Great to see this paper by Ayesha Dar out! Juanita Hoe UCL Primary Care & Population Health Priment Clinical Trials Unit Yvonne Birks Alzheimer's Society For Researchers

Offering placements for In2scienceUK students is such a rewarding experience. Widening Participation in research is so important to ensure a range of voices are represented in academia. Loved hosting this year’s placement (some of their work below) at QMUL Centre for Psychiatry & Mental Health

"There is substantial research evidence that looking after your mental wellbeing & staying socially active throughout your life can help to reduce your risk of developing mild cognitive impairment and dementia later on in life," explains Richard Oakley theguardian.com/society/articl…

Come and visit the DeNPRU table at the (free) 'Celebrating Science' event at the Centre of the Cell in Whitechapel, 12-4pm August 29th. We will have fun activities for children and information about preventing dementia and keeping brains healthy! centreofthecell.org/celebrating-sc…

We are delighted to announce that we are investing £9 million into 3 brand new innovative Doctoral Training Centres, which will support researchers taking their first steps in dementia research and help them to remain and thrive in a dementia research career. Find out more here:

Honoured and delighted to be co-leading this great Alzheimer's Society For Researchers initiative with Nathan Davies Wolfson Institute of Population Health QMUL Centre for Psychiatry & Mental Health NIHR PRU in Dementia and Neurodegeneration QM we're excited to get started!

Congratulations to the @ NIDUS_study programme PPI group who have been shortlisted as finalists at the Alzheimer's Society's Dementia Involvement Awards. The interventions were co-designed by the PPI group, and they have been vital at every step of the studies. Alzheimer's Society

We're delighted that our Wolfson Institute of Population Health is hosting one of these 3 new Doctoral Training Centres, researching integrated care for people experiencing #dementia. Many thanks to Alzheimer's Society for supporting our research.

We had a great day at the Celebrating Science event at the Centre of the Cell, talking to children and their parents about brain health with fun activities. Thank you for organising it Queen Mary Centre for Public Engagement and Centre of the Cell

Very excited to be setting up this new centre. Huge thanks to Barts Charity Queen Mary University of London Barts Health and local ICS for support. Keep an eye open over next few months- we will be advertising a range of cross-disciplinary posts and capacity building is a key aim.

Congratulations to BGS President Adam Gordon MBE on his appointment as Professorial Chair for the Academic Centre for #HealthyAgeing. Find out more about The Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing (ACHA)'s truly multidisciplinary approach to a career in research via Barts Health Queen Mary University of London funded by Barts Charity

What a superb team assembling to transform #healthyageing

We were delighted to be part of the successful application for the Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Care, and look forward to working with Prof Nathan Davies Nathan Davies and Professor Claudia Cooper at Queen Mary University of London #dementia

Breaking down complexity of #palliative #dementia care - our novel digital intervention linking holistic assessment with clinical decision support tools - EMBED-Care Framework out now onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/he…

Interesting talk by Dr Abi Woodward at #SSM2024 Society for Social Medicine & Population Health on social prescribing for Pakistani carers - some interesting nuances and implications

Over the past decade, the number of NHS general practices in England has fallen by 20% with 15% fewer qualified FTE GPs per 1000 patients - but the average practice patient list size has increased by 40%, finds a study involving Prof Prof Irene Petersen UCL Primary Care & Population Health ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/sep/…

PITCH co-designed dementia training effective in improving home care worker sense of competence in providing dementia care, knowledge and attitudes Alzheimer's Society For Researchers Dr Anita Goh 🧠 🇦🇺 🇲🇾 She/her. Own views. NIHR PRU in Dementia and Neurodegeneration QM onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gp…

The paper is out! The PITCH intervention & RCT was truly an amazing collaborative codesign effort - academics, living experience, 7 service provider orgs, and of course the home care workers. Proud of our work towards better community care for people living with #dementia

📢 Deadline Alert! The application deadline for our first PhD programme 'FAIRER' is next Friday! We're offering 3 fully-funded non-clinical PhD studentships at Queen Mary University of London, supported by The Dunhill Medical Trust Apply now: 🔗 acha.qmul.ac.uk/fairer-dtp/

Congratulations The NIDUS Study PPI group on the nomination! Your partnership in co-creating NIDUS-family and NIDUS-professional are why these interventions were valued and helped participants - pleased to be continuing our work together as we plan their roll out Megan Armstrong