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Podcast – MARQUE Study, Managing Agitation in Dementia

02/04/2018

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MARQUE explores agitation in dementia care, testing staff training in care homes to improve wellbeing, reduce distress, and support better daily care.

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NIHR patient and public involvement

01/04/2018

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Profile – Dr Penny Rapaport

31/03/2018

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Clinical Psychologist, developing & testing of psychosocial interventions in dementia care

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Want to crowdfund your science? New study hints at who is successful

31/03/2018

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Crowd sourcing funding for start-ups and business has become the norm, but could the same system be used for science or dementia research?

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CSF tau and the CSF tau/ABeta ratio for the diagnosis of Dementias

30/03/2018

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This review, aims to assess the ability of CSF tau biomarkers (t-tau and p-tau) and the CSF tau (t-tau or p-tau)/ABeta ratio to enable the detection of Alzheimer’s disease pathology in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

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Profile – Dr Megan O’Hare

29/03/2018

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Regular Podcast Host and one of the Dementia Researcher website leads

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How to sail smoothly from academia to industry

29/03/2018

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To beat the stiff competition, highlight your skills in collaboration, teamwork and meeting deadlines.

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Profile – Francesca La Frenais

28/03/2018

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Research assistant and PhD student at University College London

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Communicating your research toolkit – The Health Foundation

28/03/2018

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Want to communicate your health research in a better way in 2018? This resource from The Health Foundation is the tool you need.

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How to write research papers

27/03/2018

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Tracking LRRK2-Parkinson’s Progression for Better Trial Design

27/03/2018

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Parkinson’s disease comes in many flavors, posing a challenge for clinical trials. Knowing how the disease progresses may improve chances of success. A longitudinal study from the LRRK2 Ashkenazi Jewish Consortium provides just such data.

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Grant Proposals (or Give me the money!)

26/03/2018

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Article from the Writing Centre, helping you write and revise grant proposals for research funding