The future of dementia research
Emma Richards – PhD Student, Visual Attention and Information Processing Speed in Vascular Dementia, University of Swansea
Emma Richards – PhD Student, Visual Attention and Information Processing Speed in Vascular Dementia, University of Swansea Not all forms of dementia are primarily characterised by detrimental changes in memory. This is particularly the case for vascular dementia. Emma’s research has focused on determining the integrity of brain functions other than memory in vascular dementia…
Dr Adam Smith – Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Exeter
Dr Adam Smith – Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Exeter Dr Adam Smith completed his PhD in summer 2019, working with Dr Katie Lunnon and Professor Jonathan Mill in the Complex Disease Epigenetics group. “Epigenetics” looks at how behaviours and the environment can cause changes to the way genes work in the body. These changes can…
Dr Marta Swirski – Research Associate at Bristol University’s Institute of Clinical Neurosciences
Dr Marta Swirski – Research Associate at Bristol University’s Institute of Clinical Neurosciences Marta took her dementia research PHD at Bristol University, between 2011 – 2015, which was fully funded by BRACE. Marta’s PhD project explored the relationship between two proteins, amyloid-beta (Aβ) and alpha synuclein (α-synuclein), that are found in the brains of people…
Dr Laura Palmer – Manager of the South West Dementia Brain Bank (SWDBB)
Dr Laura Palmer – Manager of the South West Dementia Brain Bank (SWDBB) Laura took her BRACE-funded, part-time PhD at the University of Bristol between 2006 and 2014. Laura’s PhD work investigated the role of the renin angiotensin system (RAS) in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD). This important enzyme pathway and signalling system…