Yearly Archives: 2015

Ageing Speciality Research Group Meeting

Four members of the lab group attended the regional meeting of the National Institute for Health Research this week. Talks covered a wide range of topics including the importance of involving patients and the general public in the design of clinical

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Rachel Clarke on Beginning my PhD…

I have been lucky enough to secure a studentship which started at The University of Sussex in September. It is linked to my previous role on the IDEAL study – Improving the Experience of Dementia and Enhancing Active Life: living well with dementia (http://www.idealproject.org.uk/).

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Dan Goodwin: Junior Research Associate

Before applying for the JRA award I knew that becoming a researcher in Psychology was what I wanted to do, but deciding what I wanted to study seemed almost impossible given the sheer number of options available. When I saw

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Diary of a Sussex University Junior Research Associate: Research using PARO – a robotic seal – with people with dementia

26/06/2015 My first day. Visited the Dementia unit in Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to see PARO for the first time. Really exciting – I was instantly drawn to it’s eye movements and the way it reacted to me when

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Reflections of a research assistant: Getting to Grips with Prospective Memory

I am a third-year medical student, currently visiting the Rusted lab group from Brazil to complete a summer research assistantship. As my goals are to become a clinical physician, working in the field of behavioural research is an area I

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Reflections of a Research Assistant

It is the best of times, it is the worst of times. For six years the University of Sussex has been my home, but now I must leave and start a new chapter in my life. This bittersweet new beginning

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Post-PhD Reflection – Part I

So your PhD is done and dusted. Congratulations! So what have you gotten out of your PhD besides a new title, a piece of paper to put on your wall, and a book to go on your bookshelf (which are

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Undergrads sign up for Summer research experience

We are really pleased that this year, three Psychology undergraduates have secured special bursaries to fund summer placements in the Rusted Lab. Lisa Robogo was awarded a Junior Research Associate Bursary from the University of Sussex to work with our

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International collaboration- members of the Rusted Lab group make friends with Sao Paulo

Two members of the Rusted lab group, Simon Evans and Claire Lancaster, visited Brazil for a week this April. Sounds like a holiday, but this trip was part of a specially formed scheme to encourage international research collaborations, funded by

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HCV Treatment in HIV HCV co infection population

Research in the Rusted Lab includes a study of the potential adverse side effects of hepatitis C treatment in HIV-positive individuals with a concurrent Hepatitis C infection – this is a condition that affects 40% of HIV patients. In these

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