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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Dan Goodwin: Junior Research Associate
Tagged with: Academia, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Research, behavioural genetics, careers, personal, Psychology, Research, Sussex, University
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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…
Tagged with: Ageing, Brazil, Brighton, clinical research, Dementia, genetics, Internship, Medicine, Memory, Opportunities, personal, Psychology, reflections, Research, Science, Sussex
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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…
Tagged with: Academia, Brighton, careers, jobs, personal, Psychology, reflections, Research, Science, Sussex, University
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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…
Tagged with: Academia, Brighton, Life, Life Lessons, PhD, Post-graduate, Psychology, Research, Sussex, University
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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…
Tagged with: Brighton, Research, Students, Summer, Sussex, Sussex University, Undergraduate
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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…
Tagged with: Ageing, Brazil, clinical research, education, genetics, Psychology, Santander, Sao Paulo, Sussex, Sussex University, travel
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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…
Understanding risk factors for dementia across the lifespan
It is inevitable that we all show a slight decline in our cognitive abilities with increasing age, but what causes some of us to ‘drop-off’ to a greater degree than others? This question is a key focus of the Rusted…
Tagged with: Ageing, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Research, Cognitive Ageing, Dementia, Psychology, Sussex University
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Encouraging Children to Act Out!
In addition to aging and dementia, the Rusted Lab is curious about the development of children and how it compares to the aging process later on in life. Molly Berenhaus, a second year PhD student and devoted member of the…
Tagged with: Brighton, Children, Psychology, Reading Comprehension, Research, Sussex, Sussex University, University
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