Call for Data Study Group challenges
UK DRIUK DRI and DEMON Network are seeking a range of research questions (challenges) across disciplines to better understand dementia-causing disorders.
Dissemination
Think Brain Health – policy, clinical & research
Dementia ResearcherPresentations from ‘Think Brain Health’ Conference, including Professors Philip Scheltens, Craig Ritchie, Wiesje van der Flier
What the landmark Brexit deal means for science
The eleventh-hour UK–EU trade agreement comes as a relief to UK researchers because it means they can be funded by EU programmes.
Listening is the first part of research – PPI
Professors Seb Crutch, Martin Rossor & Valerie Mansfield chat about how recogniseing invaluable insights that come from Patient & Public Involvement
Aβ Binds Glutamate Receptors. Only in Guys, Though.
Alz ForumCould a person’s sex dictate how his or her brain reacts to amyloid? Stephen Ferguson, University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Institute, Canada, thinks it may.
Ways to look after yourself and others in 2021
Nature Careers BlogScientists offer their views on what’s important for the coming year in this article by Virginia Gewin shared from Nature Careers.
Seasons Greetings 2020
Seasons greeting and thank you for all your support, this is just a short note to say thank you, and to share some stats from 2020.
Memory Service Assessments: A New Way of Working
NHS England and NHS Improvement published the second version of the its Memory Service Assessments: A New Way of Working guidance on the 17th December 2020.
Guest lecture – Dr Richard Youle, Breakthrough Prize Winner
The UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology Annual Address 2020 included a talk from Dr Richard Youle, 2021 Breakthrough Prize Winner in Life Science.
Using health and social care datasets in research
NIHRCatch-up on what you missed in the recent ‘Using health and social care datasets in research – opportunities, assets, and examples’, from NIHR, HDR UK, MRC
Alzheimer Europe future vision of EU dementia policy
At an online European Parliament workshop hosted by Sirpa Pietikäinen, MEP (Finland), Alzheimer Europe launched a new report “Dementia as a European Priority – A Policy Overview”
Maintaining mobility and preventing disability
Researchers are identifying risk factors for physical disability and developing ways to prevent or reverse loss of mobility to maintain independence.