Working and studying in the UK
Dementia Researcher Vodcast
07/15/18
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This week we will be looking at ‘Working and studying in the UK. In the chair we have Dr Amy Monaghan from the Alzheimer’s Research Drug Discovery Unit at University College London. Amy is joined by Dr Deborah Oliviera from the University of Nottingham, Hanna Isotalus from University of Bristol and Raysa El Zein from Bournemouth University. All our panellists have made the leap to leave their home countries (Brazil, Lebanon and Finland) to live, study and work in the UK. Making a massive contribution to research here in the UK. Working abroad and travelling can be exciting, if a little scary. It's a big decision, but one which can be exciting and rewarding. But what is a really like? What should I think about? What challenges might you face? These hurdles may be the different infrastructures that provide grants and funding through to overcoming cultural issues a complex set of language barriers. Our panel today are all early career researchers from around the world. In this podcast we discuss their stories and what advice they might have for others thinking of following in the same path (not just to study in the UK but other countries too).
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AAIC 2018 - Day Two
July 19, 2018
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This is the second of our podcasts recorded on location at the Alzheimer Association International Conference (AAIC) in Chicago. Each day we will be bringing you news and information from our panellists who are all presenting and attending the world largest dementia conference. Today’s podcast is again hosted by our own programme lead Adam Smith (he is hosting them all week), he is joined by Sarah Gregory a study coordinator for the EPAD and Prevent studies at the University of Edinburgh, Nika Seblova a PhD student working on the casual effects of education on life-course cognitive ability and dementia at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and Ivanna Pavisic who is a PhD student at University College London focusing on different neurocognitive assessments. The panel discuss their own presentations, if Chicago Pizza is real pizza...and their highlights from the second fantastic day here at the AAIC, including sessions on ‘Multimodal strategies for dementia prevention’ and the ‘aging brain and the risk for Alzheimer’s disease’ by Denise C Park at the University of Texas. We also discuss the effects of television on cognition and the fantastic ISTAART breakfast session by the Alliance of Women Alzheimer’s Researchers also known as AWARE discussing mentorship Tune in again tomorrow for day three, and our next panel.
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