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.

Careers no comments

Explore the skills that can open career doors after your doctoral training

01/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

Ph.D. holders in a variety of careers agree that they started developing many of the professional skills they use in their jobs while they were in grad school. The information…

Researcher Stories add comment

Advice about becoming a scientist – Dementia Explained

01/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

Content provided by Alzheimer’s Research UK

Inspiring stories add comment

Peter’s story

01/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

It all started after a catalogue of incidents made Peter suspect he had a problem. He ordered some clothes online in completely the wrong size. He made arrangements to meet…

Inspiring stories add comment

Pat’s story

01/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

Photo: Pat (left), posing with husband David, daughter Robyn and newborn Poppy Joan Pat Sikes husband, David, lives with dementia. She explains the power of speaking out instead of stewing…

Researcher Stories add comment

What do NIHR Clinical Research Nurses love about Research Nursing?

01/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

Watch this short interview with Clinical Research Nurses on International Nurses Day 2017

Careers, Lifestyle add comment

In praise of academic spouses

01/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

This post is by Moira Hansen who is currently in the 3rd year of her Lord Kelvin Adam Smith-funded PhD at the University of Glasgow. As a graduate of both…

Profile add comment

Profile – Dr Timothy Rittman

19/02/2018

Dementia Researcher

Neurology registrar and research scientist using imaging to understand how neurodegenerative diseases progress through the brain.

Profile add comment

Profile – Dr Amy Monaghan

19/02/2018

Dementia Researcher

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pharmacology and Screening

Profile add comment

Profile – Dr Ione Woollacott

19/02/2018

Dementia Researcher

working on Frontotemporal dementia, with a focus on fluid biomarkers and neuropathology

Profile 1 comment

Profile – Akin Nihat

19/02/2018

Dementia Researcher

Clinical Research Fellow at the MRC Prion Unit at UCL, Institute of Prion Diseases.

Careers, Podcasts add comment

Podcast – Managing a clinical and researcher career

19/02/2018

Dementia Researcher

The life of a clinical academic is a constant balancing act between clinical work and research. Amy Monaghan talks to Dr Timothy Rittman, Dr Ione Woollacott & Dr Akin Nihat about how they meet theses challenges.

Careers add comment

Discover the NIHR Faculty and how it can help your career

16/02/2018

Dementia Researcher

The National Institute for Health Research Faculty is the collective term for the people we support to lead and deliver health research, and to train as the next generation of…