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Salon – Patient and Public Involvement in Dementia Research
April 16 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
A weekly webinar to discuss careers and research topics. These sessions combine livestreams, guest speakers, and group online chat to exchange ideas, challenge, influence, inspire, and educate. In this session, we hear from Dr Antoinette O Connor & Dr Rasa Mikelyte to talk about the the delivery of ‘Patient and Public Involvement in Dementia Research‘.
Communicating science to children and young people isn’t just about simplifying complex ideas; it’s about sparking curiosity, inspiring wonder, and building connections. The challenge lies in bridging the gap between abstract concepts and the vibrant, inquisitive minds of a younger audience. How do we take topics like neuroscience and brain health and make them accessible, engaging, and memorable? Today, we’ll explore the art and science of storytelling, visualisation, and interaction, unpacking strategies to make your presentations not only understandable but unforgettable for the next generation of thinkers and innovators.
Speakers
Dr Antoinette O’Connor is a Consultant Neurologist at Tallaght University Hospital in Dublin. She graduated from UCC medical school in Ireland in 2012, and completed a PhD at University College London investigating presymptomatic biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease, and followed that with an Alzheimer’s Society Clinical Research Training Fellowship in 2018. She Antoinette is interested in Young onset and genetic forms of dementia with a particular interest in presymptomatic biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease.
Dr Rasa Mikelyte is an NIHR / Alzheimer’s Society Dem Comm Fellow in the Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, and NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) Kent, Surrey & Sussex. Rasa’s research spans dementia care and policy, integrated care, adult social care, and palliative/end-of-life care. Outside research Rasa has taken on, and enjoyed various roles, such as acting as an assistant psychologist in a memory clinic, dementia care home worker, and provided live-in dementia care. Rasa is passionate about PPI, driven through dementia care work that has made them a better researcher.
We will also have Trevor Salomon, Alzheimer’s Society Volunteer & Vice-Chairperson of the European Dementia Carers Working Group as co-host of this webinar (we are awaiting confirmation from other invited speakers to represent those living with dementia).
