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, 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.

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Blog – When will we know more about dementia?

10/01/2019

Dr Anna Volkmer

New Blog from Anna Volkmer, Reflecting on what we do and don’t know as we start 2019, and what more can and should be done.

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New research to provide virtual support for people with rare dementias

09/01/2019

Dementia Researcher

New research projects announced under the ESRC-NIHR Dementia Research Initiative 2018, aiming to improve the lives of people living with dementia.

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Cleaning up, ready for the next phase

09/01/2019

Dementia Researcher

Is your desk a hot mess right now? Dr Linda Devereux can relate. In this post she shares the touching story of cleaning her office after the PhD was finished and the unexpected difficulty of the clearing out process.

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Research and innovation in the NHS 10-year plan

08/01/2019

Dementia Researcher

The NIHR welcomes the Long Term NHS Plan and is committed to working with the NHS to drive medical advances by ensuring research and innovation is an integral part of its future.