How to sail smoothly from academia to industry
Dementia ResearcherTo beat the stiff competition, highlight your skills in collaboration, teamwork and meeting deadlines.
Dissemination
Communicating your research toolkit – The Health Foundation
Want to communicate your health research in a better way in 2018? This resource from The Health Foundation is the tool you need.
Tracking LRRK2-Parkinson’s Progression for Better Trial Design
Parkinson’s disease comes in many flavors, posing a challenge for clinical trials. Knowing how the disease progresses may improve chances of success. A longitudinal study from the LRRK2 Ashkenazi Jewish Consortium provides just such data.
Spot light on the NIHR Research Design Service
National Institute for Health Research We are the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) we fund health and care research and translate discoveries into practical products, treatments, devices and procedures,…
A brief history of research impact: how has impact assessment evolved in the UK and Australia?
Kate Williams and Jonathan Grant document the evolution of research impact assessment in the UK and Australia.
Invitation to join CHAIN
An informal, multi-professional mutual support network in the field of health & Social Care
Six academic writing habits that will boost productivity
What’s the secret to a productive spell of writing? Chris Smith shares insights gleaned from interviews with a diverse group of academics
Does Daytime Drowsiness Foreshadow Aβ Accumulation?
Alz Forumhttps://www.alzforum.org/news/research-news/does-daytime-drowsiness-foreshadow-av-accumulation
Winner of the David Hague Early Career Investigator of the Year Award 2018
Dr Selina Wray has won the David Hague Early Career Investigator of the Year Award 2018 for her outstanding contribution to the tau biology field.
Cracking the mysteries of Alzheimer’s disease
With Pfizer shutting down its neuroscience unit and a long list of failed late-stage trials, the sheer difficulty of improving the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease has become painfully clear. How can researchers crack the mystery of this much-feared neurodegenerative disease?
An introduction to overviews of reviews: planning a relevant research question and objective for an overview
Overviews of systematic reviews are a relatively new approach to synthesising evidence, and research methods and associated guidance are developing.