Fuelling the Moonshot - Recommendations from the UK APPG on Dementia

Early career researchers face many challenges – from difficulties finding, funding, publishing and career progression to problems with research culture and individual forms of prejudice. University College London and the Alzheimer’s Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment (ISTAART) Professional Interest Area to Elevate Early Career Researchers (PEERS) is working to better understand the challenges and what helps. In this podcast Dr Anna Volkmer talks with five members of the ISTAART PIA to Elevate Early Career Researchers. Discussing their work, and their newly launched survey. This weeks guests are Dr Beth Shaaban, Dr Sara Bartels, Wagner Brum, Dr Lindsay Welikovitch. Please note a Chinese and Portuguese translation of this podcast is available as a caption on the version uploaded to youTube - https://youtu.be/uhlxW9BCAUQ The survey discussed is aimed at early career dementia researchers, or those who have previously been an early career dementia researcher but have left the field. We hope you can take a time to help! Complete the Survey - by 31st October 2021 https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/survey Share with your followers on Twitter - https://ctt.ac/eN8Y4 It asks questions about you and your research, how you are supported in your field, for your perceptions on how opportunities and support could be improved, and about the research culture that you work within (Please note please note this does include some sensitive questions relating to gender / ethnicity, and asks some questions which may be upsetting e.g. Your experiences of certain types of bullying or prejudice etc.). The results of this survey will be published to help institutions and research funders, to understand the thoughts of early career dementia researchers. The results will also be used to guide the development of future ISTAART programs and resources, and be shared with the World Dementia Council. _____________ Please note this survey has been approved by the University College London Research Ethics Committee. If you have any questions please contact Adam Smith, Programme Director – adam.smith@ucl.ac.uk. ______________ You can find out more about our guest, and access a full transcript of this podcast on our website at: www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcast _________________________ Finally, please review, like, and share our podcast - and don't forget to subscribe to ensure you never miss an episode. Register on our website to receive your weekly bulletin, and to access more great content – blogs, science, career support + much more https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Research UK and Alzheimer's Society, who we thank for their ongoing support.