Research Assistant and PhD Student at the University of Southampton, researching Dementia Care. Fuelled by the great outdoors, gin and chocolate

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Negative Impact – Is it possible to manage potentially harmful research findings?

08/04/2019

LSE Impact Blog

What do you do with research that produces potentially harmful results? In this post for the LSE Impact Blog Andrew Crane, explores how research can produce negative as well as positive impacts on society.