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Dementia Researcher Blogs

Dementia Researcher

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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07:10

Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali - What is “brain health” and is it...

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2022/03/09

Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. With populations getting older, age-associated disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease, are projected to place significant demands on global health systems over the coming years. There is therefore an increasing need to understand how to improve and preserve our brain health, but how can we do this when no consensus definition exists of what brain health actually is and what it looks like? In this blog Kamar discusses the challenge

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06:01

Nathan Stephens - Am I doing PPI or Was that PPI?

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2022/03/08

Nathan Stephens narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. In this blog Nathan discusses Patient and Public Involvement, unpacking what that actually means in respect of other similar concepts such as participation and engagement, how PPI can be done throughout the research process, and drawing on my experiences of intentionally and unintentionally doing involvement activities. If you are just starting out with you studies this could be helpful to support PPI elements in your research

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03:26

Meet Dr Mizuki Morisaki, University of St Andrews

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2022/03/07

Last week we attended the Alzheimer's Research UK Conference in Brighton. We took time out from the programme to talk with early career dementia researchers to ask them about their work, the challenges they have faced and how they overcame them, and to share a highlight from the conference. In this short interview we talk with Dr Mizuki Morisaki, Research Fellow at University of St Andrews (starting at University of Bristol soon). Mizuki recently finished her PhD focused on how “stress” affects

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04:03

Meet Elizabeth English, University of Cambridge

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2022/03/05

This week we've been attending the Alzheimer's Research UK Conference in Brighton. We took time out from the programme to talk with early career dementia researchers to ask them about their work, the challenges they have faced and how they overcame them, and to share a highlight from the conference. In this short interview we talk with Elizabeth 'Lizzie' English, PhD Student at University of Cambridge. Lizzie is utilising biophysical methods to characterise protein aggregates and their toxicity

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05:32

Meet Dr Ian Harrison, University College London

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2022/03/03

This week we've been attending the Alzheimer's Research UK Conference in Brighton. We took time out from the programme to talk with early career dementia researchers to ask them about their work, the challenges they have faced and how they overcame them, and to share a highlight from the conference. In this short interview we talk with Dr Ian Harrison, Senior Research Fellow at University College London. Ian's work looks at the function of the glymphatic system in the brain, responsible for the

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04:18

Dr Clarissa Giebel - Running a Journal Club and how...

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2022/03/03

Dr Clarissa Giebel narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. Is your inbox getting regular email requests to peer review a paper in your field? Has it increased since the pandemic? It certainly has for Clarissa. Peer reviewing manuscripts is a key part of our work, and when reviews don't happen authors may wait around for longer to get their decision. But what about peer reviewing a paper when it’s already published? Also known as the good old Journal Club... In this blog Clarissa discusses

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10:12

Felicity Slocombe and Chloe Waterman - Dementia and...

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2022/02/25

Felicity Slocombe, narrates her blog co-authored with Chloe Waterman written for the Dementia Researcher website. This blog has been written after myself and my colleague Chloe realised the similarity and overlap of two theories we use respectively in our PhD research. We hope to show how neuro-culture (Chloe) and neoliberalism (Felicity) are negatively impacting people with dementia. If we can understand and accept that we live within these cultures in society, we may better understand the

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06:35

Adam Smith - Dementia Champions - Inspiring or a...

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2022/02/22

Adam Smith narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. Every now and again a little twitter storm blows-up, it probably isn’t big enough to be given a name yet, however its underlying cause is worth talking about… In this blog Adam walking out into the storm and discusses Dementia Champions, their work, living well with dementia and the overall narrative and how dementia is perceived as a result of their great work - do they present a true picture of life with dementia? Find the original

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04:28

Masha Burelo - Cannabinoids and Anxiety

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2022/02/22

Masha Burelo narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. Masha Burelo, PhD Student from University of Aberdeen is back with her second blog in the 'from the plant to the lab series'. Masha is now focussed on dementia research, but her pervious work on cannabinoids, is shared through this series and today she writes about their use in the treatment of anxiety. Cannabis has been used for many years as an alternative therapy for anxiety, but some research has provided evidence of its

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09:30

Dr Yvonne Couch - Brain Imaging, Inside The Black Box

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2022/02/18

Dr Yvonne Couch, narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. Yvonne brings her usual fun to exploring different types of brain imaging and how they’re applied. Neuroimaging, or brain scanning, includes the use of various techniques to either directly or indirectly image the structure, function, or pharmacology of the brain. Neuroimaging falls into two broad categories: structural imaging and functional imaging. - Electroencephalography (EEG) is used to show brain activity under

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03:58

Dr Clarissa Giebel - Overseas Collaborations

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2022/02/15

Dr Clarissa Giebel narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. Anyone who knows Clarissa know's that she is a big believer in collabroations, the pandemic may have changed how we work but its hasn't dampened her enthusiam. In this blog Clarissa explores how these come about, how they have changed and some of the challenges to working with researcher in other countries when travel is difficult. Find the original text, and narration here on our

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07:52

Hannah Hussain - Women and Girls in Science: Agents...

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2022/02/11

Hannah Hussain narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! This day annually marks the resolution set by the United Nations in 2015 to celebrate women and girls in science and raises awareness of the gender gap in the field of Science and Technology. The gender gap in science still holds women back. According to UNESCO’s Science Report, only 1/3 of science-based researchers are female. While >70% of health and social care workers are

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05:23

Beth Eyre - The Perils of ’what next...?’

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2022/02/09

Beth Eyre, narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. The last year of your PhD can be difficult, lots of writing, experiments and research to finish, the viva... and then the big challenge... what comes next? A PhD is a door to your future, but what future will you choose? Stay in Research? Academia? A clinical career? Industry? In this blog Beth Eyre discusses this tricky topic and shares thoughts on her future, and her plans. Find the original text, and narration here on our

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05:38

Jodi Parslow - Research ’Flies’ When You’re Having Fun

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2022/02/07

Jodi Parslow, narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. Fruit flies are often thought of as an annoying pest but in this blog Jodi explains why they are one of science’s most useful model organisms and give you an insight into the kind of research these little beasties contribute to. Find the original text, and narration here on our website. https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/guest-blog-research-flies-when-youre-having-fun/ -- Jodi Parslow is a MRC-DTP Doctoral Researcher at King's

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07:15

Dr Anna Volkmer - The Interview

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2022/02/04

Dr Anna Volkmer, narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. In September Dr Anna Volkmer described the trials and tribulations of going for gold, in other words open access publication. Well, she promised to update us, and in this blog she does (spoiler alert - the paper is now in the public domain). Find the original text, and narration here on our website. https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/guest-blog-the-interview/ -- Dr Anna Volkmer is a Speech and Language Therapist and

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05:00

Dr Sam Moxon - Hospital in a Time of Covid (from my...

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2022/02/03

Dr Sam Moxon, narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. Sam has previously shared his challenges of living with ulcerative pancolitis, sadly this recently landed him in hospital as an inpatient, and in this blog he shares experiences from his stay - we are sure you join us in wishing him a speedy recovery. Find the original text, and narration here on our website. https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/guest-blog-hospital-in-a-time-of-covid-from-my-own-experience/ -- Dr Sam Moxon is a

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06:46

Hannah Hussain - Beating the Winter Blues

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2022/02/02

Hannah Hussain narrates her blog written for NIHR Dementia Researcher. You had big plans for 2022! Resolutions were written, productivity was projected, research was to be researched. But now January has flown right by, dry-Jan has gone down the drain and you haven’t quite managed to stick to all of those resolutions… Well, don’t despair! In this blog Hannah Hussain shares her tips for turning it at all around. The year is still very young and the goals that you have set are meant for you to

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03:27

Dr James Quinn - The Trials and Tribulations of Doing...

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2022/01/28

Dr James Quinn, narrates her blog written for the ISTAART PIA to Elevate Early Career Researchers, shared by Dementia Researcher. In the first of our regular blogs from the ISTAART PIA to Elevate Early Career Researchers, Dr James Quinn reflects on his move from the UK to the USA and his time as a postdoc. Find the original text, and narration here on our website. https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/istaart-blog-the-trials-and-tribulations-of-doing-an-academic-postdoc-abroad We're always on

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07:13

Nathan Stephens - Don’t Say the ’D’ Word

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2022/01/26

Nathan Stephens narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. In this blog Nathan explores a topic that he has been thinking a lot about, the narrative and public perception of dementia. Dementia awareness has excelled through the direction of successive national strategies which has undoubtable influenced public opinion, and political appetite for positive social change. However, Nathan argues there is much to be done to improve the dementia narrative which can sometimes be inadvertently

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07:50

Dr Yvonne Couch - The Blood Brain Barrier

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2022/01/24

Dr Yvonne Couch, narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is the specialised system of brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMVEC) that shields the brain from toxic substances in the blood, supplies brain tissues with nutrients, and filters harmful compounds from the brain back to the bloodstream - mostly you want that barrier closed, but what about when you want therapies to pass through, because they NEED to be in the brain? Yvonne explains how

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