"Music & socialising could help reduce dementia risk" - Professor Lorina Naci speaks to TCD study RTÉ Radio 1, listen here: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... #Psychology #Dementia #Neuroscience #TrinityCollegeDublin #PreventDementia #GBHI #HRB #RTÉ @lorinanaci.bsky.social @thenacilab.bsky.social

🤝The EMERALD-Lewy project are recruiting participants to engage in a peer support group for LBD! The Lewy Lounge is a 6-week peer support programme for people living with, or supporting a person with, Lewy Body dementia (LBD). See below for details on how to take part⬇️

🤝Join DRNI on June 5th in @tcddublin.bsky.social for our inaugural North-South Dementia Research Symposium! 🗣️Dr Caoimhe McGarvey from @tilda_tcd will speak on brain health & dementia prevention using TILDA data. ➡️To attend, please register here: forms.office.com/e/h4C6CrUfin

📢PhD opportunity in AD research! 🧑‍🎓Applications are invited for a a fully funded PhD studentship at @tcddublin.bsky.social investigating retinal and choroidal imaging biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease in genetically determined populations. ⌛️Deadline 31/05: tinyurl.com/53d53hss

🤝Don't miss the in-person inaugural DRNI North-South Dementia Research Symposium! A full day of presentation, discussions & networking takes place on 05 June in @tcddublin.bsky.social, under the theme "Brain Health on the Island of Ireland". ➡️Register here: tinyurl.com/4wtrb65k

🤝Join DRNI's North-South Dementia Research Symposium on June 5th in @tcddublin.bsky.social ! ➡️Don't miss Prof Bernadette McGuinness, @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social who will speak on findings from the NICOLA HCAP study. ✏️Register here: forms.office.com/e/h4C6CrUfin

📢DRNI are very exited to announce that Prof Brian Lawlor, GBHI, is giving the keynote speech at DRNI North-South Dementia Research Symposium! Prof Lawlor will speak on brain health in the space between research & clinical practice. ➡️Join us in TCD on 5 June: forms.office.com/e/h4C6CrUfin

DRNI had a fantastic day at the Engaging Dementia conference! Thanks @kimtully.bsky.social for inviting DRNI to host a session with amazing @eimmcglinchey.bsky.social who gave a thought-provoking presentation on research & recent developments in dementia, Down syndrome & Intellectual Disabilities.

A interesting and insightful morning at the launch of the PPI Ignite Network Phase II, with a look back on the impressive work already achieved, and a look forward to great things planned for the next 5 years!

Some wonderful snaps coming in from people across the country celebrating Tea Day 🍵 Huge thanks to everyone who’s taken part so far. Don’t forget, there’s still time to join and make a real difference for people living with dementia.🩵 Donate here: https://donate.stripe.com/8x27sKbot1BNbGu1U9eUU02

🎨💃🎶🎭 Join GBHI Fellows Karen Meenan & Mike Hanrahan on 22 May for Creative Brainwaves! The event will feature talks, workshops & performances to promote wellbeing & brain health through creativity and innovation. ➡️For information & to register: tinyurl.com/yj35my6f

Come work with us - A new position of Research Assistant at Trinity College Dublin, contributing to cutting-edge research on Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and brain health with thenacilab.bsky.social lorinanaci.bsky.social Apply by 12 Noon (GMT), 30-Aug-2026 through www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/

Don's miss the 10th Annual @hrb-tmrn.bsky.social Trials Methodology Symposium! Themed "Making Global Care Local" the event will focus on integrating international innovations into practice through trial methodology & collaboration. 🗓️8 June 🗺️Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin ℹ️https://tinyurl.com/2pdb9x23

🧑‍🎓Attention all ECRs! 🧠@alzheimersocirl.bsky.social are offering five bursaries for ECRs to cover registration fees for the @alzheimereurope.bsky.social Conference in Dublin 27-29 October 2026. ⌛️Closing Date: Friday, 8 May 2026 ➡️For more information and to apply: alzheimer.ie/creating-cha...

📢DRNI are thrilled to announce our in-person North-South Dementia Research Symposium, the first of what will be an annual event! 🧠Our inaugural theme is "Brain Health on the Island of Ireland". 🗓️Friday, 05 June 📍@tcddublin 📝& ℹ️: tinyurl.com/4wtrb65k

⌛️Only 1⃣ day left! 🤝Join DRNI & Dementia Trials Ireland for our webinar "Dementia - Research, treatments and trials updates" taking place tomorrow - Friday, 24 April at 11 am. ➡️Register to join here: tinyurl.com/yd2mf8ua

➡️Don't miss Engaging Dementia's Annual International Dementia Conference! 💬This year's line-up has over 40 speakers, including a DRNI session with Dr Eimear McGlinchey @tcddublin.bsky.social speaking on dementia in Down Syndrome. 🗓️13-14 May 🗺️Athlone ℹ️https://tinyurl.com/62yw7ney

Vaping has been linked to a higher risk of dementia. New research found increased risk of early cognitive decline among e-cigarette users aged 18 to 25, based on cognitive screening outcomes. Learn more: www.emjreviews.com/neurology/ne... www.emjreviews.com/neurology/ne... #MedSky #MedicalNews

🤝Meet our speakers! 👨‍🔬@darraghobrien.bsky.social will speak about proteomics and neuroscience in DRNI & Dementia Trials Ireland's upcoming webinar "Dementia - Research, treatments and trials updates" this Friday, 24 April at 11 am. ➡️Register here to join: tinyurl.com/yd2mf8ua

🧑‍⚕️Are you a HCP working with persons living with dementia in Ireland? 🔎Researchers at Trinity College Dublin are looking for participants for a survey on how HCP's working with person living with dementia perceive Applied Behaviour Analysis strategies in dementia care. 📝Go to: tinyurl.com/4a33btkw

🗣️Speaker profile: prof Iracema Leroi, GBHI/ @tcddublin.bsky.social will speak about disease-modifying therapies in DRNI & @DementiaTrials webinar "Dementia - Research, treatments and trials updates". Join us: 🗓️Fri 24 April ⌚️11-12 For more information & to register: tinyurl.com/yd2mf8ua

📣For our 2026 #AEAntiStigmaAward we're delighted to partner with the Alzheimer Europe Foundation, Lilly & Roche to award a European artist or initiative using music to address the stigma surrounding dementia🎵 📆 Apply by 26 June! ℹ️More info & application form: www.alzheimer-europe.org/anti-stigma-...

🔦DRNI Trasna na dTonnta's Spotlight is on Dr Deirdre O'Shea! 🧠Deirdre is Assistant Professor & Clinical Neuropsychologist at University of Miami, focusing on cognitive aging, dementia, risk & resilience. ℹ️Learn more about Deirdre's work & Trasna na dTonnta: dementianetwork.ie/index.php/tr...

🧑‍🎓DRNI's ECR Day at University of Galway saw over 60 ECRs, judges, PPI representatives & others gather for presentations & discussion. 🏆Congratulations to our winners and thanks to Dementia Trials Ireland for sponsoring the prize! 🫵See you for ECR Day 2027!

🚨DRNI & DTI are thrilled to announce our webinar "Dementia - Research, treatments & trials updates". Join Iracema Leroi @gbhi.bsky.social Antoinette O'Connor @tuh-dublin.bsky.social, @darraghobrien.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk & chair Dr Rónán O'Caoimh: 🗓️Fri 24 April ⌚️11.00 Register: tinyurl.com/yd2mf8ua

🔔 Exciting opportunity to apply for a HRB @SPHeREprogramme fully funded 4-year PhD project to develop a Framework for Rehabilitative Palliative Care. Lead PI Geraldine Foley, School of Medicine, @tcddublin.bsky.social - for more information see: www.sphereprogramme.ie/development-...

🗣️Down Syndrome Ireland, TCAID, @tuh-dublin.bsky.social & DRNI webinar "Dementia & Down Syndrome - What we know & where we are going next" takes place TODAY at 7 pm! 📝With results & info from PREVENT Dementia DS & BioMinDS & new research updates, this is one not to miss! Details below⬇️

✨Taking place tomorrow, 25th March at 7 pm - a webinar on Dementia and Down Syndrome, which will hear about new research in the area, and results from the PREVENT Dementia-DS study. For more information and to register, please see below⬇️

Only 2⃣ days left to go! Details to register below ⬇️

🚨Webinar alert!🚨 Down Syndrome Ireland, TCAID, @tuh-dublin.bsky.social Institute of Memory & Cognition & DRNI are holding a webinar: "Dementia & Down Syndrome – What we know and where we are going next". 🗓️25th March ⌚️7pm 📍online For more information & to register: tinyurl.com/bdcm5pde

“Machine Learning Model for Response to Internet-Delivered CBT vs Antidepressant Medication” - New research published in the journal, JAMA Network Open, led by Professor Claire Gillan’s Lab. Please follow the link below to read the full paper: ow.ly/fxyB50YxLm5 @clairegillan.bsky.social

As #BrainAwarenessWeek26 draws to a close, DRNI celebrates #BrainHealth. Your brain supports you & improving your brain health improves your overall health! 🧠It is never too early or too late to start looking after your brain health. #UnderstandTogether

🚨Webinar alert!🚨 Down Syndrome Ireland, TCAID, @tuh-dublin.bsky.social Institute of Memory & Cognition & DRNI are holding a webinar: "Dementia & Down Syndrome – What we know and where we are going next". 🗓️25th March ⌚️7pm 📍online For more information & to register: tinyurl.com/bdcm5pde

🎓A SPHeRE PhD opportunity not to miss! 📚"Co-designing & Validating a Primary Care Minimum Data Set for the Irish Dementia Registry" supervisor Tony Foley in @ucc.ie & co-supervisors in @tcddublin.bsky.social & @rcsi.bsky.social Info: www.sphereprogramme.ie/co-designing... ⌛️Deadline: 20th April

🧠 This #BrainAwarenessWeek, we’re celebrating research that is already improving the lives of people with epilepsy, MND/ALS, MS, and other neurological conditions while accelerating the breakthroughs still to come. Read more: futureneurocentre.ie/brain-awaren... @researchireland.ie

🌊Trasna na dTonnta is DRNI's network for the Irish dementia research diaspora – a network for Irish researchers based abroad who want to keep in touch, or who wish to connect to other Irish researchers based overseas. ☘️To join, or to find out more: dementianetwork.ie/trasna-na-dt...

The Lewy Lounge is a 6-week peer support programme for people who are living with, or supporting a person with, Lewy Body dementia (LBD). The Lewy Lounge is intended to provide emotional, social, and informational support for those with LBD and their carers. More info below⬇️

😱 Only ONE day left to submit your abstract to DRNI ECR Day! ➡️ To submit an abstract or to register to attend, go to: dementianetwork.ie/news-item/dr...

A fantastic day at the Alzheimer Society of Ireland @drni.bsky.social HRB Brain Health and Dementia Research Day at the Civic Theatre in Tallaght. Wonderful talks and great panel discussions, with a very informed and engaged audience of experts - huge congratulations to all, a brilliant event!

🧠What an amazing day we had yesterday at the @alzheimersocirl.bsky.social & DRNI event "Brain Health and Dementia: Understanding and Connection"! 👏Thanks so much to all the wonderful attendees for their interest, engagement, and participation, and to all the fantastic speakers!

😱Only ONE week left until the abstract deadline! ⌛️If you want to present your research at DRNI's ECR Day in @universityofgalway.bsky.social 09/04, submission deadline is 27th February. ➡️To submit your abstract or register to attend: dementianetwork.ie/news-item/dr... 😊We hope to see you there!

🫵Have you registered for DRNI's Early Career Researcher Day? ⌛️Time is ticking - deadline for abstracts Fri, 27th Feb! 🤝Taking place in @universityofgalway.bsky.social 09 April this is one not to miss! ℹ️To submit an abstract, or to register to attend, go to: dementianetwork.ie/news-item/dr...

🎊 Don't miss the first-ever @alzheimersresearchuk.org–NI collaborative hackathon! ➡️Project MenoCog will explore the intersection of menopause, cognition & ageing using data from NICOLA and takes place 20-22 April in @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social ℹ️For more info: dementianetwork.ie/news-item/pr...

Christine & Matt Hurley share a powerful patient/family perspective on Lewy Body Dementia - the most common disease nobody knows about. Their message: compassionate care starts with listening. #NOCA2026 @drni.bsky.social @alzheimersocirl.bsky.social

🧑‍⚕️ @TCDGerontology are advertising a vacancy for a Lecturer Registrar in Global Brain Health, to support clinical and educational activities of @GBHI_Fellows in @tcddublin.bsky.social & @stjamesdublin. ⌛️Closing date: 18 February ℹ️ More info: jobs.tcd.ie (search: Brain Health)

🧠The EMERALD-Lewy project in @tcddublin.bsky.social is looking for participants for a pilot peer support group for people living with Lewy-body dementia & their care partners. ➡️If you have Lewy Body disease or care for someone who does, please see below for how to get involved!

🧑‍🎓Looking for a PhD opportunity? ➡️@QUBelfast have a funded PhD position exploring how the interaction between age-related visual decline and cognitive decline impacts driving in older adults in Northern Ireland. ℹ️To find out more, go to: tinyurl.com/2ry2tndp

Our new report “The Prevalence of Dementia in Europe 2025” provides updated figures for the number of people living with dementia both for Europe as a whole (EU and non-EU), as well as each of the countries within. #DementiaPrevalence #DementiaInEurope www.alzheimer-europe.org/news/new-alz...

🧠EMERALD-Lewy invites you to a Open Day in honour of World Lewy Body Dementia Day! This event aims to create awareness about LBD through interactive activities. 🗓️Wed 28/01 ⌚️15.30 📍UNIT 18 - Trinity in the Community (Pearse St &Macken St intersection) ✨All are welcome!

📢 There are ➡️ 5️⃣ ⬅️ weeks left to submit your abstract to DRNI's Early Career Researcher Day! ℹ️Taking place 09/04 in @uniofgalway, the abstract submission deadline is 27th February. For info or to register to attend: dementianetwork.ie/news-item/dr... 🤝We hope to see you there!