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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

Eight reasons why a PhD by publication is often a good model

13/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

A PhD by publication allows you to write for real and varied audiences, inviting intellectual exchanges that benefit your research.

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Profile – Lisa Thorpe

10/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

Studying the benefits of musical training on Implicit memory in older adults.

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Profile – Dr Jacki Stansfeld

10/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

Research Fellow on the RADAR Programme – Research into Antipsychotic Discontinuation and Reduction at University College London

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Profile – Dr Robyn Dowlen, The University of Manchester

09/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

Teaching and Research Associate, exploring ‘in the moment’ experiences; music and dementia at The University of Manchester.

Dissemination, Science

An introduction to overviews of reviews: planning a relevant research question and objective for an overview

05/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

Overviews of systematic reviews are a relatively new approach to synthesising evidence, and research methods and associated guidance are developing.

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Profile – Yvette Vermeer

05/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

Researching dementia and the use of surveillance technology (sociology)

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Podcast – Working with people with dementia and their carers

05/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

Hear from three researchers discussing their work with people with dementia, how they benefit, how to prepare, and deal with challenging symptoms.

Science

Is Alcohol Abuse a Bigger Dementia Risk Than We Thought?

03/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

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Profile – Kellie Morrissey

02/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

Working at the Open Lab, Newcastle University researching Digital Social Care

Careers, Partner Blogs

A look behind the scenes – how Alzheimer’s Research UK decides what research to fund

01/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

Earlier this year, Alzheimer’s Research UK offered dementia researchers in the early stages of their career a chance to sit in on a meeting of our Grant Review Board. Dr Lauren Walker took the opportunity…

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I want to leave academia – what’s next?

01/03/2018

Thesis Whisperer

Good advice on how NOT to be an academic when you finish your PhD is pretty thin on the ground. Many supervisors have never done anything else, and/or are not…