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SUMMARY:Decoding complex disease through multiomics
DESCRIPTION:Complex diseases are shaped by polygenic risk\, regulatory variation\, and molecular mechanisms that cannot be fully explained by single-omics approaches. \nIn this webinar\, our expert speakers will discuss how multiomic Oxford Nanopore sequencing supports a deeper understanding of disease mechanisms\, by integrating DNA\, RNA\, and epigenetic analysis — all on a single platform. \nPLEASE NOTE: This webinar will be offered in two timezones. Please select your preferred option on the form below. \nYou will learn:\n\nHow multiomic Oxford Nanopore sequencing brings together characterisation of DNA variants\, RNA isoforms\, and DNA and RNA modifications for more comprehensive disease research.\nHow multiomic insights can support biomarker discovery and translational research into neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease.\nHow Oxford Nanopore is unlocking new possibilities in RNA and cDNA sequencing\, with a new cDNA-PCR protocol generating longer\, more complete reads and more accurate isoform resolution than legacy technologies.\n\n\nMeet the speakers\nWalaa-Mohamed\, Market Segment Manager – Complex Disease\, Oxford Nanopore Technologies – Walaa is the Complex Disease Segment Market Manager at Oxford Nanopore Technologies. She works on supporting the adoption of long-read sequencing for the study of complex diseases. She has been at Oxford Nanopore Technologies for four years\, contributing to the advancement of genomics applications and translational research. Prior to joining Oxford Nanopore\, she worked as an R&D scientist at G42 on the validation phase of the Emirati Genome Project\, focusing on end-to-end workflow development and population-scale implementation. \nAshan Musafer\, Senior Field Application Scientist\, Oxford Nanopore Technologies – Ashan Musafer is a Senior Field Application Scientist at Oxford Nanopore Technologies with over a decade of expertise in translational genomics and epigenetics. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical science from Monash University and a Master’s degree in Laboratory Medicine from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). Over the past 3 years at Oxford Nanopore\, Ashan has focused on technical enablement while supporting the planning\, implementation and execution of various genomic initiatives across the Gulf and Central Asian region. \nPatrick-Murphy\, Market Segment Manager – Single Cell\, Oxford Nanopore Technologies – At Oxford Nanopore Technologies\, Patrick Murphy works on single cell and bulk transcriptomics applications of Oxford Nanopore sequencing. He focuses on helping researchers understand where Oxford Nanopore sequencing approaches can add value to their transcriptomics studies\, including analysis of full-length RNA molecules\, isoforms\, splice variation\, and fusion transcripts. \n\nClick Here
URL:https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/event/decoding-complex-disease-through-multiomics/
LOCATION:Online\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Launch of WHO’s guidelines for risk reduction of cognitive decline and dementia
DESCRIPTION:WHO Global Webinar: Launch of the Second Edition of the WHO Guidelines on Risk Reduction of Cognitive Decline and Dementia\nThe World Health Organization is hosting a global webinar to launch the second edition of its guidelines on the risk reduction of cognitive decline and dementia. \nThis high-level online event will bring together people with lived experience\, scientific experts and country representatives to mark the publication of the updated guidelines. \nThe new edition reflects the latest available evidence and provides practical recommendations to help countries\, health systems and communities strengthen dementia risk reduction across the life course. The webinar will introduce the new and updated recommendations\, explore what they mean in practice\, and consider actions that can support better brain health at individual\, community and system level. \nThis event will be particularly relevant for researchers\, clinicians\, policy makers\, public health professionals\, dementia organisations\, and anyone with an interest in prevention\, brain health and dementia risk reduction. \nThe webinar will be held in English\, with interpretation available in French\, Portuguese and Spanish. \nDate: Thursday\, 16 July 2026\nTime: 3:30 p.m. CEST / 2:30 p.m. BST\nLocation: Online via Zoom\nTopic: Launch of the second edition of the WHO guidelines on risk reduction of cognitive decline and dementia\nHosted by: World Health Organization \nRegister in advance for the webinar using the link below. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with details on how to join. \n\nRegister Here
URL:https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/event/launch-of-whos-guidelines-for-risk-reduction-of-cognitive-decline-and-dementia/
LOCATION:Online\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Discussion
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SUMMARY:WHO Guidelines: Reducing Dementia Risk
DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted with the World Health Organization (WHO) join Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) for a special webinar to mark the release of the WHO’s updated dementia risk reduction guidelines. \nIn May 2017\, WHO Member States endorsed the Global action plan on the public health response to dementia\, committing to comprehensive\, multisectoral action on dementia\, including a dedicated focus on dementia risk reduction. \nIn the absence of a cure\, and access to disease modifying treatment being limited globally\, reducing dementia risk is a critical public health priority and an accessible strategy for many health authorities around the world. This is particularly pertinent given recent research suggesting that as many as 45% of dementias could be delayed or prevented. \nIn 2019\, WHO issued evidence-based guidelines on risk reduction in line with evidence that modifiable risk factors through life course interventions can delay or reduce cognitive decline and dementia. Since their publication\, the scientific evidence base has expanded\, including multidomain interventions\, population-level policies and additional risk factors. In light of strengthening evidence\, WHO developed updated dementia risk reduction guidelines. \nThis webinar will focus on the role that national associations and other stakeholders can play in the implementation of the guidelines and thereby aims to strengthen dementia risk reduction efforts globally\, accelerate implementation of the global action plan—particularly in low and middle-income countries – and promote integration with broader public health\, NCD and healthy ageing agendas. \nHosted by Acting CEO Chris Lynch\, the webinar will welcome ADI member associations and WHO representatives to reflect on the updated guidelines\, followed by a Q&A discussion. \nWe are pleased to offer AI translation for this webinar in 60+ languages. The webinar will be available for viewing on ADI’s YouTube channel after the event. \n\nRegister
URL:https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/event/who-guidelines-reducing-dementia-risk/
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SUMMARY:Faculty Uplift Virtual Summit
DESCRIPTION:Lead your research group at a higher level\, without taking it all back onto your own desk. \nWhen something is not working\, the reflex is to step in and fix it yourself. That is usually the wrong move. Four days of practical sessions from the Glia-Leadership on better ways to lead your team\, and on protecting or rebuilding your own well-being in the process. \nFree 48-hour access to each day. The VIP Pass keeps it all for a year\, $79. \nClick Here\n\n\n\nTHE FOUR DAYS \n\n\n\n\nMore than 20 talks from coaches who work with academics\, most of them former academics themselves\, alongside researchers and academic leaders. You watch on your own schedule and pick what fits your week. Topics span leadership\, mentoring\, team systems\, grant and scientific writing\, making the right decisions\, and protecting your own well-being. \n\n\n\n\nDay 1: YOU \n\n\n\n\nWellbeing\, Identity & Mindset \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe skills that keep the job from hollowing you out. Burnout\, identity\, the comparison trap\, and what it actually takes to protect your own well-being inside an academic career. \n\nPeter Anderson\, PhD PCC – Inner Citadel Consulting – Get off the Burnout Bus – Self-Compassion and Agency for Overworking Faculty – Why high autonomy and high uncertainty are a burnout recipe — and two immediately usable skills to start slowing the cycle down.\nBrielle Harbin\, PhD – Your Cooperative Colleague – The Faculty Comparison Trap – Why You Feel Behind (Even When You’re Not) – What is actually driving that quiet calculation when a colleague announces a new publication — and why it has very little to do with your work.\nWhitney Swander\, MPP – Whitney Swander Coaching & Facilitation – Beyond Achievement: – The Soul-led Life Audit – A practical framework for examining where your time and energy go versus what actually makes you feel most alive — and one action to close the gap.\nLaura Timm\, ACC – Laura Timm Coaching – The Worry Habit – Practical Mindfulness Skills for Anxiety and Uncertainty in Research Leadership – Why worry runs on autopilot as a learned habit — and a simple three-step method to work with it rather than push through it.\nEcho Rivera\, PhD – Creative Research Communications – How to Love and Leverage Public Speaking for Your Academic Career – The myths most academics still believe about presentations in 2026 — and practical tips for building the kind of talk that actually changes audiences\, policies\, and networks.\n\n\n\n\n\nDay 2: YOUR RESEARCH \n\n\n\n\nWriting\, publishing\, funding\, and the systems that make it sustainable \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe systems that keep research moving when your schedule is already full. Writing consistently\, building a multi-year funding strategy\, and creating real time for deep work without working more. \n\nAnna Clemens\, PhD – Researchers’ Writing Academy – How to Publish Consistently with a Busy Professor Schedule – The most common mistakes that stall consistent publication — and whether AI actually helps or gets in the way.\nTanya Garcia\, PhD – Coaching with Tanya / UNC Chapel Hill – Feedback That Builds Writers\, Not Anxiety – Why vague feedback backfires\, and how two simple questions can make any comment more effective without raising defenses.\nAna Pineda\, PhD – I Focus and Write – Design Your Multi-Year Strategy to Get Funded – How to plan across multiple funding calls\, why failure needs to be built into the process\, and which elements — from papers to science communication — actually maximize your chances.\nStefanie Robel\, PhD – GLIA-Leadership – The Four Levers of Time Management – Four concrete levers — how you spend your hours\, how much you protect for deep work\, the energy you bring to it\, and the boundaries that hold most weeks — that create real\, usable time without working more.\nMorgan Giddings\, PhD – SCI-Foundry – Why Well-Written Proposals Still Fail – The Model-First Shift That Makes Them Fundable – You did everything right and still got rejected. The problem isn’t your prose — it’s that fundability is decided before the writing starts. We’ll trace what a scientific model actually is (not your hypothesis)\, why reviewers can only fight for ideas they can hold in their head\, and how to find the exact break point in your own proposals.\n\n\n\n\n\nDay 3: YOUR TEAM \n\n\n\n\nLeadership\, mentoring\, collaboration\, and what it actually means to be the boss \n\n\n\n\n\n\nNobody taught you how to be someone’s boss. A full day on the leadership and mentoring skills that running a research group actually requires. \n\nJen Heemstra\, PhD – Washington University in St. Louis – Four Strategies to Learn the Leadership Skills You Need to Lead Your Research Group – A clear picture of the skills needed to lead yourself\, lead others\, and develop future leaders — with concrete examples for how to actually learn and practice them.\nStefanie Robel\, PhD – GLIA-Leadership – The Agile Research Engine – A project management approach that fits academic research – How to apply agile principles to research workflows so projects keep moving even when priorities shift\, funding changes\, or the data takes you somewhere unexpected.\nRhonda Sutton\, PhD – Purposeful Path Consulting / NC State University – Mentoring and Leadership for Faculty Success – How to build a mentoring plan\, adapt to different communication styles\, and create an environment where graduate students can hold themselves accountable.\nJennifer Askey\, PhD PCC – Jennifer Askey\, Coach – Discovering Your Collaborative Working Style – A Framework for Figuring Out How You — and Your Colleagues — Work Best – A practical introduction to the Belbin Team Roles framework\, plus a clearer picture of your own natural tendencies and what frustrates you about others.\nChris Esparza – CO Create Consulting – Leading Without a Script – How Research Team Leads Can Navigate Uncertainty with Clarity\, Curiosity\, and Connection – Three skills: how to listen for what a team needs before rushing to solutions\, how to use curiosity in mentoring and delegation\, and how to create simple rhythms that support trust.\n\n\n\n\n\nDay 4: YOUR CAREER \n\n\n\n\nCareer strategy\, advancement\, and navigating the landscape ahead \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe landscape is shifting and most of the official guidance has not caught up. How to find funding\, read the job market clearly\, and make career decisions based on your own values rather than academia’s definition of success. \n\nShari A. Robinson\, PhD – Coaching with Conviction\, LLC – Leading for Flourishing – Applying the Limerick Framework for Action to Transform Organizational Culture – How to move beyond fragmented wellness initiatives toward systemic change — and at least one actionable leadership strategy to embed wellbeing into your organization or team.\nNCFDD / Lisa Hanasono\, PhD – NCFDD / Bowling Green State University – Navigating Uncertainty in Higher Ed: Research Funding Strategies – Panel discussion – Strategies for identifying alternative funding sources\, sustaining progress on existing research\, and adapting when the landscape shifts under you.\nNafisa Jadavji\, PhD FAHA – Southern Illinois University Carbondale – Increasing Transparency in the Academic Job Market – What the data actually shows about who lands faculty positions\, and practical insights for those navigating a market that is not equally legible to everyone who enters it.\nJennifer Polk\, PhD – From PhD to Life – What If Up Means Out? – Rethinking Success\, Security\, and Meaningful Work in and Beyond Academia – How to distinguish job security from career security\, and how to make career decisions based on your own values rather than academia’s narrow definition of success.\nMorgan Giddings\, PhD – SCI-Foundry – Create to Lead – The Creative Engine Behind Real Academic Impact – Creativity isn’t just for artists. For researchers in this moment\, it’s the skill that determines whether your work still moves. Create to Lead traces why\, and what to do about it.\n\n\nWho this summit is for:\nResearch team leads\, principal investigators\, lab heads\, senior postdocs heading toward independence\, and faculty who manage people\, projects\, and grants.
URL:https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/event/faculty-uplift-virtual-summit/
LOCATION:Online\, United Kingdom
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