Dementia Researcher Vodcast

This week Dr Anna Volkmer hosts a discussion with three researchers who use Gait Analysis as a key element of their research. We are pleased to welcome Dr Riona McArdle, Research Associate at Newcastle University; Dr Keir Yong, Senior Research Fellow at University College London and Dr Silvia Del Din, Senior Research Associate at Newcastle University Gait is a person’s pattern of walking. Walking...

Over the next 12 months, NIHR Dementia Researcher is following Morgan Daniel as she studies for her Dementia MSc at University College London. Morgan will be blogging, podcasting and occasionally taking over our twitter feed to share news from her studies and life, documenting the hi's and lows', with tips for others who are considering post-graduate studies.  In this podcast Adam Smith chats to M...

Music is powerful! Whether it's 60s psychedelic rock, soul, opera, classical or songs from West End the shows, music can be calming, uplifting and bring to conger up long-forgotten memories. For a number of years researchers have been exploring the the power of music and singing and how it can help people living with dementia. This week Megan O'Hare is joined by three special guests who are resear...

Detection and treatment of dementia benefits greatly from understanding the full scope of "typical" behaviour, which can increasingly be captured using big data methodology. Dr Anna Volkmer and Dr Vitor Zimmerer from the Department of Language and Cognition at University College London have a chat about the importance of understanding diversity in a population for dementia research, mostly using l...

Dr Megan O'Hare is joined by three researchers based at the UK Dementia Research Institute in Cardiff - Dr Sarah Carpanini, Dr Tom Phillips and Dr Megan Torvell to discuss neuroinflammation in neurodegeneration this time using mouse models to examine underlying pathophysiology during brain development and beyond. Join them to hear about physiological synapse loss that occurs during normal, healthy...

This week we are recording a daily podcast, sharing all the news and highlights from this year’s Alzheimer's Association International ‘Virtual’ Conference. Day Four “Public Health; Dementia Care and Psychosocial Factors; Dementia Care Practice” – Adam Smith is joined by Dr Riona McArdle, Research Associate from Newcastle University, Dr Byron Creese, Senior Research Fellow from Newcastle Universit...

This week we are recording a daily podcast, sharing all the news and highlights from this year’s Alzheimer's Association International ‘Virtual’ Conference. Day Three “Clinical Manifestations; Drug Development” – Adam Smith is joined by Dr Anna Volmer, Speech & Language Therapist and academic at University College London, Danielle Wilson, Commercialisation Lead at the UK Dementia Research Institut...

This week we are recording a daily podcast, sharing all the news and highlights from this year’s Alzheimer's Association International ‘Virtual’ Conference. Day Two “Biomarkers” – Adam Smith is joined by Dr James Quinn, Research Fellow, from Massachusetts General Hospital, Rory Boyle, PhD Candidate from Trinity College Dublin and Courtney Kloske, Doctoral Candidate at the University of Kentucky. C...

This week we are recording a daily podcast, sharing all the news and highlights from this year’s Alzheimer's Association International ‘Virtual’ Conference. Day One “Basic Science and Pathogenesis” – Dr Megan O’Hare is joined by Professor Louise Serpell, from the University of Sussex, Dr Emily Maguire from the UK Dementia Research Institute at Cardiff University and Dr Lindsay Sinclair from Univer...

A five-part special relay podcast series, where the interviewee becomes the interviewer. With five leading researchers discussing their research, their field, and the work of the Alzheimer’s Association ISTAART Professional Interest Area they represent. Part Five - Dr Sietske Sikkes interviews Professor David Scott Dr Sietske Sikkes is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and Epidemiologist and Assistant...

A five-part special relay podcast series, where the interviewee becomes the interviewer. With five leading researchers discussing their research, their field, and the work of the Alzheimer’s Association ISTAART Professional Interest Area they represent. Part Four - Dr Cécilia Samieri interviews Dr Sietske Sikkes Dr Cécilia Samieri is an Epidemiologist and Senior researcher at INSERM (French Nation...

A five-part special relay podcast series, where the interviewee becomes the interviewer. With five leading researchers discussing their research, their field, and the work of the Alzheimer’s Association ISTAART Professional Interest Area they represent. Part Three - Dr Prashanthi Vemuri interviews Dr Cécilia Samieri Dr Prashanthi Vemuri is Associate Professor of Radiology at The Mayo Clinic Colleg...

A five-part special relay podcast series, where the interviewee becomes the interviewer. With five leading researchers discussing their research, their field, and the work of the Alzheimer’s Association ISTAART Professional Interest Area they represent. Part Two - Professor Henrik Zetterberg interviews Dr Prashanthi Vemuri Henrik Zetterberg is Professor of Neurochemistry, Senior Consultant in Clin...

A five-part special relay podcast series, where the interviewee becomes the interviewer. With five leading researchers discussing their research, their field, and the work of the Alzheimer’s Association ISTAART Professional Interest Area they represent. Part One - Professor David Scott interviews Professor Henrik Zetterberg David Scott is Director of the Department of Anaesthesia and Acute Pain Me...

In this week’s podcast we explore why Microglia are awesome, why our panellists use induced pluripotent stem cell models and how they feed Genome wide association studies hits and basic science into drug discovery with phenotypic screening. Meet our panellists: Dr Hazel Hall-Roberts, who is a black belt in Wado-Ryu karate and Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathol...

This week Adam Smith is joined by three early career dementia researchers to discuss mental health struggles and self-care in academia. Are these problems that everyone goes through? Are there strategies that you can employ to help? We had so much to talk about… that we broke it down into two parts and this is part two. Those researchers are: Dr Katie Askew, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the U...

This week Adam Smith is joined by three early career dementia researchers to discuss mental health struggles and self-care in academia. Are these problems that everyone goes through? Are there strategies that you can employ to help? We had so much to talk about… that we broke it down into two parts and this is part one. Those researchers are: Dr Katie Askew, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the U...

Join Megan O’Hare interviewing the panel for an insightful discussion on PPI in biomedical research. On previous podcasts, we have discussed the importance of Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) – and the value it can add to research project development and also to researchers themselves, people living with dementia and their carers. Today’s podcast looks at PPI in biomedical research as there is...

In 2015 Professor Rossor from University College London and Professor Martin Knapp from The London School of Economics published a paper in the Lancet entitled ‘Can we model a cognitive footprint of interventions and policies to help to meet the global challenge of dementia?’ In this podcast Piers Kotting talks to Professor Rossor and Professor Parashkev Nachev exploring the concept of a ‘Cognitiv...

This week Adam Smith hosts this informal discussion with three lab-based researchers. Recorded remotely and discussing how they’re all managing to physically and mentally well, and how life has changed since the 23rd March. Dr Katy Askew, Postdoctoral Research Fellow and PhD student Makis Tzioras both from The University of Edinburgh and Dr Isabel Castanho a postdoc researcher at University of Exe...

Adam Smith talks with Dr Aida Gonzalez, Dr Daniel Jimenez both from University College London and Julieta Camino the University of East Anglia. Three panellists who all come from a clinical background and now find themselves working as academics. This week we explore how they maintain their clinical skills and identify, while working in academia. Academics with a clinical background and Clinical A...

This week Anna Volkmer chairs a far reaching discussion exploring sexuality, relationships and intimacy in long-term and dementia care. There is there is limited research on what family members and front-line care home staff consider to be the best responses to the sexual expression of a person with dementia, whilst at the same time respecting relatives’ feelings, managing their possible distress...

In the UK there are 850,000 people living with dementia, and approximately 90% of people with dementia are affected by neuropsychiatric symptoms at some stage. This term generally refers to things like agitation, hallucinations, delusions, and depression that occur as a result of neurodegenerative disease. Megan O'Hare interviews three researchers who work in and around the field of psychiatry and...

This week our panel of NHS clinicians are in the studio to discuss their stories of becoming 'research active'. With advise for others and details on how they are now working to support and encourage others on the front line of NHS care. As the NIHR in the UK, and research bodies in other countries work to encourage more clinical staff to become research active. This podcast provides information f...

Our first ever Spanish Language Special! English & Spanish Transcripts for this podcast can be found on our website http://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcast-spanish-voices-in-dementia-research ___________________________________________________________________ La investigación en el campo del deterioro cognitivo está llena de talento multicultural y de diversidad. Hoy queremos celebrar est...