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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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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.

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Podcast – Exploring Psychotherapy for People with Dementia

10/11/2025

Dementia Researcher

Dr Anna Volkmer talks with Dr Alys Griffiths, Sophie Jeffery, and Esther Whittlesea Reed about psychotherapy’s role in supporting people living with dementia.

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Blog – Gamifying Dementia Research

06/11/2025

Rebecca Williams

Video games meet dementia research. Rebecca Williams explores how gamified task design could transform data quality, engagement, and ecological validity.

Partner Blogs

My funding applications are taking up too much time

06/11/2025

Nature Careers Blog

A young academic in China worries that the grant-application lottery is wasted effort – new post shared from the Nature Careers blog

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Profile – Love Onwuzuruike, University of Bristol

04/11/2025

Dementia Researcher

Love Onwuzuruike, PhD student at University of Bristol exploring how membrane composition affects serotonin receptor signalling in dementia drug discovery.

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Blog – Including Research in Every Dementia Diagnosis

03/11/2025

Dementia Researcher

Marian Montanha on why every dementia diagnosis should include research as an option for patients and families, offering hope and informed choice.

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Profile – Dr Tom Russ, The University of Edinburgh

30/10/2025

Dementia Researcher

Dr Tom Russ, Reader in Old Age Psychiatry at The University of Edinburgh, researches clinical and interdisciplinary dementia. Loves Esperanto.

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Blog – Is kindness key in academic life?

30/10/2025

Dr Lindsey Sinclair

Kindness matters in research. Dr Lindsey Sinclair explores how small acts of empathy can improve academic culture, wellbeing, and collaboration.

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Profile – Esther Whittlesea Reed

29/10/2025

Dementia Researcher

Esther Whittlesea Reed, carer and Alzheimer’s Society funded lived experience contributor, shares insights from supporting a young family through dementia.

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Blog – Time, Work, and a Two-Year-Old

29/10/2025

Emily Spencer

Juggling a PhD, new job, and parenting a fearless toddler, Emily Spencer reflects on time, balance, and how motherhood shapes her life and work.

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UKDRI Scientists uncover how the brain falls asleep

28/10/2025

UK DRI

UK DRI scientists have pinpointed the exact moment the brain falls asleep, revealing it happens abruptly at a tipping point, not gradually.

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Profile – Dr Gillian Coughlan, Harvard Medical School

28/10/2025

Dementia Researcher

Dr Gillian Coughlan is an Instructor at Harvard MGH studying preclinical Alzheimer disease, focusing on personalised risk factors and brain changes in ageing.