Tom Welsh

PPI training videos - ARC West We have a range of videos about different patient and public involvement (PPI) topics. Working effectively with public contributors in research Patient and public involvement (PPI) is essential to hig...

‼️Calling all patient and public involvement (PPI) professionals! And public contributors.

📽️We've just brought a bunch of our videos about key #PPI skills together in one place.

🆕Includes a brand new recording of a workshop all about facilitating PPI meetings!

arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/ppi-training...

BGS on NICE not recommending new Alzheimer's treatments for NHS | British Geriatrics Society Yesterday’s announcement from NICE that it has not recommended the disease-modifying Alzheimer’s treatments Donanemab and Lecanemab for use in the NHS marks a moment of both opportunity and disappoint...

www.bgs.org.uk/bgs-on-nice-...

| British Geriatrics Society A BGS webinar on novel treatments and biomarkers in Dementia. Free for BGS members.

www.bgs.org.uk/WDNovel
About to start! Join now to avoid disappointment!

2025 Alzheimer’s Drug Pipeline Shows Growth and Diversity - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER New data shows 182 trials testing 138 drugs for Alzheimer’s, with diverse targets, repurposed agents, and growing use of biomarkers across all phases.

🔬 The latest Alzheimer’s drug pipeline shows progress: more trials, more targets, and a major rise in Phase 1 activity. Biomarkers are central to the effort. #Alzheimers #ClinicalTrials #dementia

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/2025-alzheim...

Showcasing dementia research in Weston-super-Mare - ARC West Our ‘Dementia Research and Me’ day proved a hit with people with dementia, their families, carers and professionals who support them. The informal drop-in day took place in Weston-super-Mare on 20 May...

arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/news/showcas...

SIG on Brain Health & Dementia | European Geriatric Medicine Society 📣TODAY! Join the SIG on Brain Health & Dementia for an unmissable open webinar featuring Adam H. Dyer. ℹ️What’s new in blood-based biomarkers? What’s practical? What’s next? From cutting-edge dia...

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Join us for a great Webinar - Emerging Blood-Based Biomarkers in Alzheimer’s Disease with Dr Adam Dyer!

Starts in 10mins!

SIG on Brain Health & Dementia | European Geriatric Medicine Society 📣TODAY! Join the SIG on Brain Health & Dementia for an unmissable open webinar featuring Adam H. Dyer. ℹ️What’s new in blood-based biomarkers? What’s practical? What’s next? From cutting-edge dia...

www.linkedin.com/posts/eugms_...

Join us for a great Webinar - Emerging Blood-Based Biomarkers in Alzheimer’s Disease with Dr Adam Dyer!

Starts in 10mins!

@tomas-welsh.bsky.social 🔬

Bath Life – Issue 529

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Could you volunteer to advance dementia research?

Singapore visitors.

People with experience themselves or loved one with delirium

Claire Lake deputy medical director NHS GM

Shared international experience.

It was our best #WDAD2025 in Greater Manchester yet. 100 delegates. 30 on waiting list.
New learning and connections. International visitors. Lived experience of delirium. I gained so much. Going all in for delirium (thanks @amaclullich.bsky.social). We have come so far, more to do.

At our event in GM only a couple of colleagues from memory clinics. Information on delirium should helpfully be part of post diagnostic support for people with dementia.

Delirium in palliative care | Information for professionals Delirium is confusion that comes on suddenly. It’s a serious and common condition in palliative care, especially towards the end of life.

#Delirium is very common in people who are the end of life.

Yet it is still underdiagnosed, and unfortunately this often means unnecessary distress for patients and their families.

Guidance for professionals:
www.mariecurie.org.uk/professional...

#WDAD2025

Hopefully not on World Delirium Awareness Day! #WDAD25

We have taken over 1,300 people through our Polypharmacy Action Learning Sets. Through this work, we recognised the need to support NHS organisations to develop systems and services to address problematic polypharmacy and overprescribing. We hope this helps. 😊 @stevechemist.bsky.social 👏👏

Bath charity ReMind UK needs volunteers for dementia research ReMind UK is looking for people over the age of 50 to take part in trials for new treatments.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What is the VIVO Hub?

Excited to be at the VIVO Hub launch!

As the second World Lewy Body Day draws to a close for us in the UK, we are handing over to our sister organisations around the world.

Thank you to everyone who has supported us and amplified our message: www.change.org/p/sign-the-l...

#WorldLewyBodyDay #LewyList #Lewybodydementia #Dementia

🚨Attention to anyone that follows me that works in a hospital 🚨

We are running a survey for one of our upcoming papers on how increasing frailty & long term conditions change how care is delivered in hospitals.

Please take 5 minutes to complete & share!

More detail below

PhD studentship at the NIHR Healthtech Research Centre for Brain Health The NIHR Healthtech Research Centre in Brain Health and King's College London are offering a 3-year PhD studentship.

The NIHR Healthtech Research Centre in Brain Health and IoPPN are offering a new PhD studentship to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of ultra-low-field MRI in assessing brain changes in dementia patients.

#Neuroscience #Psychology

Apply before 31 Jan: www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...

Funded PhD position within the @alzsocresearch.bsky.social Lewy Body Dementia Doctoral Training Network at University of Southampton working to develop a novel experimental model of Dementia with Lewy bodies for testing therapeutic interventions.

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-nove...

JOB ALERT FOR NEUROLOGY TRAINEES. On www.oriel.nhs.uk now. Academic Clinical Lecturer post in Dementia & Neurodegeneration @imperialbrains.bsky.social. Research can cover any aspect of the above. Please repost and feel free to contact me if interested (am at ABN SIG meeting today).

PhD: APOE-associated AD Resilience to Identify Potential Biomarkers Funded PhD at University of Exeter and NIHR Healthtech Research Centre for Brain Health: Using APOE-associated AD Resilience to Identify Potential Biomarkers

Funded PhD Position at University of Exeter and NIHR Healthtech Research Centre (HRCs) for Brain Health: Using APOE-associated AD Resilience to Identify Potential Biomarkers. Closing date: 21st February

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-apoe...

Scientist exposes secret behind ‘longevity diet’ myth: pension fraud A researcher wins an Ig Nobel prize for his work on record-keeping systems where people live longer than average — and says the data is flawed

Scientist exposes secret behind ‘longevity diet’ myth: pension fraud

www.thetimes.com/article/db9f...

Really enjoying this!

40% of ED attendances are over 65yrs. Average wait for admission in>75yrs =12 hours. 10% attendances from care homes. Waiting is especially bad for older -risk of delirium, deconditioning, acute kidney injury/LOS. But much could be done to avoid these probs @gerisoc.bsky.social @rcem.bsky.social

‼️ 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 #𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻

➡️ 2/3 prevalent vs 1/3 incident

➡️ Prevalent may have worse outcomes than incident

🧠 Implications:

🔸 Front-door detection is crucial

🔸 Not enough emphasis on #deliriumtreatment

🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29966197/

Funding opportunities - The Dunhill Medical Trust We know that there’s a huge amount to do, so we need to prioritise.  We will be focusing on some key themes for support for our current plan period (2020-2025) and will be making periodic detailed cal...

Researchers interested in ageing!
The BGS/ Dunhill PhD fellowship now open for applications - deadline 14 March 2025:

dunhillmedical.org.uk/apply-for-fu...

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