Bringing together early career researchers and established experts, to discuss a variety of career and research-related topics - exploring their work on Alzheimer's Disease and all forms of Dementia. Filter by topic using the buttons on the right to find the show that delivers what you need. Inside each show you will find contact details of our guests and a full transcript, reach out, ask questions and let us know what you think. Want to take part in a future recording? We are always on the lookout for new contributors, so if you would like to join a panel or record a podcast on your own area of research, just head to the forum to drop us a line, or email dementiaresearcher@ucl.ac.uk. You can subscribe to our podcasts through your favourite podcast app, SoundCloud, iTunes, Spotify + the rest. Just search for 'Dementia Researcher' or follow the links in the footer of this page.
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Ask Your Mentor Podcast – Dr Martina Bocchetta
In this episode of Ask Your Mentor, PhD Student Rebecca Williams talks to her mentor Dr Martina Bocchetta, matched through the ARUK Mentoring Programme.
Podcast – ARUK Conference Roundup 2023, Part Two
In part-two of our ARUK Highlights Podcast it's all about the science. Dr Zara Franklin hosts with Dr Steven Quinn, Dr Szu-Han Wang & Dr Natalie Connor-Robson
Podcast – ARUK Conference Roundup 2023, Part One
The 1st of our 2-part special podcast recorded on location at the ARUK Conference in Aberdeen, in this show our four special guests discuss the ECR day.
Ask Your Mentor Podcast – Dr Yvonne Couch
Our first Ask Your Mentor Podcast where mentees interview their mentors to talk about their careers and lessons that could help you.
Podcast – Smart New Ways To Diagnose Dementia
Dr Amanda Heslegrave, Dr Catherine Bornbaum & Dr George Stothart talk smart new imaging tech, artificial intelligence & Fastball EEG to find dementia biomarkers
Podcast – Clinical Academics in Clinical Practice
Dr Anna Volkmer chats with Nurse, Dr Emily Jones & OT, Dr Naomi Gallant exploring careers & how academic training helps when returning to front-line NHS jobs
Podcast – Researching Inequalities in Dementia Care
Researchers from University of Liverpool, Dr Clarissa Giebel, James Watson, Laura Prato & Thais Caprioli discuss work on health inequalities in dementia care
Podcast – Blood-based Biomarkers for Dementias
Three pioneering world leading experts on blood-based biomarkers - Dr Nicholas Ashton, Professor Henrik Zetterberg, Professor Oskar Hansson in discussion.
Podcast – Investigating Parkinson’s Disease
Dr Fiona McLean talks with UK Dementia Research Institute group leaders, Dr Sarah Marzi & Dr Dayne Beccano, discussing cutting edge Parkinson's disease research
Podcast – 2022 End of Year Reflections from Dementia Researchers
It's our last podcast for 2022 and we're in the studio with our regular bloggers, talking about their best bits from 2022 and plans for the coming new year
Food for Thought, Brain-Healthy Foods with Dr Michael Greger
Dr Michael Greger is a leading expert & best-selling author of How not to Die & How not to Diet. Dr Sam Moxon interviews Michael for his Food for Thought Series
Podcast – ISFTD 2022 Conference Highlights
Dr Anna Volkmer chats Dr Chris Hardy, Jess Jiang and Dr Jochum Van't Hooft from UCL, sharing their highlights from the recent ISFTD Conference
Podcast – Evaluation and Implementation of Tech & Trials
The last of our tech & dementia podcasts exploring talking with Simone Felding, Dr David Neal & Beliz Budak, exploring there work and how to evaluate tech
Podcast – Design & development of Tech Interventions
The second of three special tech and dementia podcasts exploring the DISTINCT Programme with tips on how to setup and deliver tech intervention trials
Podcast – DISTINCT & Tech Intervention Research
The first of three special tech and dementia podcasts hosted by Dr Anna Volkmer talking to ECRs working within the DISTINCT Programme
Podcast – Alzheimer Europe 2022 Conference Roundup
Adam Smith talks to Chris Roberts, Jayne Goodrick, Simone Felding, Dr Joni Gilissen & Charlèss Dupont bringing highlights and discussion from the Alzheimer Europe Conference
Podcast – How to create a Narrative CV
The next time you submit a grant application or apply for a promotion, you may need a new kind of CV, are you ready? This podcast can help.
Podcast – Why, how and what it’s like to work in hospital research
Recorded LIVE on Twitter Spaces, Adam Smith interviews four researchers and healthcare professionals about their careers and work
Podcast – How to be a GREAT Peer Reviewer
Adam Smith talks to Dr Yvonne Couch, Dr Isabel Castanho and Dr Martina Bocchetta getting insights and top tips on how they approach undertaking peer review
Methods Matter Podcast – Surveys & Questionnaires
In this podcast Dr Donncha Mullin talks with methods expert Dr Petra Boynton and Island Study Researcher Dr Larissa Bartlett discussing theory and practice.
Methods Matter Podcast – Focus Groups
Tops tips on collecting data through group interaction, in the fourth episode of our Methods Matter Podcast with NCRM with special guest Nadine Mirza
Methods Matter Podcast – Visual and Creative Methods
The third show in this series covers Visual and Creative Methods, a relativley new method in qualitative research but increasingly used in dementia research.
Methods Matter Podcast – Grounded Theory
In this show Dr Donncha Mullin talks with expert Dr Kahryn Hughes and PhD Student Nisha Dhanda exploring the use of Grounded Theory.
Methods Matter Podcast – Oral Histories & Story Telling
Methods Matter is back for a second season, bringing together a methods expert and dementia researcher to discuss different qualitative methods.
Podcast – Diet and Alzheimer’s Disease, ISTAART Research Perspectives
Dr Claire McEvoy & Daniel Gibbs provide a researcher and participant perspective on diet and cognition in this ISTAART Perspectives Podcast
Podcast – Royal Society Pairing Scheme – Insights from Westminster
Dr Fiona McLean talks with Dr Sarah Marzi and Dr Dayne Beccano-Kelly sharing their insights from participating in the Royal Society Pairing Scheme.
Podcast – AAIC 2022 Day Four
Our last AAIC 2022 highlights podcast hosted by Dr Natasha Clarke with guests Dr Richard Lofthouse, Dr Diana Karamacoska and Anqesha Murray
Podcast – AAIC 2022 Day Three
Early Career Researchers sharing highlights from the third day of the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in San Diego,
Podcast – AAIC 2022 Day Two
Dr Isabel Castanho guest hosts the second highlight podcast covering day two of the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in San Diego
Podcast – AAIC 2022 Day One
Bringing you highlights from the pre-conference and 1st day of the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in San Diego
ISTAART Relay Podcast – Biofluid Based Biomarkers PIA
In the last show of this season Erica Dove interviews Professor Charlotte Teunissen from UMB Amsterdam discussing her work and the Biofluid Based Biomarkers PIA
ISTAART Relay Podcast – Technology and Dementia PIA
The ISTAART Relay Podcast is back for Day 4, today Dr Louise Ince interviews Erica Dove discussing Technology and Dementia and their PIA
ISTAART Relay Podcast – Immunity and Neurodegeneration PIA
Day Three of the ISTAART Relay show and today it is all about Dr Louise Ince from University of Texas at Austin and the Immunity and Neurodegeneration PIA.
ISTAART Relay Podcast – Reserve, Resilience & Protective Factors PIA
Day Two of the ISTAART PIA Podcast and today Dr Rik Ossenkoppele interviews Dr Hamid Sohrabi from Murdoch University, Australia
ISTAART Relay Podcast – Atypical Alzheimer’s Disease PIA
The ISTAART Relay Podcast is back, in the 1st show we hear from Dr Rik Ossenkoppele, discussing the Atypical Alzheimer's Disease PIA
Podcast – Researching Sanfilippo syndrome
In this podcast we hear from Dr Karissa Batherlson from Flinders University, discussing her research and a rare form of childhood dementia - Sanfilippo syndrome
Podcast – AAIC 2022 Preview
Adam Smith & Dr Claire Sexton discuss the upcoming Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC), are you going? It isn't too late
Podcast – Writing the BEST Fellowship Application
Dr Stefania Forner from Alzheimer's Association guest hosts a discussion with the Association current & past grant holders to get their top tips
Podcast – Whats new with Alzheimers Society Grants
Adam Smith talks with the Alzheimer's Society Grants Team, sharing details on 10 brand new grants - PhDs, Fellowships, Clinicians, Careers & Projects
Podcast – Race Against Dementia Discovery Hub
Dr Sam Moxon talks Race Against Dementia CEO Bridget Barker, and Neurologists Philip Scheltens and Siddharthan Chandran about the new RAD Discovery Hub.
Food & Lifestyle to Preventing Cognitive Decline with Dr Dean Sherzai
Dr Dean Sherzai joins Sam Moxon to talk about his book ‘The 30-Day Alzheimer’s Solution” The Definitive Food & Lifestyle Guide to Prevent Cognitive Decline
Podcast – Sleep, Cognition & Dementia, ISTAART Research Perspectives
Fernando & Clara talk to Dr Yue Leng & Helen Rochford-Brennan to get a researcher & lived experience perspective on Sleep, Research and Dementia.
Podcast – Listening to Early Career Researchers – ECR Survey
Adam Smith hosts a discussion with his ISTAART colleagues Dr Beth Shaaban, Dr Lindsay Welikovitch & Wagner Brum to discuss the findings of their ISTAART / UCL ECR Survey
Podcast – Vascular Brain Health Science
Dr Fiona McLean hosts a fun & insightful discussion about vascular brain health & research undetaken by Dr Josie Fullerton, Dr Gaia Brezzo & Dr Sophie Quick
Podcast – Virtual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
Dr Anna Volkmer interviews PhD Students, Esther Hui & Emily Fisher. discussing their international work & research on Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
Podcast – ADPD Conference Highlights 2022
Katy Hole from University of Bath hosts this chat with Dr Amanda Heslegrave, Dr Percy Griffin, Wagner Brum & Anna Wernick sharing the best bits from the AD/PD
Podcast – The Effects Of Space Travel On The Brain
Ppecial podcast with leading experts, exploring the effects of space travel on the brain psychology, sleep, food, gravity, radiation & more
Podcast – ARUK Conference Roundup 2022
This week we have a we have a special podcast recorded during last weeks Alzheimer's Research UK Conference in Brighton - guest hosted by Dr Katy Bray.