Dementia Researcher

Adam Smith asked us to interupt our usual schedule to bring you some special news... The 2022 Dementia Research Charity Chatathon LIVE will take place on Friday 2nd December. Adam will host 12+ hours non-stop chat with over 60 researchers and special guests working accross all areas of discovery to beat Alzheimer's disease and all forms of dementia. Raising money for Alzheimer's Research UK, Alzheimer's Society, Race Against Dementia and The Lewy Body Society and providing insights into the latest research taking place across the UK and Worldwide. Find details on the event and liverstream speakers, schedule and how to make a donation at: http://www.chatathon.uk Be sure to also tell all your friends and colleagues. -- Note Dementia Researcher is not officially involved in this event, we're just delighted to support this great work, direct and questions or queries directly to adam.smith@ucl.ac.uk

Technology & Dementia Week Special – Episode Three - Evaluation & Implementation of Tech & Trials. So, you have done the research, found a tech intervention that could help people… what next? This week we turn the spotlight on tech and dementia research, we have three special podcasts (released on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday), numerous blogs from people researching and using the latest technologies, and updates on the wider field. Our podcasts have all been recorded with early career researchers working across Europe, undertaking research projects aiming to improve the lives of people with dementia and their carers through technology and from the DISTINCT Programme (Dementia: Intersectorial Strategy for Training and Innovation Network for Current Technology). In this show guest host Dr Anna Volkmer talks to Simone Felding and Kübra Beliz Budak from the German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), and Dr David Neal from Amsterdam University Medical Centre. -- In addition to exploring evaluation

Technology & Dementia Week Special – Episode Two - Learning about the Design & development of Tech Interventions. Exploring the challenges and practicalities of how to set-up and deliver a tech and dementia intervention trial. This week we turn the spotlight on tech and dementia research, we have three special podcasts (released on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday), numerous blogs from people researching and using the latest technologies, and updates on the wider field. Our podcasts have all been recorded with early career researchers working across Europe, undertaking research projects aiming to improve the lives of people with dementia and their carers through technology and from the DISTINCT Programme (Dementia: Intersectorial Strategy for Training and Innovation Network for Current Technology). In this show guest host Dr Anna Volkmer talks to Fanny Monnet from Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Josephine Rose Tan from Amsterdam University Medical Centre and Gianna Kohl from University College London. -- In add

Technology & Dementia Week Special – Episode One - Learning about the DISTINCT Programme and tech in dementia research. This week we turn the spotlight on tech and dementia research, we have three special podcasts (released on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday), numerous blogs from people researching and using the latest technologies, and updates on the wider field. Our podcasts have all been recorded with early career researchers working across Europe, undertaking research projects aiming to improve the lives of people with dementia and their carers through technology and from the DISTINCT Programme (Dementia: Intersectorial Strategy for Training and Innovation Network for Current Technology). In this show guest host Dr Anna Volkmer talks to Pascale Heins from Maastricht University, Lesley Garcia from University of Nottingham and Mauricio Molinari Ulate from University of Salamanca. -- In addition to the overview, each guest shares information on their own projects: *Pascale is working on improving social

Last week Adam Smith attended the 32nd Alzheimer Europe Conference in Bucharest, Romania. In this podcast Adam and his guests bring you highlights from the discussion and an informal chat around some of the issues being explored on the agenda. This week’s guests are husband and wife team - Chris Roberts, Chair of the European Working Group of People with Dementia, Jayne Goodrick, Dementia Carers Count Advisory Member. We also have three fantastic early career researchers, Dr Joni Gilissen & Charlèss Dupont from Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Simone Felding from DZNE, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases. In this great show we not only get the highlights from our researchers, but we have the privilege of getting first-hand commentary from Chris and Jane, whose personal experience of living with dementia and its impact on their lives, provides a unique, thought provoking, often moving, and essential perspective. This year’s conference was held under the motto “Building bridges”. As in previous years,

In this podcast Dr Yvonne Couch, Associate Professor of Neuroimmunology and ARUK Research Fellow at University of Oxford is joined by four experts to discuss Narrative CV’s, why they’re being introduced, and how to build one. Prefer to watch rather than listen? Find the video version of this podcast exclusively on YouTube. -- This weeks guests are: Dr Katie Meadmore, Senior Research Fellow, National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC), University of Southampton. Dr Ola Thomson, Research Associate in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at University of Bristol, the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research. Dr Rosa Sancho, Head of Research at Alzheimer’s Research UK. Dr Claartje Vinkenburg an Independent Expert Consultant in careers and diversity working with Universities, European Commission and Research Funders. -- Background In October 2019 The Royal Society published “Résumé for Researchers”, and since then many UK and Eur

Recorded LIVE on Twitter Spaces on Wednesday 28th September 2022. Primarily aimed at Clinicians and Healthcare Professionals, through this discussion we hope to share some insights as to the different ways to become involved in clinical research, why you might want to do that, and what that might look like. Adam Smith, Dementia Researcher Programme Director hosts this informal discussion with five people working within the NHS and in research to share their experience. Guests are Dr Ross Paterson and Dr Alex Tsui all from University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Dr Brady McFarlane from Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Dr Antoinette O’Connor from Tallaght University Hospital, Ireland, and Dr Emma Broome from Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre. -- Below are links to some of the resources mentioned during the chat: Careers Webinar - https://bit.ly/3CsOCq4 Trials information - https://bit.ly/3UNIbVs Dr Anna Volkmer Blogs - https://bit.ly/3Eb80ZU NIHR Clinical Careers Funding - http

In this podcast we share top tips on how to avoid being Reviewer #2. Our guests talk through the importance (and flaws) of the peer review process, how they approach it, how you can write papers to help avoid a bad review, and the benefits of getting involved. Adam Smith, Dementia Researcher Programme Director talks with Dr Yvonne Couch, ARUK Research Fellow and Associate Professor at University of Oxford, Dr Isabel Castanho, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School and Dr Martina Bocchetta, Senior Research Fellow at University College London. -- Peer review is essential in assisting editors in selecting high quality, novel research papers, and to ensure errors are corrected. Though the peer review process still has some flaws, a more suitable screening method for scientific papers has not yet been developed (UK Research & Innovation has announced a review of the peer review system). So… for now we’re stuck with it (although our recent survey has identified some ways that the process could be

The Methods Matter Podcast - from Dementia Researcher & the National Centre for Research Methods. A podcast for people who don't know much about methods...those who do, and those who just want to find news and clever ways to use them in their research. In this second series Clinical Research Fellow, Dr Donncha Mullin from The University of Edinburgh brings together leading experts in research methodology, and the dementia researchers that use them, to provide a fun introduction to five qualitive research methods in a safe space where there are no such things as dumb questions! Episode One – Oral Histories & Story Telling In expert corner - Dr Kahryn Hughes, from University of Leeds. Director of the Timescapes Archive, Editor in Chief of Sociological Research Online, Convenor of the MA Qualitative Research Methods and a Senior Fellow for the NCRM. In researcher ranch - Dr Katya Sion, Postdoctoral Researcher in Living-Lab in Ageing and Long-Term Care at Maastricht University. Katya’s research is focused on

The Methods Matter Podcast - from Dementia Researcher & the National Centre for Research Methods. A podcast for people who don't know much about methods...those who do, and those who just want to find news and clever ways to use them in their research. In this second series Clinical Research Fellow, Dr Donncha Mullin from The University of Edinburgh brings together leading experts in research methodology, and the dementia researchers that use them, to provide a fun introduction to five qualitive research methods in a safe space where there are no such things as dumb questions! Episode Two – Grounded Theory In expert corner - Dr Kahryn Hughes, from University of Leeds. Director of the Timescapes Archive, Editor in Chief of Sociological Research Online, Convenor of the MA Qualitative Research Methods and a Senior Fellow for the NCRM. In researcher ranch – Nisha Dhanda, Audiologist, Teaching Fellow, and PhD Candidate from Aston University. Nisha has always had an interest in the way people communicate and ho

The Methods Matter Podcast - from Dementia Researcher & the National Centre for Research Methods. A podcast for people who don't know much about methods...those who do, and those who just want to find news and clever ways to use them in their research. In this second series Clinical Research Fellow, Dr Donncha Mullin from The University of Edinburgh brings together leading experts in research methodology, and the dementia researchers that use them, to provide a fun introduction to five qualitive research methods in a safe space where there are no such things as dumb questions! Episode Three – Visual and Creative Methods In expert corner - Dr Kahryn Hughes, from University of Leeds. Director of the Timescapes Archive, Editor in Chief of Sociological Research Online, Convenor of the MA Qualitative Research Methods and a Senior Fellow for the NCRM. In researcher ranch – Dr Sarah Campbell, Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. Sarah has worked on various projects funded through a range of dif

The Methods Matter Podcast - from Dementia Researcher & the National Centre for Research Methods. A podcast for people who don't know much about methods...those who do, and those who just want to find news and clever ways to use them in their research. In this second series Clinical Research Fellow, Dr Donncha Mullin from The University of Edinburgh brings together leading experts in research methodology, and the dementia researchers that use them, to provide a fun introduction to five qualitive research methods in a safe space where there are no such things as dumb questions! Episode Four – Focus Groups In expert corner - Dr Kahryn Hughes, from University of Leeds. Director of the Timescapes Archive, Editor in Chief of Sociological Research Online, Convenor of the MA Qualitative Research Methods and a Senior Fellow for the NCRM. In researcher ranch – Nadine Mirza is a PhD Student and Research Assistant in the Centre for Primary Care and Health Services Research at the University of Manchester. Nadine’s r

The Methods Matter Podcast - from Dementia Researcher & the National Centre for Research Methods. A podcast for people who don't know much about methods...those who do, and those who just want to find news and clever ways to use them in their research. In this second series Clinical Research Fellow, Dr Donncha Mullin from The University of Edinburgh brings together leading experts in research methodology, and the dementia researchers that use them, to provide a fun introduction to five qualitive research methods in a safe space where there are no such things as dumb questions! Episode Four – Surveys and Questionnaires In expert corner - Dr Petra Boynton. Petra is a Social Psychologist, specialising in International Health Research from a critical perspective. Over the past 20 years she has taught, supervised, and undertaken research across the social and health sciences and development within university and community settings as well as writing extensively Academic life, including publishing a book called

The best way to reduce your risk of dementia is to adapt various aspects of your lifestyle, including eating certain foods, taking regular exercise, not smoking, and maintaining normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Evidence shows that a diet rich in fruit, vegetables, and cereals, and low in red meat and sugar could help reduce dementia risks. However, nutrition and dietary components are challenging to research with controversies still raging around the role of many micronutrients and health outcomes in dementia, which is why what to eat, what not to eat, how often and how much is constantly in the news. In this ISTAART Research Perspectives Special, Fernando Peres and Dr Clara Domínguez Vivero get two perspectives on diet and nutrition and its connections to cognition and dementia, from the researcher and the person who lives with the disease. This time we are joined by Dr Claire McEvoy, Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Ageing Research at Queens University Belfast. Claire is a Dietitian and Senio

Each year 30 research scientists are paired with UK parliamentarians and civil servants. They learn about each other’s work by spending time together in Westminster and the researcher’s institutions. Those taking part gain an insight into how research findings can help inform policy making, and come away with a better understanding of how they can get involved. In this podcast we hear from three researchers who were part of the 2022 cohort - learning about their experience. Dr Fiona McLean from University of Dundee talks with Dr Dayne Beccano-Kelly from Cardiff University and Dr Sarah Marzi from Imperial College London, both group leaders within the UK Dementia Research Institute. For more information on the Royal Society Pairing Scheme visit: https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/pairing-scheme/ You can find out more about our panellists, and their work on our website. There you will also find a full transcript: www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcast-…syndrome -- Like what you hear? Plea

Coverage from the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) bringing together early career researchers to share their conference highlights. In the last of this weeks special shows, Dr Natasha Clarke from Centre de recherche de l’Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal chairs the discussion with Dr Richard Lofthouse from University of Aberdeen, Dr Diana Karamacoska from Western Sydney University and Anqesha Murray, at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York. Sharing highlights from the third day of the world’s largest dementia conference. Follow the conference live at #AAIC22 You can find out more about our panellists, and their work on our website. There you will also find a full transcript: www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk -- Like what you hear? Please review, like, and share our podcast - and don't forget to subscribe to ensure you never miss an episode. This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Research UK and Alzheimer's Society, who we thank for the

Coverage from the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) bringing together early career researchers to share their conference highlights. In today’s show, Dr Sarah Bauermeister from University of Oxford hosts, with guests Dr Claire Lancaster from University of Sussex, Esther Hui from University College London and and Dr Darina Petrovsky, Rutgers University Sharing highlights from the third day of the world’s largest dementia conference. Follow the conference live at #AAIC22 You can find out more about our panellists, and their work on our website. There you will also find a full transcript: www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk -- Like what you hear? Please review, like, and share our podcast - and don't forget to subscribe to ensure you never miss an episode. This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Research UK and Alzheimer's Society, who we thank for their ongoing support.

Coverage from the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) bringing together four attendees to chat over coffee, and share their highlights. In todays show, we welcome back Dr Isabel Castanho to take her first turn in the hosts chair, with special guests and show newcomers Dr Annalise Rahman-Filipiak from University of Michigan, Dr Connor Richardson from Newcastle University and Dr Bhargav Teja Nallapu from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Sharing highlights from the second day of the worlds largest dementia conference. Follow the conference live at #AAIC22 You can find out more about our panellists, and their work on our website. There you will also find a full transcript: https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk -- Like what you hear? Please review, like, and share our podcast - and don't forget to subscribe to ensure you never miss an episode. This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Research UK and Alzheimer's Society, who we thank for their ongoing suppor

For the first time since 2019, we’re back at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in-person – which means we can bring together attendees to chat over coffee, and share their highlights. In todays show, long-time listener and contributor, Sarah Gregory from the University of Edinburgh is our guest host, talking with Dr Ríona McArdle, from Newcastle University, Dr Lillian Hung from University of British Columbia and Dr Sarah-Naomi James from University College London. Sharing highlights from the Tech and Dementia Preconference session and the first day, with a focus on equality, diversity and inclusion, and co-production. Follow the conference live at #AAIC22 You can find out more about our panellists, and their work on our website. There you will also find a full transcript: www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk -- Like what you hear? Please review, like, and share our podcast - and don't forget to subscribe to ensure you never miss an episode. This podcast is brought to you in ass

The Dementia Researcher, ISTAART Relay Podcast is back for a third, 5-part series. Where the interviewee becomes the interviewer. With five leading researchers discussing their research, their field, and the work of the Alzheimer’s Association ISTAART Professional Interest Area they represent. Part Five – Erica Dove interviews Professor Charlotte Teunissen, representing the Biofluid Based Biomarkers PIA. Erica Dove is a third year PhD Student, studying at University of Toronto. Her research aims to co-develop an exercise video game designed to reduce falls risk among people with dementia. Inspired to work in dementia through personal experience, when not at work, she can be found obsessing over floral patterns (Yes really). Erica is representing the ISTAART Technology and Dementia PIA. Charlotte Teunissen is a Professor in Neurochemistry at Amsterdam UMC. Charlotte explores Biomarkers in body fluids, such as cerebrospinal fluid and blood, to understand the disease and improve care for neurological diseases