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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 – Final Semester: Uncertainty, Applications & Balance

10/02/2025

Dementia Researcher

🎓 Yasmin Bonsu shares insights on navigating final-year challenges, PhD applications, rejection, and work-life balance. A must-read for students & grads!

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Podcast – International Lewy Body Dementia Conference Highlights 2025 – Part One

07/02/2025

Dementia Researcher

Join Dr Josh Harvey, Athina Grigoriou, Dr David Koss & Dr Joe Kane as they share highlights from the Lewy Body Dementia Conference 2025 in the 1st of two shows

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Podcast – International Lewy Body Dementia Conference Highlights 2025 – Part Two

07/02/2025

Dementia Researcher

🎧 Part two from the 2025 Lewy Body Dementia Conference! Dr Sterre de Boer talks with Salomón Salazar-Londoño, Dr Lauren Walker & Dr Felipe Botero Rodriguez.

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Blog – Heading Into a Year of Job Uncertainty

05/02/2025

Dr Jodi Watt

Dr Jodi Watt reflects on job uncertainty, career choices, and securing short-term funding while questioning their future in academia. Where will 2025 take them?

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Primary Progressive Aphasia awareness day – 4th April 2025

04/02/2025

Dementia Researcher

We’re pleased to help spread the word about the official launch of the first-ever Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) Awareness Day – 4th April 2025!

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Report calls for action to tackle decline in clinical researchers

03/02/2025

Dementia Researcher

New MRC report highlights urgent action is required to address falling numbers of clinical researchers and meet the needs of the nation’s health and economy.

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Profile – Dr Felipe Botero Rodriguez, SESAM

02/02/2025

Dementia Researcher

Dr Felipe Botero Rodriguez is a Psychiatrist and Researcher exploring Neuropsychiatric symptoms and quality of life in Lewy Body Dementia at SESAM.

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Profile – Salomón Salazar-Londoño, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

02/02/2025

Dementia Researcher

Salomón Salazar-Londoño, ISTAART Ambassador & Med Student at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana working on the the study of dementia with Lewy bodies (COL-DLB)

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Profile – Dr Sterre de Boer, Alzheimercentrum Amsterdam

02/02/2025

Dementia Researcher

Dr Sterre de Boer is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Alzheimercentrum Amsterdam researching Sporadic Frontotemporal dementia, early diagnostics and neuropsychiatry

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Profile – Athina Grigoriou, University of Dundee

01/02/2025

Dementia Researcher

Athina Grigoriou, PhD Student at the University of Dundee working to identify a reciprocal relationship between DNA damage and neurodegeneration, specifically in synucleiopathies

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Great Minds Live – Living Well With Dementia

01/02/2025

Dementia Researcher

Join Prof. Chudi Banerjee & Prof. Martin Prince presenting for Great Minds, as they explore dementia care, quality of life, and the limits of drug treatments.

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Blog – To teach, or not to teach?

31/01/2025

Dr Becky Carlyle

Dr Becky Carlyle shares her decision to teach, discussing the intense commitment and unexpected benefits of academic teaching roles. This might help you decide.