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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NIHR & NHS Streamlining and reform of study set-up

05/04/2025

NIHR

Learn about the NIHR UK Study Set-Up Plan, a plan that aims to streamline and reform the set-up and delivery of all clinical trials

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Blog – Choose your Mentors

04/04/2025

Dr Becky Carlyle

Dr Becky Carlyle shares insights on choosing the right mentors at critical moments in your career—building leadership and community in academia.

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Blog – Embracing Unplanned Opportunities

02/04/2025

Yasmin Bonsu

Yasmin Bonsu shares her journey of accepting an unexpected teaching job offer, reflecting on redefining success and embracing new opportunities after graduation

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Alzheimer’s Blood Test Performance Database

01/04/2025

Dementia Researcher

A first-of-its-kind resource from the Global CEO Initiative on Alzheimer’s Disease to help clinicians evaluate the performance of blood tests for Alzheimer’s

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DPUK TRANSLATION 2025: Early Career Researchers Workshop

01/04/2025

Dementia Researcher

Did you miss the Dementias Platform UK Translation 2025 ECR event? Catch-up with all the great talks in this recording – careers, research, PPI, support + more

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Podcast – Of Mice and Men… & Toxins: The Environmental Link to Dementia

31/03/2025

Dementia Researcher

Dr Sam Moxon talks with experts Dr Adam Schuller, Dr Savannah Rocha-Wrigley, and Megan Hager about how environmental toxins influence dementia.

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Profile – Dr Mark T. Roskey, Quanterix

28/03/2025

Dementia Researcher

Dr Mark T. Roskey, Chief Scientific & Collaboration Officer for Quanterix working on the development and commercialization of ultrasensitive protein biomarkers

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Blog – How PPIE involvement can Improve a Conference

28/03/2025

Dr Clíona Farrell

Guest blog by Dr Clíona Farrell on how PPIE made a research conference more inclusive, impactful, and accessible for all. A must-read for every scientist.

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Blog – What I Wish I Knew Before Working in Clinical Trials

26/03/2025

Dementia Researcher

New blogger Marian Montanha shares valuable insights from her first nine months in clinical trials, highlighting unexpected challenges and rewarding discoveries

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Integrating Tech & Social Care for Dementia Independent Living

25/03/2025

Alzheimer's Society

Four new research networks, funded by UKRI, NIHR & Alzheimer’s Society, are pioneering tech solutions to help people with dementia live independently longer.

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Profile – Dr Savannah Rocha-Wrigley, Colorado State University

25/03/2025

Dementia Researcher

Dr Savannah Rocha-Wrigley is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Colorado State University working on environmental toxin models of neurodegeneration.

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BBC Memories and Dementia Season

25/03/2025

Dementia Researcher

The BBC has launched a special new season across TV, iPlayer and Radio called Memories and Dementia: Starting the Conversation – led by Dr Punam Krishan