Dementia Researcher Vodcast

In this podcast we reflect on the recent UK Dementia Care Research Summit 2020 hosted by Alzheimer’s Society, National Institute for Health Research and Economic & Social Research Council. Discussing the highlights, outcomes and next step (which we think are probably applicable in many countries). The dementia research community is driven by a desire to make positive change for people affected by...

Today's topic is the new Alzheimer's Research UK DEMON Network (don't worry you don't have to be an evil spirit or tormentor to join), DEMON being an acronym for Deep Dementia Phenotyping (DEMON) Network. Led by the University of Exeter and supported by Alzheimer's Research UK, the Alan Turing Institute and Dementias Platform UK. It aims to unite experts from a wide range of fields to find new sol...

Join Dr Megan O'Hare on the road at Surrey and Borders Partnership Foundation NHS Trust interviewing R&D Manager and PhD Student Jane Gregg and former guest Dr Josie Jenkinson. They discuss Jane's PhD understanding how people perceive themselves and their future once they receive a diagnosis of dementia and how that links with service use in the NHS. This far reaching discussion gives pause for th...

Listen to this week's podcast to hear Professor Louise Serpell and Dr Karen Marshall from the University of Sussex talk Biochemistry and drug development. Learn about what amyloid fibrils actually are, their structure, other diseases that are caused by them and ultimately what we can do with this knowledge. You can find out more about our panellists, and their work on our website www.dementiaresea...

This week's podcast is hosted by Anna Volkmer discussing a topic that she is particularly passionate about; consenting participants into dementia research. She is joined by Dr Clarissa Giebel, Dr James Fletcher and Dr Aida Suarez-Gonzalez all who have first-hand experience of consenting adults into dementia research trials and studies and share their experiences and tips. Listen to hear how each o...

As we prepare to welcome 2020 and a new year, we look back on some of the great podcasts we recorded during 2019 in this round-up of some of our favourite moments. A transcript of this podcast is available here on our website - https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcast-2019-roundup-christmas-special/ Over the past year we’ve recorded 36 podcast with more than 70 dementia researchers and ex...

In this podcast we talk we talk to three panellists, to reflect on what they discovered at the ‘Prediction and Prevention in Neurodegenerative Disease Symposium’ held on the 29th November and organised by the Preventative Neurology Unit (PNU) at Queen Mary University London. Recorded on location from QMU - Dr Megan O’Hare is join by PhD students Phazha Bothongo and Isabelle Foote from Queen Mary U...

This week Adam Smith is at the University of Manchester to talk with a research team who over the last 5-years has been working collaboratively with people living with dementia and family carers on a study focusing on Neighbourhoods and Dementia. This weeks panel has Dr Sarah Campbell a Research Associate at the Manchester University, Professor Andrew Clark from the University of Salford and exper...

In this podcast we welcome academics and industry to discuss the Dementia Consortium and drug discovery, from the basics of target validation to the question you always wanted to ask big pharma - what is their motivation for investing! The panel is made up of Dr Declan Jones and Dr John Isaac both from Johnson & Johnson, one of the seven industry partners of the Dementia Consortium, Professor Paul...

This week's podcast was recorded at the Centre for Dementia Studies at the University of Sussex. Megan O'Hare is joined by Dr Ben Hicks and Dr Laura Hughes to discuss broadly the themes of inequalities in dementia care and quality of life and specifically look at the DeterMIND programme. Evidence has emerged of major inequalities in care for dementia, driven by factors including ethnicity, whether...

Alzheimer's Society have recently made some changes to the focus of their funding programmes; tune in to hear Faye Boswell and Katherine Gray from Alzheimer's Society discuss the focus for future funding programmes, tips on writing your applications and an in-depth discussion about the 4 I's: Implementation, Impact, Inclusion and Involvement. With insider experience from Antoinette O'Connor, an Al...

This week Megan O'Hare interviews Emma Harding and Emilie Brotherhood, PhD students working on the Rare Dementia Support Impact study - a £3.5 million, five-year, multi-site collaboration research study into the value of multicomponent support groups for people living with or supporting someone with a rare form of dementia. They will discuss the 5 work packages involved but also the translation of...

What's possible when a group of creative, motivated, self-driven qualitative researchers find each other? Only time will tell, but if the first meeting of this group is anything to go by, you can expect some quality outputs, which add real value to helping people living with dementia. Dr Jemima Dooley (University of Bristol), Dr Sarah Griffiths, (University of Plymouth) and Anna Volkmer (Universit...

Sitting your viva is the culmination of years of work, to say it is a big moment is an understatement. If you are about to walk into your viva or you are at the beginning of the PhD journey, we have a panel of viva survivors to discuss tips, anecdotes and things they would do differently. Regular contributor Anna Volkmer is joined Dr Sarah Aldous, a Post-doctoral research associate at UCL, Dr Jame...

Our panel today are talking about 'Thesis Writing', and by the end of the discussion we hope listeners will be inspired, perhaps realise they are not alone, have a few new ideas on approach and most importantly will be itching to get back to writing as opposed to finding every chore under the sun to do as a way of getting out of it (that includes looking at Facebook, cat videos, pairing socks and...

Welcome to this week's podcast, hosted by Oz Ismail. Oz is joined by Dr David Steadman, Yolanda Ohene and Christina Toomey who are all based in labs at University College London. The lab can be a home from home given the amount of time you can end up spending there - a place where late nights and early mornings are dictated by your experiments. A place filled with incredible highs (when your exper...

Megan O'Hare talks to Ivanna Pavisic and Antoinette O’Connor about their different projects relating to ‘Longitudinal research study of familial Alzheimer’s disease' and the changes that occur at this clinically silent stage. Ivanna and Antoinette both work at the University College London, Dementia Research Centre which has had a longstanding research programme in autosomal dominantly inherited f...

In many of our podcasts we discuss research studies and the work of PhD students. Today we are looking at what for many is one step earlier in the path to academia and focusing on MSc programmes. MSc programmes can act as a tool for existing and new health and social care professionals who want to gain a specific qualification in working with people who have dementia, for others who work with peop...

This week we are recording a daily podcast, sharing all the news and highlights from this years Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Los Angeles. Day Four (Final Day) - Adam Smith is joined by Dr James Pickett from Alzheimer's Society, Dr Claire Lancaster from the University of Oxford and Dr Emily Maguire from the UK Dementia Research Institute at Cardiff University. Thank you to ev...

This week we are recording a daily podcast, sharing all the news and highlights from this years Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Los Angeles. Day Three - Adam Smith is joined by Robin Brisbourne from Alzheimer's Research UK, Dr Lucy Stirland from The University of Edinburgh and Thomas Doherty from Syneos Health. Check back at this time tomorrow for news from day four, and checko...

This week we are recording a daily podcast, sharing all the news and highlights from this years Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Los Angeles. Day Two - Adam Smith is joined by Dr Sara Imarisio from Alzheimer's Research UK, Riona McArdle from Newcastle University and Dr Astrid Suchy-Dicey from Washington State University. Check back at this time tomorrow for news from day two, an...

This week we are recording a daily podcast, sharing all the news and highlights from this years Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Los Angeles. Day One - Adam Smith is joined by Dr Clare Walton from Alzheimer's Society, Sarah Gregory from The University of Edinburgh and Dr James Quinn from Harvard Medical School. Check back at this time tomorrow for news from day two, and checkout...

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. PLOS ONE has launched a call-for-papers, inviting researchers to submit their latest research on the early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. The impact of AD may be lessened by timely diagnosis, allowing...

Last year the NIHR Office of the National Director for Dementia Research (that's us) launched ‘Dementia Researcher’, a new website and this podcast. The aim being to support early career dementia researchers. Bringing together researchers to talk about the topics that matter to them, and providing a platform to talk about, and share their work. Last month our podcast hit over 10,000 plays, with li...

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 the importance of having an online presence as an ECR, what that might look like, all the different options, benefits and limitations. Later this week we will be celebrating 10,000 podcast plays. Be sure...