Bringing together early career researchers and established experts, to discuss a variety of career and research-related topics - exploring their work on Alzheimer's Disease and all forms of Dementia. Filter by topic using the buttons on the right to find the show that delivers what you need. Inside each show you will find contact details of our guests and a full transcript, reach out, ask questions and let us know what you think. Want to take part in a future recording? We are always on the lookout for new contributors, so if you would like to join a panel or record a podcast on your own area of research, just head to the forum to drop us a line, or email dementiaresearcher@ucl.ac.uk. You can subscribe to our podcasts through your favourite podcast app, SoundCloud, iTunes, Spotify + the rest. Just search for 'Dementia Researcher' or follow the links in the footer of this page.
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Podcast – Talking Publishing
Open science, open access, publication timelines are all discussed in our podcast this week with PLOS ONE Associate Editor George Vousden and Research Manager Rui Maruricio at ARUK.
Announcing the winner of our 10,000 plays giveaway
With 10,000 plays & listeners coming from more than 50 countries - we celebrate and draw the name of one of lucky person to win a fantastic pair of Sony Wireless Headphones.
Podcast – Building your online profile and using social media
As an Early Career Researcher, having an online profile is more than just 'being on twitter'. In this podcast our panellists Dr Lakshini Mendis, Dr Jack Rivers-Auty and Dr Kirsty McAleese discuss what it means to have an online presence.
Podcast – 50 Shades of Microglia
Dr Katie Stubbs speaks with Dr Katie Askew, Dr Mike Daniels and PhD student Makis Tzioras. This team are all based at the UK Dementia Research Institute at the University of Edinburgh and discussing their research on Microglia.
Podcast – Alzheimer’s Society Conference 2019 – Day Two
Dr Aoife Kiely from Alzheimer's Society talks to Ruby Ali-Strayton, Dr Charlie Arber and Dr Claire Lancaster discussing their work, and all the news from day two of the Alzheimer's Society Conference.
Podcast – Alzheimer’s Society Conference 2019 – Day One
Dr Megan Calvert-O'Hare is joined by Gillian Harrison, Professor Claudia Cooper and Professor David Sharp discussing their work, and all the news from day one of the Alzheimer's Society Conference.
Podcast – Brains For Dementia Research
This week Dr Aoife Kiely from Alzheimer's Society and Dr Katie Subbs from Alzheimer's Research UK talk with Dr Kirsty McAleese and Dr Keeley Brookes about their work on Brains for Dementia Research. Could this service help you?
Podcast – Getting A Fellowship
Lakshini hosts this great panel discussion with Dr Chris Hardy, Dr Kirsty McAleese, Dr Marianne Coleman and Dr Jack Rivers-Auty. All work in different fields of dementia research, and all shared their advice, tips and experiences of getting a fellowship.
Podcast – Data the new frontiers in dementia research – Exeter Datathon
A special podcast recording made on location from the Dementias Platform UK (DPUK) datathon at the University of Exeter, we discuss how ‘data’ is being used to push new frontiers in dementia research.
Podcast – PhD Life and Young-onset Dementia Research
Adam Smith talks with PhD students Michelle Lai and Luisa Krein from the University of Sydney. Discussing research on Young-onset dementia and how they manage the pressures of life, study and work.
Podcast – Dementia and risk enablement in NHS and Social Care settings (Functional Objects and Mobility)
Megan Calvert-O'Hare talks with Dr Pippa Collins and Kellyn Leed from the University of Southampton. Discussing their work to support people with dementia to stay mobile while in hospitals, and the benefits of enabling use of functionality objects in hospitals and nursing homes.
Podcast – Language And Communication In The Dementias – London
Lakshini Mendis talks with Professor Rosemary Varley, Dr Vitor Zimmerer and Anna Volkmer at University College London for this two part global podcast special looking how researchers are helping people with dementia with language and communication and what it can tell us.
Podcast – Language And Communication In The Dementias – Sydney
Adam Smith talks with Luisa Krein and Cathy Taylor-Rubin at the University of Sydney for this two part global podcast special looking how researchers are helping people with dementia with language and communication and what it can tell us.
Podcast – News from the Alzheimer’s Research UK Conference 2019
Dr Katy Stubbs chairs this podcast recorded on location, at this weeks ARUK Conference in Harrogate. The panel share news and highlights from across the three days.
Podcast – Using ‘Join Dementia Research’
Adam Smith talks with Clare Shaw, Victoria Shepherd and Ann-Marie Greenaway about how Join Dementia Research helped them with study participant recruitment, and how it could help you.
Podcast – Career Paths to Studying Huntington’s Disease Linked Dementia
Lakshini Mendis speaks with Dr Marina Papoutsi, Dr Akshay Nair and Lauren Byrne, from the Huntington's Disease Centre at University College London.
Podcast – The practicalities and realities of doing qualitative research – ethics on the move
As early stage researchers we are not always fully prepared for qualitative research and the ethical procedure. In this weeks podcast Dr Lakshini Mendis talks with Sarah Wallcook and Yvette Vermeer about how the tackled this issue.
Podcast – International Frontotemporal Dementia Genomics Consortium
Dr Megan Calvert-O'Hare talks with Raffaele Ferrari from UCL and Dr Claudia Manzoni from University of Reading. Discussing their research and the work of the International Frontotemporal Dementia Genomics Consortium (IFGC).
Podcast – Research and Improving NHS Dementia Care
In this weeks podcast Megan Calvert-O'Hare talks to Emily Oliver and Naomi Gallant who are both Clinical Doctoral Research Fellows at the University of Southampton. Discussing their research into NHS Dementia Care and the role of the NIHR CLAHRC
Podcast – Navigating Research Ethics
In our first podcast of 2019 our panel discusses the benefits of research ethics, and how to navigate the minefield as an early career researcher, getting that much sought favourable opinion..
Podcast – 2018 Roundup Christmas Special
Welcome to our Christmas Special End of Year Roundup - from the crammed Dementia Researcher archive, here are some of the best bits in a 2018 compilation, featuring choice nuggets from this year,
Podcast – Time for Dementia Study
In this podcast the Time for Dementia Study Team from Brighton and Sussex Medical School discuss their work in developing dementia education for undergraduate healthcare professionals.
Podcast – Gender Equality in Research
In this podcast we talk gender discrimination, maternity leave and the issues that researchers face, what is being done to address the issues.
Podcast – Alzheimer’s Society Impact of Patient & Public Involvement on Research
In this latest podcast we hear from a volunteer, researcher and charity working closely together to ensure that people affected by dementia are involved in every stage of research to maximise impact.
Podcast – Student Health and Wellbeing
In this podcast Oz Ismail talks to Géraldine Garrabet, Dr Caroline Selai and Kellie Morrissey discussing how they support students to stay physically and mentally well, with strategies for how they themselves have learned to cope.
What do researchers need to know? Advice from people living with dementia – Part 2
In this two part special recorded on location at University of Exeter Medical School, the panel give advice to early career researchers. Exploring their personal experiences as research participants, and what they would like to see done better.
What do researchers need to know? Advice from people living with dementia – Part 1
In this two part special recorded on location at University of Exeter Medical School, the panel give advice to early career researchers. Exploring their personal experiences as research participants, and what they would like to see done better.
Podcast – Dealing with failure and imposter syndrome
We all have to deal with failure during our careers. But how do you handle it? In this podcast regular host Chris Hardy is joined by Charlotte Mykura, Oz Ismail and Anna Volkmer to discuss their approach to managing the challenges.
Podcast – Communication training for people with primary progressive aphasia
Anna Volkmer, Rosemary Townsend and Oliver Sawyer talk speech and language therapy and their research around communication training for people with PPA
Podcast – Mentoring
How should mentoring work, and how can it work for you? This week out panel or Megan Calver-O'Hare and Dr Ivan Koychev and Dr Christoph Mueller from the University of Oxford will explore.
Podcast – Echos around the home – helping people with PCA
Can the Amazon Echo be used in the home to help those living with dementia? In this podcast Emma Harding and Dr Nicholas Firth talking to Megan O'Hare, discussing their cutting edge research and how they researched the use of Amazon Echo to help people with PCA.
Podcast – Things I wish I had known sooner
If you're just starting out in your studies or in your work as an ECR - this podcast could help! Our panel explore the the benefits of hindsight. Dr Amy Monaghan with Dr Deborah Oliviera, Hanna Isotalus & Dr Mark Dallas
Podcast – AAIC 2018 Day Four
In the fourth and final podcast reporting from the AAIC in Chicago, our panel of Early Career Researchers are here to share information on their presentations and the top research stories of the day.
Podcast – AAIC 2018 Day Three
Podcast recorded at the AAIC in Chicago, our panel of ECRs discuss some of fantastic presentations from the world largest dementia research conference
Podcast – AAIC 2018 Day Two
In the second of our on location podcast recordings from the AAIC in Chicago, our new panel are here to discuss some of fantastic presentations from the world largest dementia research conference.
Podcast – AAIC 2018 Day One
In the first of our on location podcast recordings from the AAIC in Chicago, our panel discuss some of fantastic presentations from the world largest dementia research conference.
Podcast – Working and studying in the UK
What is it really like to live, study and work overseas - our panel have come from across the world to do exactly that in the UK, listen as they discuss their experiences and share their advice for anyone thinking of doing he same.
Podcast – How to create award winning academic posters
Our panel of award winning poster presenters provide tips and advice on what you can do to make your poster better than the rest
Podcast – Improving Care & Support for People with Dementia
ECRs from Leeds Beckett University talk about their work delivering research on improving care & support for people with dementia
Podcast – Managing family life and research career
Like all busy mums and dads, we find creative ways to manage, our time and work - but how about when that work is a career in dementia research....
Podcast – Research outside the NHS setting
Research isn't something that just happens in a hospital, lab or library, dementia research is changing and so are the places where it takes place.
Podcast – Getting funding and grant writing
Finding funding and grant writing is a much needed skill, our panel have been on both sides of the equation as writers and reviewers.
Podcast – Collaborative work in non-cognitive aspects of Alzheimer’s disease
How research has evolved quite considerably from the days of single author papers to exciting collaborations.
Podcast – How to choose a postdoc, and find the right PhD
In this podcast our panel discuss how to balance your own interested, while being pragmatic and tips and lessons in choosing the right PhD or podcast.
Podcast – Discussing the MARQUE Study – Managing Agitation in Dementia
In this podcast Dr Megan O'Hare talks to Francesca La Frenais, and Dr Penny Rapaport about the MARQUE Study, and how their work is helping us to understand what causes agitation and how the interventions tested in this study are improving quality of life for those living with dementia, and helping carers.
Podcast – Managing & fostering good relations with PhD supervisors
In this weeks podcast, our panel explore how they have worked with, and managed their relationships with supervisors. How this develops over time, how you ensure your research is your own and their tips for success.
Podcast – Working with people with dementia and their carers
Hear from three researchers discussing their work with people with dementia, how they benefit, how to prepare, and deal with challenging symptoms.
Podcast – Managing a clinical and researcher career
The life of a clinical academic is a constant balancing act between clinical work and research. Amy Monaghan talks to Dr Timothy Rittman, Dr Ione Woollacott & Dr Akin Nihat about how they meet theses challenges.
