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- Congratulations to the winners of the Milbotix SmartSocks®DISCOVERY Pioneers competition! milbotix.com/smartsocks_d... Supported through our Accelerator programme, SmartSocks® collects physical and physiological data and can be used to investigate neurocognitive, movement and sleep disorders.
- We're delighted Dr Tamlyn Watermeyer, a DEM-COMM research fellow funded by Alzheimer's Society and @nihr.bsky.social is one of the winners. Her research focuses on involving under-represented populations so they equally benefit from innovations in dementia care: arc-nenc.nihr.ac.uk/profiles/tam...
- ⏰Don't miss your chance to hear about the latest biomarker advances in dementia diagnosis at AAIC Neuroscience Next 2026, with sessions covering everything from neuroimaging to physiology. Registrations close 31 January: www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/aaic-neurosc...
- Manchester is the UK hub for AAIC Neuroscience Next 2026. A full day on cognition, imaging, fluid and digital biomarkers. Apply for a ticket by 31 January. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/aaic-neurosc...
- Fantastic to hear from Professor @johnpaultaylor.bsky.social on the final day of CTAD 2025 sharing updates from a trial exploring dementia with Lewy bodies. It’s so important that we keep striving for progress for all causes of dementia 👏
- Congratulations Dr Jo Rodda on your poster presentation at CTAD 2025! 🎉
- Congratulations Professor Clive Ballard and Professor Craig Ritchie on your fascinating talks at CTAD 2025 👏 The conference has been filled with hope for the future of blood based biomarker tests and the many benefits they could bring.
- It’s been a busy day for the team at CTAD with updates on topics from lifestyle interventions to AI and innovation! We also heard an insightful keynote exploring the route researchers took to bring semaglutide to clinical trials.
- Our Head of Research Dr Lucy Devendra shares her thoughts on the first day of the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease conference 💭
- We’ve arrived at Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease conference in San Diego! 🏙️ We’re looking forward to getting stuck into a jam packed programme and learning more about what the future holds for dementia research 🌎
- ⏰ Applications close in one week! A three-year fellowship is available for dementia researchers who wish to return to research after a career break.
- NEW opportunity to return to a research career! Applications are invited for a three-year Daphne Jackson Fellowship funded by @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social. Word of mouth works wonders for us, do you know anyone who may be interested? daphnejackson.org/fellowship/a...
- From PhD student to Professor and now co-lead of the I-CARE Doctoral Training Centre, Professor Nathan Davies’ journey shows the power of investing in dementia research careers. Read his story: alzheimers.org.uk/for-research... Find out more about this DTC: alzheimers.org.uk/what-we-do/o...
- Meet Sarah 👋 part of our Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Care in dementia at @UCL. Her PhD focuses on how people living with dementia and their carers cope with financial hardship — and how health and social care can better support them. Find out more shorturl.at/aCbaw
- Meet Jahanara, part of our Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Care in dementia at Leeds Beckett University. Her PhD focuses on how annual dementia reviews could help identify and manage cancer symptoms earlier. Find out more shorturl.at/dSdEU
- Meet Emily👋 PhD student at our Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Care in Dementia at The London School of Economics. Emily is exploring how people living with dementia and their unpaid carers make choices and maintain autonomy in their daily lives. Find out more shorturl.at/MsHzC
- Meet Tonya 👋 PhD student at our Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Care in Dementia at the University of Plymouth, Peninsula Medical School. Tonya is exploring how living in coastal communities affects dementia diagnosis and care. Find out more shorturl.at/6ebls
- Meet Oliver, part of our Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Care in dementia at Queen Mary University of London. His PhD focuses on how serious mental illness and dementia shape people’s care experiences, aiming to improve support for those living with both. Find out more shorturl.at/Oa0Z7
- Meet Isabella👋 A PhD student at our Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Care in dementia at Leeds Beckett University. Her PhD focuses on how marginalised communities experience memory assessment and support for mild cognitive impairment (MCI). #DementiaResearch Find out more shorturl.at/tQ6l4
- Welcome the 6 early career researchers beginning their PhD projects in the Alzheimer’s Society Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Care in dementia! This Centre focuses on ways to provide better care and services for people living with dementia! Find out more: sl1nk.com/JCEfC
- The NHS Fit for the Future R&D Missions Accelerator Programme is open for applications to support innovations that improve dementia diagnosis and prognosis. Streams are available for concept exploring through to trialling in clinical settings. Deadline 27 Nov new.express.adobe.com/webpage/ndm9...
- Calling ECRs!📢 You can read more from Prof Dave Cash ahead of #AAICNeuro : www.alzheimers.org.uk/what-we-do/r... Dave spoke to us about: 📊his Dementia Research Leader Fellowship 💡why we need more researchers to enter dementia research 💭his advice for ECRs facing setbacks or frustrations
- Delighted our Dementia Research Leader Fellow Professor Dave Cash @davecash75.bsky.social will be speaking at #AAICNeuro! 🎉 We can't wait to hear the latest about his research validating biomarkers to translate into better patient outcomes.
- Reposted by alzsocresearchNEW opportunity to return to a research career! Applications are invited for a three-year Daphne Jackson Fellowship funded by @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social. Word of mouth works wonders for us, do you know anyone who may be interested? daphnejackson.org/fellowship/a...
- Delighted our Dementia Research Leader Fellow Professor Dave Cash @davecash75.bsky.social will be speaking at #AAICNeuro! 🎉 We can't wait to hear the latest about his research validating biomarkers to translate into better patient outcomes.
- We’re excited to announce Professor David Cash @davecash75.bsky.social as a plenary speaker at the Manchester UK Hub of AAIC Neuroscience Next 2026 on 26 Feb, sharing advances in neuroimaging. #AAICNeuro www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/professor-da...
- "It’s been fantastic to come up with an idea... and have an output like this." On @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social, we spoke to Dr Charlie Arber @celarber.bsky.social about his first senior author paper from his Alzheimer's Society funded fellowship: www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-first-a...
- @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social is committing £2m to support the GRACE Programme, tackling healthcare inequalities in dementia. GRACE, led by Professor Claudia Cooper and Jessica Budgett @QMUL, will adapt proven resources so they work for everyone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBvs... #ItWillTakeASociety
- Collaboration is key for the PREVENT team and it's great to see the research leaders of the future share their work with colleagues from so many different institutions. Thanks for inviting us to another inspiring meeting- we look forward to seeing you all again soon!
- Hear Dr Axel Laurell @axellaurell.bsky.social share the latest news from the PREVENT General Assembly. With so much potential in the programme- we can't wait to see what happens next!
- We loved catching up with Dr Sita Shah, University of Cambridge, on her work as part of PREVENT, what she's enjoying at the assembly, and the exciting future of the project!
- What an incredible first day of the PREVENT General Assembly. It was great to catch up with Prof Craig Ritchie and reflect on more than 10 years of Alzheimer’s Society support. The future of the programme holds so much promise!
- Always a delight to spend the day with the PREVENT team. We can't wait to hear the latest from this exciting programme of research 💡
- We're excited to be involved in the AAIC Neuroscience Next 2026! 👀Keep an eye out for future info about abstract submissions
- Manchester, UK is an official hub for AAIC Neuroscience Next 2026! Join us in person or online as we spotlight the next generation of global Alzheimer’s & dementia researchers with scientific sessions, poster presentations + more alz.org/AAICNeuro #AAICNeuro
- Reposted by alzsocresearch⭐ Are you a visionary researcher with an interest in Parkinson’s?⭐ We are recruiting for 4️⃣ outstanding Group Leaders to join our new Parkinson’s Research Centre in partnership with @parkinsons.org.uk 🙌 Apply here by 22 September👉 buff.ly/2aPdAu2
- The Chief Medical Officer for England’s 2023 Annual Report on Health in an Ageing Society identified that more research needs to include older people. That's why we've joined a number of organisations to sign a statement of intent and to take action. www.nihr.ac.uk/news/nihr-an...
- And with the brilliant final plenaries from Prof Gill Livingston @ucl and Prof Tony Wyss-Coray, that is a wrap on #AAIC25! So much to take away from 5 days of conference #dementiaresearch #cantwaituntilAAIC26
- More interesting research from #AAIC25, this time highlighting the potential for drug delivery via the CSF 🧠💉🩻
- How to undertake successful community engagement for diverse study participation explained by researchers from @sheffielduni on Day 5 at #AAIC25 in Toronto 📋🫂
- Day 4 afternoon session at #AAIC25 included a great session from Dr Jessica Budgett of @qmul.bsky.social about the exciting NIDUS/GRACE project supporting family carers to provide excellent care #dementiaresearch #implementation #makingarealdifference
- And another of our brilliant funded researchers at #AAIC25 with their poster! Dr Louise Allan of @exeter.ac.uk showcasing the MAINTAIN study on falls intervention #dementiaresearch
- Understanding the cognitive and sleep disturbance differences between #AlzheimersDisease and #LewyBodyDementia at #AAIC25 with Dr Maria Cecilia Fernández 🧠📋
- Interesting insights at #AAIC25 into neuroimaging for potential vascular cognitive impairment disease from Dr Eric Smith Uni of Calgary #dementiaresearch #beyondAlzheimersDisease
- Highly engaging Day 4 Plenary at #AAIC25 from Prof Sharon Naismith Uni of Sydney about "waking up" to sleep in the potential diagnosis and prognosis of #AlzheimersDisease 🧠👏
- Compelling Day 4 Plenary at #AAIC25 from Prof Katrin Andreasson of @stanfordpress.bsky.social showing "tremendous potential" for repurposing IDO1 inhibitors, trialled in cancer, for delaying progression in MCI and #AlzheimersDisease #dementiaresearch
- In an #AAIC25 session focusing on CTE, Dr Carmela Tartaglia of Uni of Toronto showcased results that there are distinct neuroinflammatory profiles in repeated head injuries 🧠
- #AAIC25 Announces LONDON as the destination for #AAIC26! We can't wait to welcome the world of #dementiaresearch to our home town 🥳
- 📣 Kicking off Day 4 at #AAIC25 with our very own Fiona Carragher taking part in the @worlddementia.bsky.social panel sharing @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social expertise in research & innovation, "it'll take a (global) society to beat dementia"
- Day 4 #AAIC25 "if you want to make progress you have to invest ... invest now for long-term progress" - Sebastian Köhler @MaastrichtU in the morning lightning presentations 👏📣
- #AAIC25 Day 4 Results: 📣 Weekly subcutaneous #Lecanemab maintains efficacy and biomarkers compared to fortnightly IV dose #dementiaresearch #beginningoftheend
- Tunnelling nanotubes...! What are they?! Let's find out together in the morning session on day 3 of #AAIC25
- 👂👃🧠 In an engaging session at #AAIC25 on sensory abnormalities in dementia, our Carol Jennings Fellow Dr Chris Hardy @ucl.ac.uk gave a great talk about non-verbal dichotic listening and how dementia may cause early hearing loss #dementiaresearch
- ♀️♂️Thought-provoking featured research "from bench to bedside" at #AAIC25 - sex differences contributing to women's increased risk of #AlzheimersDisease - earlier menopause, cardiovascular health, effects of tau pathology, pregnancy & parenthood, #LancetReport risk factors
- Fascinating plenaries on day 2 of #AAIC25 @akassogloulab.bsky.social explaining how "fibrinogen is a bloody brake on repair and a gas pedal for neurodegeneration" & Prof Maria Grazia Spillantini showing how "tau causes a bad case of indigestion in microglia" #dementiaresearch
- Wonderful to meet up with our funded researchers whilst at #AAIC25! Here is DRL @kamentsve.bsky.social with his poster on function-structure decoupling in genetic FTD #dementiaresearch
- Excitement from the researchers and delegates at #AAIC25 following interim results of Brainshuttle #trontinemab ALL participants saw reduction in amyloid load! #dementiaresearch
