Recently I was given the opportunity to do research with the Rusted Lab at Sussex University as a Junior Research Associate. This means I will be continuing the Rusted Lab’s current work measuring the effects of the APOE e4 gene…
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Summer Research…APOE in mid-adulthood
Tagged with: Ageing, Alzheimer's Disease, Cognitive Ageing, Dementia, Psychology, Students, Sussex University, University of Sussex
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Orla Bonnar: Visit to memory clinic 29 March 2017
As part of my Alzheimer’s Society funded PhD, I was afforded the opportunity to attend a multidisciplinary team (MDT) meeting held by the memory assessment service (MAS) team in Brighton. The aim of this service is to ‘provide early detection, diagnosis,…
Tagged with: Ageing, Alzheimer's Disease, Cognitive Ageing, Dementia, Doctoral students, PhD, Psychology, University of Sussex
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Dementia Action Alliance Launch Event
(from left to right) Professor Louise Serpell (Joint AS DTC lead, Life Sciences), Rachel Clarke (PhD student: Psychology, Social Policy), Rebecca Atkinson (PhD student: Alzheimer’s Society Doctoral Training Centre), Dr Karen Marshall (Research Fellow, Life Sciences). We recently attended the…
Tagged with: Ageing, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Society, community, Dementia, dementia friends
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5 Tips from a Thesis Writing Boot Camp
Right before the holiday season, I decided to attend the Sussex University Doctoral School’s Thesis Boot Camp and was pleasantly surprised by how much I accomplished and learned. One limitation was that the writing workshops mostly catered to the humanities…
Tagged with: Doctoral students, PhD, PhD Life, Postgraduate students, Psychology, Students, Sussex University, Thesis, Writing, Writing tips
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Dementia in the clinic
One of my PhD colleagues, Rebecca Atkinson, wrote recently that each student at Sussex funded by the Alzheimer’s Society charity is afforded the opportunity to complete placements in a local Memory Assessment Services (MAS) clinic. I was paired with Consultant…
Tagged with: Ageing, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Society, clinical research, Cognition, Cognitive Ageing, Dementia, Health, Psychology, reflections, Research, Sussex, Sussex University, University of Sussex
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Posted in Lab Life
A clinical perspective: visiting the Memory Assessment Services (II)
In the past months I had the opportunity to shadow Dr. Klugman during two Memory Assessment sessions at the Hill Rise memory clinic in Newhaven. During my short visits there I had the chance to learn more about the process…
Tagged with: Ageing, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Society, care, Clinical experience, clinical research, Dementia, Psychology, reflections, Research
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A clinical perspective: visiting the Memory Assessment Services
As a PhD student, the funding for my studentship comes from the Alzheimer’s Society. This is part of an Alzheimer’s Society Doctoral Training Centre at the University of Sussex, which supports the research of eight PhD students from multiple disciplines…
Tagged with: Ageing, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Society, Clinical experience, clinical research, Dementia, Psychology, Research, Sussex, University of Sussex
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APOE Symposium
On May 10th, Sussex Doctoral School hosted a symposium recognising the role of Apolipoprotein (APOE) in the development and progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Carrying an APOE e4 gene is established to increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in older adulthood, as well as…
Tagged with: Ageing, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Society, APOE, Apolipoprotein, clinical research, Dementia, Psychology, Research, Science, Sussex University, Symposium
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Bake-Off Win at the Life Science Impact Day
Professor Louise Serpell, co-Director of the Alzheimers Society DTC and the Dementia Reseearch Group won second prize at the Life Sciences Impact Day Bake-off with this wonderful Neuron Cake! Her kids ate most of the mitochondria…
Tagged with: bake, bakeoff, brain, cake, lablife, life sciences, neuron, neuroscience, Psychology, Science, Sussex University, University of Sussex
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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…
Tagged with: Ageing, Alzheimer's Disease, Behaviouralgenetics, clinical research, Cognitive Ageing, Dementia, NHS, Psychology, Research, Sussex
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