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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 – When Experiments Fail: Staying Positive in Research

09/07/2026

Beccy Owen

Beccy Owen on why a failed experiment does not make you a bad scientist, and how to keep a positive mindset when the work refuses to cooperate.

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Profile – Muthia Huda Islami, NBCH

09/07/2026

Dementia Researcher

Dr Muthia Huda Islami is a Research Fellow in Jakarta, coordinating Alzheimer’s and dementia studies, with interests in genetics, epidemiology and baking.

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Blog – How I Found My Way into Dementia Research

09/07/2026

Harriet Greene

Harriet Greene got into an Oxford PhD at 23 with no master’s, via Bali, a broken arm and a Greek dive boat. Her first blog on the give to gain principle.

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Profile – Sarah Graef, Rush University Medical Centre

08/07/2026

Dementia Researcher

Sarah Graef is a Research Dietitian at Rush University, studying nutrition and lifestyle interventions to protect cognitive function and prevent dementia.

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Blog – Do Cats, Dogs and Dolphins Get Dementia Too?

07/07/2026

Dementia Researcher

Can animals get dementia? Frank Gunn-Moore explores what cats, dogs, dolphins and whales can teach us about ageing, memory and Alzheimer’s.

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Free online Stanford University courses for Researchers

07/07/2026

Dementia Researcher

Eight Free online Stanford University Courses that we think will be of interest to Dementia Researchers from Statistics to Coding to Communications

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Profile – Dr Natasha Anita, Harvard Medical School

07/07/2026

Dementia Researcher

Dr Natasha Anita is a Research Fellow at Harvard/MGH studying cardiometabolic risk, depression and biomarkers in cognitive ageing and dementia.

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Profile – Professor Frank Gunn-Moore, University of St Andrews

06/07/2026

Dementia Researcher

Professor Frank Gunn-Moore is Professor of Molecular Neurobiology at the University of St Andrews, researching Alzheimer’s disease and neuronal survival.

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Blog – Why Some Ideas Never Get a Chance

06/07/2026

Dr Sam Moxon

Dr Sam Moxon asks whether dementia funding rewards safe bets over bold ideas, and what that risk aversion costs the field and early career researchers.

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Profile – Favour Edward, University of Ibadan

06/07/2026

Dementia Researcher

Edward Favour is a medical student at the University of Ibadan researching tPBM and Alzheimer’s disease, with a focus on neurodegeneration and neuropathology.

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Dementia Researcher X ISTAART Relay 2026: Complete Series

06/07/2026

Dementia Researcher

Six podcast episodes and two Relay Live specials introducing ISTAART Professional Interest Areas, dementia researchers and the topics shaping AAIC 2026.

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ISTAART RELAY Podcast – Clinical Trials Advancement and Methods PIA

04/07/2026

Dementia Researcher

Mixed pathology, fluid biomarkers and smarter trial design. Carla Abdelnour with host Sindhuja Govindarajan. The ISTAART Clinical Trials & Methods PIA on Relay.