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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.

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ISTAART Guide to AAIC: Abstracts

25/11/2025

Alzheimer's Association

A guide to preparing and submitting abstracts for AAIC covering structure themes review steps and tips to help you present your research at the conference.

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Determining Sample Size in Qualitative Research

24/11/2025

NIHR

NIHR RSS seminar recording with Julius Sim on sample size, saturation, and challenges in qualitative research chaired by Norha Vera San Juan.

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Menopause, the Brain & Alzheimer’s Risk – XXplored Podcast

24/11/2025

Dementia Researcher

Professor Claudia Barth and Dr Gillian Coughlan on what perimenopause does to the brain, why early menopause raises Alzheimer’s risk, and the gaps in the data.

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Blog – Cognitive Testing

21/11/2025

Dr Peter Connelly

Dr Peter Connelly explores what cognitive tests can and cannot tell us about dementia and daily life and asks how we should really assess change in function.

Careers, Partner Blogs

I have Einstein, Bohr and Feynman in my pocket

20/11/2025

Nature Careers Blog

Nature Careers – Grappling with difficulties in your career? Try asking an AI-powered advisory panel of experts, suggests Carsten Lund Pedersen.

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Overcome Imposter Phenomenon

20/11/2025

NIHR

Watch this NIHR Webinar recording to learn the impact imposter phenomenon can have on your life and discover techniques to overcome it.

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Profile – Rebecca Egerton, Queen’s University Belfast

19/11/2025

Dementia Researcher

Rebecca Egerton is a PhD student at Queens University Belfast studying cognitive resilience in dementia and enjoys Crossfit and American Flag Football.

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Profile – Dr Elizabeth Rhodus, University of Kentucky

18/11/2025

Dementia Researcher

Dr Elizabeth Rhodus is an Assistant Professor at Kentucky who studies behavioural support for neurological conditions and helps families with care.

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Blog – Competition in Science

14/11/2025

Dr Yvonne Couch

Dr Yvonne Couch explores how competition shapes science from tenure debates and prestige effects to pressures on early career researchers.

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Blog – This is not a goodbye post (except it is, sort of…)

12/11/2025

Dr Jodi Watt

Dr Jodi Watt signs off from Dementia Researcher, reflecting on job precarity, belonging, and her next steps as she moves into a new research support role.

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New Journal Champions Global Brain Health Equity

10/11/2025

Dementia Researcher

The new open access Journal of Brain Health launches to advance global brain health research with a focus on equity, inclusion, and collaboration.

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Profile – Dr Inga Antonsdottir, Johns Hopkins University

10/11/2025

Dementia Researcher

Dr Inga Antonsdottir is a Nurse Practitioner and Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins researching sleep, circadian rhythms, and Alzheimer’s prevention.