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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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Blog – From Academia and Beyond

19/03/2026

Professor Louise Serpell

After 34 years in academia, Prof Louise Serpell reflects on mentoring, burnout, and starting again. A story of science, students, and finding a new direction.

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Blog – Managing patient expectations (without overpromising)

18/03/2026

Dr Emma Law

Dr Emma Law explores how researchers manage patient expectations in research while being clear about uncertainty, consent, and the realities of clinical trials.

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Why a high publication rate doesn’t always reflect success

17/03/2026

Nature Careers Blog

Seven papers in a year sounds like success. This researcher explains why quiet years without publications still matter and how invisible progress shapes careers

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Blog – If Only I Were an ECR Lessons from a Bangkok Park

16/03/2026

Dementia Researcher

Bernie McInally reflects on a Bangkok park where exercise, karaoke and community among older adults raise new questions for dementia research.

Partner Blogs

Do women academics need to work 2.4 times harder to succeed?

13/03/2026

LSE Impact Blog

Ulf Sandström revisits the famous 2.4 times gender bias claim in academic peer review, showing how field differences change the result and lessons for policy.

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Profile – Beccy Owen, University of Warwick

13/03/2026

Dementia Researcher

Beccy Owen is a PhD researcher at the University of Warwick studying how tau pathology disrupts neuronal ion channels and brain activity in Alzheimer’s disease.

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Catch-up on recordings from the Salon Research Showcase

13/03/2026

Dementia Researcher

The Dementia Researcher Salon Research Showcase features weekly talks where researchers present studies and findings in dementia research. Watch on YouTube.

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Profile – Ivana Kancheva

13/03/2026

Dementia Researcher

Ivana Kancheva is a PhD candidate at Leiden University Medical Center studying biomarkers and blood brain barrier changes in cerebral amyloid angiopathy.

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Podcast – Rainwater Prize Winners: Advancing Tau Research

12/03/2026

Dementia Researcher

Rainwater Prize winners Dennis Dickson, Melissa Murray and Marc Busche join Louise Serpell to discuss tau biology, brain banks, biomarkers and future therapies.

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Blog – ChatGPT in Academia

12/03/2026

Dr Yvonne Couch

Dr Yvonne Couch explores how researchers use ChatGPT in academia, asking if it boosts productivity, changes research culture, or exposes deeper problems.

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NIHR RSS Environmental Impact of Clinical Trials

11/03/2026

NIHR

NIHR Webinar on reducing the carbon footprint of clinical trials with Paula Williamson, Jessica Griffiths & Lisa Fox exploring methods, data & behaviour change

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Blog – Real Food for Thought in the Fight Against Dementia

11/03/2026

Dr Sam Moxon

A moving blog from Dr Sam Moxon on Lewy body dementia, diagnosis uncertainty, family experience, and why awareness matters even without clear answers