Dementia Researcher Blogs

Dementia Researcher Blogs

Dementia Researcher

Episodes 701
Avg. Duration 6m
Activity Highly Active
Since Jul 2020
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Schedule
Every Few Days
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Episodic
Consistency
40%
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About This Podcast

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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Recent Episodes

Bernie McInally - Not a good advert for Dementia

Jun 11, 2026 8m

Bernie McInally narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher.In this blog, Bernie reflects on his work supporting the Scottish Dementia Brain Tissue Bank, using a telephone cognitive assessment…

Emily Spencer - The Hidden Work of Finishing a PhD

Jun 11, 2026 6m

Emily Spencer narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher.In this blog, Emily reflects on being around four months from her planned PhD submission date, and the amount of work still sitting…

Dr Connor Richardson - Learning to Belong Somewhere New

Jun 09, 2026 5m

Dr Connor Richardson narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher.What is it actually like to start over somewhere new? After nearly a decade at Newcastle, where he did his undergraduate degree…

Dr Maria Drummond - What My First Major NIHR Award Taught Me

Jun 04, 2026 5m

Dr Maria Drummond narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher.There is a stage most researchers never write about: the stretch between a positive funding decision and actually getting started.…

The Report, Out Loud: Listening to Early Career Researchers

Jun 03, 2026 23m

This episode works through Listening to Early Career Researchers, the 2022 survey report from UCL and ISTAART PEERs. It captured the views of early career researchers across the world.Work is…

Dr Tatiana A. Giovannucci - If I Fall Behind, I'll Fall Into Torpor

Jun 02, 2026 8m

Dr Tatiana A. Giovannucc narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher.Tatiana's blog is not what you might expect. It is a speculative fiction, set in a near future where AI-driven energy…

Beccy Owen - The Trials and Tribulations of Electrophysiology

May 27, 2026 9m

Beccy Owen narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher.Electrophysiology has taken up roughly 80% of Beccy's thoughts this past year, so she has written about it. Beccy is a PhD student at the…

Dr Sam Moxon - Unexpected Things Dementia Teaches us About Time

May 26, 2026 4m

Dr Sam Moxon narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher.We tend to picture dementia as a slow decline measured in months and years, tracked through cognitive scores and longitudinal data. Sam…

Rahul Sidhu - Overcoming the Fear of Public Speaking

May 21, 2026 7m

Rahul Sidhu narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher.Rahul used to dread public speaking more than data analysis or academic scrutiny. A few years on, he gives talks to full rooms, chairs…

Dr Clíona Farrell - It’s getting (too) hot in here; the climate crisis and brain health

May 19, 2026 7m

Dr Clíona Farrell narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher.Clíona writes from this year's Hot Brain conference, an annual meeting hosted by UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and The…

Dr Yvonne Couch - The Contradictions & Challenges of the Junior PI

May 14, 2026 9m

Dr Yvonne Couch narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher.Yvonne reflects on the contradiction at the heart of being a junior PI: you are expected to mentor, lead and invest in the people who…

Dr Toby Williamson - Finding values in research and dementia

May 13, 2026 15m

Dr Toby Williamson narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher.In this blog, Toby explores how values shape dementia research, even when we tell ourselves research is neutral. He looks at the…

Dr Becky Carlyle - Building accessible and inclusive research environments

May 07, 2026 8m

Dr Becky Carlyle narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher.In this blog, Becky writes up what she took from a panel of disabled researchers hosted by her department's Disability Working…

Emily Spencer - Life After the PhD: My Fellowship Application

May 06, 2026 6m

Emily Spencer narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher.With less than five months of PhD funding left, Emily found herself doing the opposite of what felt sensible. Instead of locking in on…

Professor Louise Serpell - Alzheimer's Disease Takes a Lifetime

May 01, 2026 5m

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 difficult to understand, despite more…

Dr Connor Richardson - Leaving Your University After 10 Years

Apr 29, 2026 5m

Dr Connor Richardson narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher.Connor reflects on leaving Newcastle University after nearly ten years, tracing the shift from student to researcher and the…

Adam Smith - Remembering Terry Pratchett

Apr 28, 2026 1m

Adam Smith narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher.Adam reflects on Terry Pratchett Day by considering TP’s public response to posterior cortical atrophy, his ability to explain dementia…

Bernie McInally - Making Care Home Research Visible

Apr 27, 2026 8m

Bernie McInally narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher.Bernie charts the shift from disconnected systems to a more visible and coordinated approach to care home research in Scotland.…

Kirsty Hynes - No Care Homes Left Out in Dementia Research

Apr 22, 2026 7m

Kirsty Hynes narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher.In this second instalment, Ajantha shifts focus from preparing for PhD applications to one of the most critical decisions in the…

Dr Ajantha Abey - PhD Application Advice: Assessing & Approaching a New Lab

Apr 21, 2026 16m

Dr Ajantha Abey narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher.In this second instalment, Ajantha shifts focus from preparing for PhD applications to one of the most critical decisions in the…

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