🚨 New pre-print! 🚨 Dr. Avi Chandra and Ben Jacobs study dementia genetics in underrepresented populations. 🧬✨ In 51,000+ British South Asians, they show APOE influences dementia risk, underscoring the need for equitable care. Read more: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

🎉 Recruitment for DIADEM is closed! The DIADEM study is exploring if central hearing tests can help detect dementia. Over 450 participants across 17 UK sites—huge thanks to all involved! 💙 Shoutout to DIADEM top recruiters Lauren Bishop & Dicky Lim, who’ve seen over 100 participants together! 🏆🎂

A lot of early interest in #denpruQM consensus on dementia risk reduction policy at #AAIC25 presented by our great post-doc @hdemnitzking.bsky.social with the project led by @charlesmarshall.bsky.social Paper available later this year. @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social @claudiacooper.bsky.social

What does the public think about preventing dementia, MS & Parkinson’s? @denpru-qm.bsky.social has just released findings from our YouGov poll, surveying 1,700 people in England, to explore attitudes to neurological prevention: bit.ly/3TwiN7l

🧠👂 Dr Avi Chandra’s latest research links hearing loss—especially central— to Alzheimer’s pathology including increased Aβ and tau burden. ❓ But what is the underpinning relationship between these factors? Watch this space!🧬🧩 To read more ⬇️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Great to be at the @spindnetworkplus.bsky.social Science Festival 2025 today 🎪 @hdemnitzking.bsky.social (Early Career Researcher at #denpruQM) and Patient and Public Engagement Group member Debs Smith presented findings from our consensus workshop on public health policy for dementia prevention.

Fabulous work by Phazha Bothongo! 2 years and several near mental breakdowns for us both in the making! 🧠 Causes and consequences of vascular dementia across the life course: Evidence from a UK Biobank phenome-wide and Mendelian randomization study 🧠 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Listen here➡️ Curious how divorce and widowhood affect the brain? 🧠 Take a deep dive into how these major life events may be linked to cognitive decline with Dr. Avi Chandra in the latest episode of ISTAART Voices. 🎙️ Listen now: alz.org/ISTAARTpodcast

💼 We're looking for a mixed methods Research Assistant to join our team from August. 📈 You'll work across a range of projects utilising quantitative & qualitative methods, which may include health economics. ⏰ Apply via our website by Tuesday 6th May: shorturl.at/NxSqe Please share widely!

Join NIHR DeNPRU-QM at Queen Mary as a Research Assistant to support dementia & neurodegeneration policy research. 18-month role, apply by 6th May @denpru-qm.bsky.social www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...

Come and work with us! Excellent research and policy research experience in a supportive socially active team

📣 We're recruiting a mixed methods Postdoctoral Research Associate to join our team from August 2025 📣 You'll have a PhD (or near completion) & enjoy working with large data sets. Apply here: shorturl.at/Z4SHk @claudiacooper.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social

Please do think of joining us or pass this on to someone you know who might fancy it. I am, of course, rather biased but I think we are a lovely bunch, trying to help answer some really important questions. Always happy to chat to anyone who is interested!

Excited to share a new PhD studentship, using fMRI and MEG to detect early changes in Alzheimer's disease, fully funded for a UK student by @alzheimersresearchuk.org . Situated at UCL in Queen Square, London. Join us! tinyurl.com/nvmgroupphd

🚨Fantastic job opportunity for neurology trainees Neurology Clinical Lecturer post in Dementia with us @qmuldementia.bsky.social now open to applications! Please DM me for info and to discuss www.oriel.nhs.uk/Web/PermaLin...

Early presentations of dementia in a diverse population alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

New research, born out of community engagement work, shows that the symptoms people report prior to receiving a dementia diagnosis vary across ethnic groups. www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2... @qmulfmd.bsky.social @charlesmarshall.bsky.social @alzassociation.bsky.social @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social

What symptoms do people tell their GP about when they are developing dementia? Lots of non-cognitive symptoms - and in a highly diverse population we can see that it is culturally influenced. Recognising this is key to equitable diagnosis alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Introducing Avi 🎉! He is a postdoctoral research assistant at CPN, working on the ABATED project to advance automated brain image analysis for equitable dementia diagnosis. He completed his PhD at King’s, focusing on genetics and in vivo biomarkers in MCI & AD. Watch to hear from Avi!

🎉Excited to share the first published output from the ABATED study🎉 The commentary in JAD, "Cultural variation in trust and acceptability of AI diagnostics for dementia," explores key considerations from diverse focus groups, focusing on trust, training, and autonomy. doi.org/10.1177/1387...

Introducing Natalia 🎉! She is a NIHR Doctoral Fellow in CPN's Dementia team. Her PhD research explores Alzheimer's blood biomarkers in ethnic minority groups, supervised by Prof, @charlesmarshall.bsky.social , Prof @claudiacooper.bsky.social & Dr. Ashvini Keshavan (UCL).

ICYMI: New online! Moving towards meaningful patient and public engagement https://bit.ly/4aUOcs2

ICYMI: New online! Nothing about us, without us — establishing a patient and public involvement and engagement group https://bit.ly/4aUOfEe

academic.oup.com/braincomms/a... delighted to finally see this out. We asked the question - could we identify different subtypes of CBS using SuStaIn algorithm applied to a baseline structural MRI scan and if so did these associate with underlying pathology? Read the paper to find out!

We’re revisiting the insightful focus group we held for the DIADEM project six months ago. A huge thank you to everyone who participated and contributed to the valuable discussions. Your involvement continues to drive the progress of our research.

A lovely review of some of the things that we have done over the past 7 years @preventiveneur1.bsky.social It’s been a real privilege and joy to do this with our team. Huge thanks to Bart’s Charity for the belief and support. www.bartscharity.org.uk/our-news/gro...

Join us for the ARUK EDI Workshop on Monday, 27th January 2025, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Park Crescent Conference Centre, London. Topic: "Hiring a Diverse Workforce or Fostering Diversity Through Skills Development? Striking the Balance" Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

You can find out more about this research, funded by Barts Charity, here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39798961/

A new study examining the connection between depression and dementia provides critical insights into how #depression might be both a risk factor for and an early sign of #dementia.

🎉We are happy to present an issue of the ABATED study newsletter! 🎉 To receive a PDF copy of the newsletter by email, please contact us at [email protected]

Volunteers needed for the DIADEM study! 🔍 We’re looking for participants for a study to explore if computerised hearing tests can help diagnose individuals attending memory clinics. 🧠👂 #Research #HearingTests #MemoryClinic #NHS

JOB ALERT FOR NEUROLOGY TRAINEES. On www.oriel.nhs.uk now. Academic Clinical Lecturer post in Dementia & Neurodegeneration @imperialbrains.bsky.social. Research can cover any aspect of the above. Please repost and feel free to contact me if interested (am at ABN SIG meeting today).

Two weeks to go until our event in York on The Future Dementia Workforce, January 21st! With panel members from across multiple sectors and opportunities for questions and discussion. Book your (free) ticket here eventbrite.com/e/the-future... @thementalelf.bsky.social @claudiacooper.bsky.social

For anyone interested in the history of British Neurology this book is a must. It also provides a fascinating insight into specialisation in one of London’s greatest and busiest teaching hospitals @qmul.ac.uk @charlesmarshall.bsky.social

🚨 Exciting news! Researchers led by @charlesmarshall.bsky.social discovered that changes in the brain's default-mode network could predict future dementia incidence and time to diagnosis in a cohort of 103 patients with dementia and 1,030 matched controls. ➡️➡️➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Dr Timothy Rittman at University of Cambridge is recruiting for a Research Associate to work on exploring #AI for the diagnosis and prognosis of #dementia. Closing date: 29th December www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...

Come join our thriving #dementia research team at QMUL - 3 excellent PhD projects to pick from dementia and severe mental illness, hospital at home models, diagnostic inequalities. Happy to talk about the options.

Applications are now open for our first cohort of future dementia research leaders - 6 PhD studentships available on topics including hospital at home, #dementia and multimorbidity, Parkinson’s dementia - apply by 22.1.25 www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/phd-students...

@charlesmarshall.bsky.social - thank you for raising these important issues @gerisoc.bsky.social today. Important to think harder about the challenges facing the approx 800,000 people of ‘ethnic minority’ background aged over 65yrs in England/Wales

Hearing from @charlesmarshall.bsky.social about risk factors for dementia and social deprivation #BGSConf

Come join me and @claudiacooper.bsky.social on 5th dec to hear about opportunities to study for a dementia care PhD with our newly launched Doctoral Training Centre on Integrated #demenita care @i-care-dtc.bsky.social www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/event/phd-op... - @qmul-wiph.bsky.social

Equitable dementia diagnosis requires us to understand how people from minoritised groups experience symptoms and seek help. Great work led by @cecarter.bsky.social and @claudiacooper.bsky.social from our @nihr.bsky.social funded EQUATED study. doi.org/10.1093/agei...