Christine Carter

Great opening to the 35th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Bologna by families and people affected by dementia. #35AEC

#denpruqm | Claudia Cooper Thrilled to spend today working with London-based home care agency managers to launch a new home care research champion network for our North London Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN). Members ...

We want to generate evidence that leads to better care for everyone living with dementia and neurodegenerative diseases in England, wherever they live and whatever their background.

Read more about how we're collaborating across the @nihr.bsky.social network to achieve this ⬇️

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I-Care DTC feeling inspired at the Alzheimer's Society Annual Conference. Great conversations with potential applicants for next year's PhDs #ASAC25

Had an amazing time at #AAIC2025 this year!

🌟 Really enjoyed connecting with some wonderful people 🤝
and soaking up a brilliant range of talks — from sex differences in FTD to sensory abnormalities in dementia 🧠

Huge thanks to everyone that made it happen 🙏

Can’t wait for next year already! 🎉

Harriet standing by a poster on dementia risk reduction policy at AAIC 2025 in Toronto

A lot of early interest in #denpruQM consensus on dementia risk reduction policy at #AAIC25 presented by our great post-doc @hdemnitzking.bsky.social with the project led by @charlesmarshall.bsky.social Paper available later this year. @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social @claudiacooper.bsky.social

A great pic from the team from the team at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC 2025) in Toronto this week. Hope they have an interesting and productive time sharing work and meeting colleagues from around the world!
#AAIC25
@qmul-wiph.bsky.social

Our poster demonstrating the clinical and cost effectiveness of NIDUS-Family, summarising three of our latest publications, is up today at #AAIC2025 🇨🇦

Thanks to the team and funders! @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social @claudiacooper.bsky.social @instilled.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social

Following an in-person workshop and a three-round modified Delphi survey, 56 policy recommendations achieved consensus across four categories:

📢 Public health messaging
👟 Individual-level interventions
🌍 Population-level interventions
📚 Research commissioning

@hdemnitzking.bsky.social

A poster advertising Brain Health Question Time, which is taking place on Wednesday 2nd July from 13:15 to 14:15 at the SPIN-D conference. There are photos of the three speakers: Professor Claudia Cooper, Dr Seb Walsh and Joan Viskant.

❓ Interested in our #prevention workstream?

🎙️ Join @hdemnitzking.bsky.social and PPI member Debs at the @spindnetworkplus.bsky.social conference to hear about our dementia prevention consensus work.

🧠 You can also join @claudiacooper.bsky.social for Brain Health Question Time at 13:15.

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Wonderful evening celebrating two inspirational colleagues and professors @claudiacooper.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social @qmulresilience.bsky.social @denpru-qm.bsky.social

Incredible evening launching @acha020.bsky.social having a peek into the amazing research and community work for the population of East London planned with the fabulous @proflizsampson.bsky.social & @adamgordon1978.bsky.social

Three people holding a copy of the delirium matters policy report

#deliriummatters
-cost NHS £10.8 billion p.a.
-young, old, medicine, surgery, ICU, care homes
⬆️hospital stay, delays discharge
⬆️falls, cognitive decline, death
-under-detected-badly managed
-BUT fixable...
New from @denpru-qm.bsky.social
📕 Full report shorturl.at/pio7T
📝 Brief shorturl.at/khrCT

💼 We're looking for a mixed methods Research Assistant to join our team from August.

📈 You'll work across a range of projects utilising quantitative & qualitative methods, which may include health economics.

⏰ Apply via our website by Tuesday 6th May: shorturl.at/NxSqe

Please share widely!

We had our first Fixed-Term Researcher meeting of the year! 🎉 Great turnout both in person and online, with lots of insightful discussion on how we can support each other and develop our careers. Looking forward to building on these ideas!

Was great to co-lead the first Fixed-Term Researcher meeting on Wednesday with @cecarter.bsky.social and Sarah Bourdin. Lots of exciting plans in development!

Early presentations of dementia in a diverse population INTRODUCTION Improved recognition of non-cognitive presentations of dementia could reduce inequalities in dementia diagnosis, particularly if sociocultural factors influence help-seeking for cogniti...

What symptoms do people tell their GP about when they are developing dementia?

Lots of non-cognitive symptoms - and in a highly diverse population we can see that it is culturally influenced.

Recognising this is key to equitable diagnosis

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Are you interested in helping to develop culturally relevant #socialprescribing to support family carers? If you work in healthcare, social prescribing or voluntary sector get in touch with me about taking part in a focus group 👇

A great afternoon with all! @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social

Unlocking Success Through Diverse Strategies - EDI Workshop Monday 27th January 2025 10am - 1pm Park Crescent Conference Centre Ltd (ISH Venues), 1 Park Crescent, Regents Park, London, W1B 1SH

Join us for the ARUK EDI Workshop on Monday, 27th January 2025, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Park Crescent Conference Centre, London.

Topic: "Hiring a Diverse Workforce or Fostering Diversity Through Skills Development? Striking the Balance"

Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

'The Future Dementia Workforce' panel, chaired by Prof Yvonne Birks @nihrsscr.bsky.social introduce themselves and reflect on the data presented. Sarah Gribbin, Dr Mohammed Rauf, @zenaaldridge.bsky.social, Prof Sube Banerjee and Mark MacDonald

Delighted that 'The Future Dementia Workforce' is a sell-out event co-organised by @denpru-qm.bsky.social @nihrsscr.bsky.social and The Curiosity Partnership. @claudiacooper.bsky.social welcomes everyone

Meet Prof. @charlesmarshall.bsky.social who leads the dementia team at the CPN! 😀

Here are conducting three studies: ABATED (using AI to analyse brain scans), DIADEM (exploring digital hearing biomarkers in dementia), and EQUATED (addressing barriers in dementia diagnosis for minoritised groups). 📗

The Future Dementia Workforce Please join us in York to discuss the future dementia workforce within health and social care.

Not long to go until our panel event on The Future Dementia Workforce, 21st of January in York. If you haven't booked yet make sure you get your tickets to avoid missing out! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future...

Great talks at Demcon 24 Dementia India Alliance, looking forward to hearing from @hdemnitzking.bsky.social @cecarter.bsky.social

@hdemnitzking.bsky.social at Demcon24 India: low levels of positive psychological risk factors eg agreeableness predict worse cognition

Equality of opportunity for timely dementia diagnosis (EQUATED): a qualitative study of how people from minoritised ethnic groups experience the early symptoms of dementia and seek help AbstractIntroduction. People from minoritised ethnic groups are diagnosed with dementia later in the disease. We explored pathways that may determine the t

Equitable dementia diagnosis requires us to understand how people from minoritised groups experience symptoms and seek help. Great work led by @cecarter.bsky.social and @claudiacooper.bsky.social from our @nihr.bsky.social funded EQUATED study.

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