News & Features

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 – Navigating Digital Fatigue and Techno-Resistance

06/10/2025

Dr Jodi Watt

Dr Jodi Watt, University of Glasgow, explores digital fatigue and techno-resistance in dementia research, sharing challenges and tips for inclusion.

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Profile – Professor Liisa Galea, University of Toronto

06/10/2025

Dementia Researcher

Professor Liisa Galea, Treliving Family Chair at CAMH Toronto, researches how sex and hormones shape brain health, neuroplasticity, and dementia risk.

Careers, Partner Blogs

27 things we wish we’d known when we started our PhDs

06/10/2025

Nature Careers Blog

Nature’s survey of PhD candidates reveals hard-won wisdom on choosing supervisors, managing mental health and surviving academic culture.

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Creative experiences delay brain aging

06/10/2025

Dementia Researcher

Creative practice may help keep brains younger. A new study finds dancers, musicians, artists and gamers show delayed brain aging linked to neural efficiency.

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Podcast – Conference Lightning Talks: Preparation to Performance

02/10/2025

Dementia Researcher

Adam Smith hosts Sam Moxon, Lindsey Sinclair & Ece Bayram to share tips on preparing, structuring & performing lightning talks at conferences.

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Profile – Dr Maria Teresa Ferretti, Karolinska Institutet

02/10/2025

Dementia Researcher

Dr Maria Teresa Ferretti, Clinical Ops & Partnerships Manager at Syntropic Medical, neuroscientist with 20+ yrs in Alzheimer’s, expert on sex & gender.

Partner Blogs

Research assessment: a round-up for early-career researchers

02/10/2025

Nature Careers Blog

Confused by research evaluation and its potential impact on career progression? Here are some pointers as to how things work in different parts of the world.

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Dr Cynthia Sandor Announced as AAIC Plenary Speaker

02/10/2025

Dementia Researcher

Dr Cynthia Sandor announced as a plenary speaker exploring advances in Techology Biomarkers at Manchester Hub of AAIC Neuroscience Next 2026 – 26 February.

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Dementia Researcher Community Poll Results

01/10/2025

Dementia Researcher

Dementia Researcher now supports 131,000 people in 196 countries. See how blogs, podcasts, and training have inspired careers in our October poll results.

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Blog – Understanding Inequalities in Dementia

30/09/2025

Dementia Researcher

Professor Naaheed Mukadam explores inequalities in dementia, highlighting barriers in diagnosis, care, and research, and efforts to address them.

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Profile – Professor Claudia Barth, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin

29/09/2025

Dementia Researcher

Prof Claudia Barth, Charité Berlin & Diakonhjemmet Oslo, studies hormonal transitions and their impact on the female brain, depression and Alzheimer’s.

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Blog – First and last of publication authorship

24/09/2025

Alzheimer's Society

Dr Charlie Arber shares his journey to senior authorship, developing iPSC astrocyte and microglia models to explore inflammation in Alzheimer’s disease.