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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, Dissemination

Clinical Trial Design Is A Two-Way Street

22/06/2018

Dementia Researcher

CoLAB brings clinical research teams and external partners — including patients, study coordinators, nurses, and physicians — face-to-face for a dress rehearsal of a clinical trial protocol.

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Profile – Dr Hannah Scott

22/06/2018

Dementia Researcher

Research Associate at Cardiff University and, Humming Bird, investigating the effects of Alzheimer’s disease risk variants in non-coding regions of the genome on microglial cells

Dissemination, Science

For One in Four Memory Clinic Patients, Amyloid-PET Changes the Diagnosis

22/06/2018

Dementia Researcher

Aβ-PET scans may be the norm for AD research studies, but their use is limited. According to a study published June 11 in JAMA Neurology, the time may have come to expand access to the scans.

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Profile – Dr Barbara Kramarz

21/06/2018

Dementia Researcher

Gene Ontology Biocurator at University College London, fast learner and new violinist.

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Profile – Siobhan O’Connor

21/06/2018

Dementia Researcher

Lecturer in nursing working on Digital health / eHealth in Edinburgh, with loyal support from Harris

Careers, Dissemination

How product management could be a route out of academia for PhDs and postdocs

21/06/2018

Dementia Researcher

Are job prospects for PhD candidates and postdoctoral scientists dismal?

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Profile – Dr Nazira Albargothy

20/06/2018

Dementia Researcher

Based in Sweden developing an understanding of the neuroanatomical pathways involved in the entry and clearance of drugs and toxins from the brain.

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Profile – Dr Rachael Kelley

20/06/2018

Dementia Researcher

Research Fellow at Leeds Beckett University. Driven by a family connection, and driven by the potential to deliver improvements in care – and will eat any caterpillar that gets in her way!