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Dementia Researcher Blogs
Dementia Researcher blogs are written and then narrated by the authors. Through this podcast channel, we share the narrations, so you can listen back where ever you get your podcasts, as well as on our website - careers, research and your science. Brought to you by www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk - everything you need, all in one place.
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Dementia Researcher BlogsProfessor Louise Serpell - Alzheimer's Disease Takes a Lifetime
Professor Louise Serpell, narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. In this blog, Louise reflects on why Alzheimer’s disease has proved so…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Connor Richardson - Leaving Your University After 10 Years
Dr Connor Richardson narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. Connor reflects on leaving Newcastle University after nearly ten years, tracing the…
Dementia Researcher BlogsAdam Smith - Remembering Terry Pratchett
Adam Smith narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. Adam reflects on Terry Pratchett Day by considering TP’s public response to posterior cortical…
Dementia Researcher BlogsBernie McInally - Making Care Home Research Visible
Bernie McInally narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. Bernie charts the shift from disconnected systems to a more visible and coordinated approach…
Dementia Researcher BlogsKirsty Hynes - No Care Homes Left Out in Dementia Research
Kirsty Hynes narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. In this second instalment, Ajantha shifts focus from preparing for PhD applications to one of…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Ajantha Abey - PhD Application Advice: Assessing & Approaching a New Lab
Dr Ajantha Abey narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. In this second instalment, Ajantha shifts focus from preparing for PhD applications to one…
Dementia Researcher BlogsBeccy Owen - The Long Way Round to a PhD
Beccy Owen, narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. In her first blog, Beccy introduces herself and reflects on the path that led her into dementia…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Sam Moxon - Knowing When to Apply for Your First Research Fellowship
Dr Sam Moxon, narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. Applying for your first research fellowship can feel like a leap into the unknown. In this…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Andrew Kiselica - Why "Normal" Cognition Is Hindering Preclinical Alzheimer’s Trials
Dr Andrew M. Kiselica, narrating a new blog he wrote for the Dementia Researcher website. Why are preclinical Alzheimer’s trials struggling to show results?…
Dementia Researcher BlogsRahul Sidhu - Momentum in Dementia Research: What I Saw at ARUK
Rahul Sidhu, narrating a new blog he wrote for the Dementia Researcher website. In this blog, Rahul shares his experience at the Alzheimer’s Research UK…
Dementia Researcher BlogsJacqui Kerr - How clinical trials Site Initiation Visits work and why they matter
Jacqui Kerr narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. Site Initiation Visits mark the transition from clinical trial / study setup to delivery…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Clíona Farrell - Optimise, troubleshoot, repeat - Beginning a new project
Dr Clíona Farrell, narrating her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. Three months into a new postdoc, Clíona explores the messy reality of…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Becky Carlyle - The Motherhood Penalty and Career Progression
Dr Becky Carlyle, narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. In this blog, Becky reflects on the lived reality behind the motherhood…
Dementia Researcher BlogsEmily Spencer - Motherhood, PhDs, and the Funding Gap
Emily Spencer, narrating her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. In this blog, Emily shares her experience of balancing a PhD with early…
Dementia Researcher BlogsProfessor Louise Serpell - From Academia and Beyond
Professor Louise Serpell, narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. In this reflective blog, Louise looks back on more than three decades…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Emma Law - Managing patient expectations (without overpromising)
Dr Emma Law, narrating her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. In this blog, Emma discusses the delicate balance between encouraging…
Dementia Researcher BlogsBernie McInally - If Only I Were an ECR Lessons from a Bangkok Park
Bernie McInally narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. In this blog, Bernie describes a striking scene in a Bangkok park where older adults gather…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Yvonne Couch - chatGPT in Academia
Dr Yvonne Couch, narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. Artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT are rapidly becoming part of…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Sam Moxon - Real Food for Thought in the Fight Against Dementia
Dr Sam Moxon, narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. In this blog, Sam reflects on emerging research suggesting that diet and lifestyle…
Dementia Researcher BlogsRahul Sidhu - Imposter Syndrome
Rahul Sidhu, narrating a new blog he wrote for the Dementia Researcher website. In this blog, Rahul reflects on his experience of imposter syndrome throughout…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Ajantha Abey - How I Came To Enjoy Public Speaking As An Introvert
Dr Ajantha Abey narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. In this blog, Ajantha shares how they went from being deeply uncomfortable speaking in front…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Peter Connelly - Two Worlds of Clinical Trials
Dr Peter Connelly narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. In this blog, Peter compares academically led and commercially sponsored clinical trials…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Kamar Ameen-Ali - Supervision vs Mentorship
Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. In this blog, Kam revisits a theme she first explored three years ago: the difference…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Clíona Farrell - Returning to work after a travel-filled career break
Dr Clíona Farrell, narrating her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. After finishing her PhD and a short postdoc extension, Clíona took a five…
Dementia Researcher BlogsEmily Spencer - Learning to Let Good Be Enough
Emily Spencer, narrating her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. Emily reflects on a lifelong struggle with perfectionism and how it shapes her…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Gemma Lace - An Introverts Survival Guide to Conferences
Dr Gemma Lace, narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. In this blog, Gemma explores the reality of attending academic conferences as an…
Dementia Researcher BlogsProfessor Louise Serpell - A career in Alzheimer’s Research
Professor Louise Serpell, narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. In this opening post, Louise Serpell traces her journey through…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Becky Carlyle - Academic overwhelm, you’re not the only one
Dr Becky Carlyle, narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. In this candid blog, Becky reflects on the reality of feeling overwhelmed…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Yvonne Couch - Storytelling in Academia
Dr Yvonne Couch, narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. This blog explores how storytelling strengthens science communication across…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Emma Law - How We Ensure Safety in Dementia Drug Trials
Dr Emma Law, narrating her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. Clinical trials in dementia rely on carefully designed safeguards to protect…
Dementia Researcher BlogsRahul Sidhu - My journey to a PhD in neuroscience: the highs & lows
Rahul Sidhu, narrating a new blog he wrote for the Dementia Researcher website. We're pleased to welcome Rahul as a new regular contributor to the Dementia…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Sam Moxon - Never Truly Known, The Reality of Lewy Body Dementia
Dr Sam Moxon, narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. In this blog, Sam reflects on the reality of Lewy body dementia through both his research…
Dementia Researcher BlogsAdam Smith - Living alongside Hallucinations
Adam Smith narrates his post from the Dementia Researcher Community. In this post Adam reflects on conversations with carers who support people experiencing…
Dementia Researcher BlogsAjantha Abey - From Alzheimer’s to Lewy Body Disease - Expanding our Research Horizons
Ajantha Abey narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. In this blog Ajantha reflects on why Lewy body disease deserves far greater attention within…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Peter Connelly - Recognising Dementia with Lewy Bodies in Clinical Practice
Dr Peter Connelly narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. In this blog Peter explores how dementia with Lewy bodies can present very differently…
Dementia Researcher BlogsRebecca Williams - Why you should Start Writing Blogs
Rebecca Williams, narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. In this blog, Rebecca reflects on nearly three years of blogging during her…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Lindsey Sinclair - What Changing Institution Taught Me
Dr Lindsey Sinclair narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. In this blog, Lindsey reflects on what stepping outside a long held academic home taught…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Sam Moxon - Why the Business Side of Dementia Research Matters
Dr Sam Moxon, narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. In this blog Sam reflects on his move from academia into running a university spinout and what…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Kamar Ameen-Ali - Protecting your Intellectual Property
Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. In this blog, Kam shares a personal account of discovering that content from one of her…
Dementia Researcher BlogsAdam Smith - What I thought I would be doing at 18
Adam Smith narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. On UCAS deadline day, Adam reflects on how careers are often imagined as fixed destinations…
Dementia Researcher BlogsEmily Spencer - Battling Disconnection
Emily Spencer, narrating her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. In this blog, Emily reflects on the quieter strain of doing a PhD while juggling…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Tom Russ - Which medical specialty should treat and research dementia?
Dr Tom Russ narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. In this blog, Tom reflects on how dementia has traditionally been treated and researched within…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Sam Moxon - Working on the Move
Dr Sam Moxon, narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. In this blog, Sam Moxon reflects on the discomfort many people feel when working in public…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Gemma Lace - Pursuing Your Passion: Finding Purpose in Chaos
Gemma Lace, narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. Gemma joins our lineup of regular bloggers, and in this first post Gemma explores…
Dementia Researcher BlogsRebecca Williams - The Rocky Road to PhD Submission
Rebecca Williams, narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. In this blog, Rebecca Williams reflects on the final stretch toward submitting…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Becky Carlyle - A Scientific Christmas Message of Hope
Dr Becky Carlyle, narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. In this blog Becky reflects on what recent work in molecular neurodegeneration…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Emma Law -The Cognitive Dementia Rating (CDR) Scale: The future is coming!
Dr Emma Law, narrating her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. Emma reflects on a presentation at the European Alzheimer Disease Consortium that…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Peter Connelly - Cognitive Testing
Dr Peter Connelly narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. Cognitive tests are central to dementia assessment, but Peter argues we rely on them far…
Dementia Researcher BlogsAdam Smith - Finding Your First Research Assistant Role
Adam Smith narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. In this blog Adam offers clear guidance for people seeking their first research assistant role…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Yvonne Couch - Competition in Science
Dr Yvonne Couch, narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. In this blog, Yvonne examines how competition influences scientific work, using…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Jodi Watt - This Is Not a Goodbye Post (Except It Is, Sort Of)
Dr Jodi Watt, narrating a new blog they wrote for the Dementia Researcher website. In Jodi's final post for Dementia Researcher, they share reflections on…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Rosie Ashworth - Finding My Path
Dr Rosie Ashworth, narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. In this blog, Rosie reflects on her journey from studying psychology to…
Dementia Researcher BlogsRebecca Williams - Gamifying Dementia Research
Rebecca Williams, narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. In this blog, Rebecca Williams explores how video games could revolutionise…
Dementia Researcher BlogsMarian Montanha - Including Research in Every Dementia Diagnosis
Marian Montanha, narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. In this blog, Marian argues that research should be a standard part of every…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Tom Russ - How I Got into Clinical Research: My Career Journey
Dr Tom Russ narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. In this guest blog, Tom traces his path into clinical research, crediting the people who guided…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Lindsey Sinclair - Is kindness key in academic life?
Dr Lindsey Sinclair narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. In this blog, Lindsey reflects on the role of kindness in academia, questioning whether…
Dementia Researcher BlogsEmily Spencer - Time, Work, and a Two-Year-Old
Emily Spencer, narrating her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. In her latest blog, Emily reflects on the daily challenges of combining academic…
Dementia Researcher BlogsAygun Badalova - Life Inside a Dementia Clinical Trial
Aygun Badalova narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. In this moving reflection, Aygun Badalova shares her experience working inside a dementia…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Donald Lyall - What Adrian Newey Can Teach Dementia Researchers
Dr Donald Lyall narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. In this guest blog, Donald draws lessons from legendary F1 designer Adrian Newey and the…
Dementia Researcher BlogsDr Kamar Ameen-Ali - Making the most of my sabbatical
Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. In this blog, Kam reflects on her recent academic sabbatical and what it taught her about…