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Charles Marshall

@charlesmarshall.bsky.social
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Professor of Clinical Neurology. Clinical Director for Dementia for NHS London. Interested in dementia diagnosis, treatment and health inequalities

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UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · 02/10/2026
Nine new technologies will be tested in the NHS as part of efforts to speed up dementia diagnosis. The Dementia Challenge is accelerating the adoption of innovative technologies and practices that will support earlier and more accurate dementia diagnosis.
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£80m challenge for faster, better dementia diagnosis launched
The Dementia Challenge is accelerating the adoption of innovative technologies and practices that will diagnose and predict how the disease will progress.
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NIHR Policy Research Unit: DeNPRU-QM @denpru-qm.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The Nottingham Consensus provides a policy roadmap to reduce dementia risk, the UK's leading cause of death. Recommendations include: 📢 Launch a targeted public health campaign to address key modifiable risk factors 💬 Adapt communication strategies to ensure relevance across diverse communities
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Nature Reviews Neurology @natrevneurol.nature.com · 17/01/2026
New online! The Nottingham consensus on dementia risk reduction policy: recommendations from a modified Delphi process
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The Nottingham consensus on dementia risk reduction policy: recommendations from a modified Delphi process
Nature Reviews Neurology, Published online: 16 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41582-025-01173-9Translation of evidence about dementia risk into effective public health policy is a challenge. In this Consensus Statement, Demnitz-King and colleagues present 56 policy recommendations for dementia prevention, providing policymakers with a foundation for designing and implementing evidence-based dementia prevention strategies, prioritizing clear communication, targeted intervention and sustained research investment.
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Research at ARUK @alzheimersresearchuk.org · 16/01/2026
New paper led by @denpru-qm.bsky.social brings together 40 dementia experts – including ARUK’s Policy team – to agree on key things decision makers need to do to help cut dementia risk. #denpruQM
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NIHR Policy Research Unit: DeNPRU-QM @denpru-qm.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The panel developed 56 recommendations across four domains: 📢 Public health messaging 👟 Individual-level interventions 🌍 Population-level interventions 📚 Research commissioning Read our policy brief for a summary: tinyurl.com/5e2tn4u4 @charlesmarshall.bsky.social @hdemnitzking.bsky.social
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Policy Briefing: The Nottingham consensus on dementia risk reduction policy: recommendations from a modified-Delphi process
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NIHR Policy Research Unit: DeNPRU-QM @denpru-qm.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
How can policy reduce dementia risk? We convened a panel of experts to develop policy recommendations for dementia risk reduction, refining them through a modified-Delphi process. The final result is the Nottingham consensus, published today in @natrevneurol.nature.com 👇 tinyurl.com/4rsz2yy6
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Charles Marshall @charlesmarshall.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
What should the Department of Health and Social Care be doing to improve the nation’s brain health? @hdemnitzking.bsky.social and I brought UK experts together to produce a consensus roadmap for dementia risk reduction on behalf of @denpru-qm.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The Nottingham consensus on dementia risk reduction policy: recommendations from a modified Delphi process - Nature Reviews Neurology
Translation of evidence about dementia risk into effective public health policy is a challenge. In this Consensus Statement, Demnitz-King and colleagues present 56 policy recommendations for dementia ...
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NIHR Policy Research Unit: DeNPRU-QM @denpru-qm.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Thank you @alzheimersresearchuk.org London Network Centre for inviting us to speak at your PPI event today. We joined lived experience experts, researchers and clinicians to discuss putting people at the centre of dementia research and care. @claudiacooper.bsky.social @charlesmarshall.bsky.social
A panel discussion with five speakers sat on chairs on a raised stage. Professor Claudia Cooper is holding the microphone and speaking.
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Rimona Weil @rimonaweil.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Thrilled to share our review on imaging and fluid biomarkers in dementia with Lewy bodies with @angelikaza.bsky.social and wonderful collaborators Brit Mollenhauer Louis CS Tan Michael Bartl and Nick Fox @uclqsion.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Diagnostic and other biomarkers of dementia with Lewy bodies: from research to clinical settings
Dementia with Lewy bodies is characterised clinically by visual hallucinations, fluctuating cognitive function, parkinsonism, and rapid eye movement s…
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Neurobiology of Aging @neurobiology-aging.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
✨ SHINY NEW PAPER ✨ Hearing loss is more strongly associated with tau burden than β-amyloid (Aβ) burden. @charlesmarshall.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197458025001162
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Evaluating the link between hearing loss and Alzheimer’s disease neuropathology: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Hearing loss has been linked with cognitive decline and increased dementia risk. The neurobiological mechanisms underlying this relationship are not c…
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NIHR Policy Research Unit: DeNPRU-QM @denpru-qm.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Great to see researcher Golnaz Atefi present 'Attitudes Toward Brain Health and Dementia Risk Reduction Among Minoritised Ethnic Communities in the UK' at #35AEC. Project led by Prof Naaheed Mukadam #denpruQM @claudiacooper.bsky.social @charlesmarshall.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social
Golnaz Atefi presenting DeNPRU-QM work at Alzheimer's Europe Conference in Bologna, October 2025
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Charles Marshall @charlesmarshall.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
TWO @nihr.bsky.social Academic Clinical Fellowship opportunities are currently available to come and work with us @preventiveneur1.bsky.social Get in touch to discuss, and if you need any persuasion, here’s what our team say about what it’s like to work here! www.oriel.nhs.uk/Web/PermaLin...
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Dementia Research Team - Centre for Preventive Neurology QMUL @qmuldementia.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
🚨 New pre-print! 🚨 Dr. Avi Chandra and Ben Jacobs study dementia genetics in underrepresented populations. 🧬✨ In 51,000+ British South Asians, they show APOE influences dementia risk, underscoring the need for equitable care. Read more: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The contribution of Apoliproprotein E genetic variation to dementia risk in British South Asians
INTRODUCTION Understanding the genetic basis of dementia in diverse populations is essential to ensure that efforts to predict, prevent, and treat dementia are equitable. The strongest genetic risk fa...
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Charles Marshall @charlesmarshall.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
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Dementia Research Team - Centre for Preventive Neurology QMUL @qmuldementia.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
🎉 Recruitment for DIADEM is closed! The DIADEM study is exploring if central hearing tests can help detect dementia. Over 450 participants across 17 UK sites—huge thanks to all involved! 💙 Shoutout to DIADEM top recruiters Lauren Bishop & Dicky Lim, who’ve seen over 100 participants together! 🏆🎂
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NIHR Policy Research Unit: DeNPRU-QM @denpru-qm.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
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
Harriet standing by a poster on dementia risk reduction policy at AAIC 2025 in Toronto
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Dr Alison Thomson @alisonthomson.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
What does the public think about preventing dementia, MS & Parkinson’s? @denpru-qm.bsky.social has just released findings from our YouGov poll, surveying 1,700 people in England, to explore attitudes to neurological prevention: bit.ly/3TwiN7l
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Dementia Research Team - Centre for Preventive Neurology QMUL @qmuldementia.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
🧠👂 Dr Avi Chandra’s latest research links hearing loss—especially central— to Alzheimer’s pathology including increased Aβ and tau burden. ❓ But what is the underpinning relationship between these factors? Watch this space!🧬🧩 To read more ⬇️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Evaluating the link between hearing loss and Alzheimer’s disease neuropathology: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Hearing loss has been linked with cognitive decline and increased dementia risk. The neurobiological mechanisms underlying this relationship are not c…
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NIHR Policy Research Unit: DeNPRU-QM @denpru-qm.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Great to be at the @spindnetworkplus.bsky.social Science Festival 2025 today 🎪 @hdemnitzking.bsky.social (Early Career Researcher at #denpruQM) and Patient and Public Engagement Group member Debs Smith presented findings from our consensus workshop on public health policy for dementia prevention.
The front slide of a PowerPoint presentation. The text reads 'Reducing the risk of dementia: policy recommendations from a panel of experts'. Harriet Demnitz-King and Debs Smith. Debs Smith and Harriet Demnitz-King presenting
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Emma Anderson @emmylooroll.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Fabulous work by Phazha Bothongo! 2 years and several near mental breakdowns for us both in the making! 🧠 Causes and consequences of vascular dementia across the life course: Evidence from a UK Biobank phenome-wide and Mendelian randomization study 🧠 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Causes and consequences of vascular dementia across the life course: Evidence from a UK Biobank phenome-wide and Mendelian randomization study
Background Vascular dementia (VaD) is the second most common cause of dementia, yet its risk factors and biological mechanisms remain poorly understood. Objective To identify causes and consequences ...
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Dementia Research Team - Centre for Preventive Neurology QMUL @qmuldementia.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Listen here➡️ Curious how divorce and widowhood affect the brain? 🧠 Take a deep dive into how these major life events may be linked to cognitive decline with Dr. Avi Chandra in the latest episode of ISTAART Voices. 🎙️ Listen now: alz.org/ISTAARTpodcast
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NIHR Policy Research Unit: DeNPRU-QM @denpru-qm.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
💼 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!
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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Join NIHR DeNPRU-QM at Queen Mary as a Research Assistant to support dementia & neurodegeneration policy research. 18-month role, apply by 6th May @denpru-qm.bsky.social www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
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Research Assistant: Equitable health and social care
Join NIHR DeNPRU-QM at Queen Mary as a Research Assistant to support dementia & neurodegeneration policy research. 18-month role starts after 6 Aug 2025.
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Prof Claudia Cooper @claudiacooper.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Come and work with us! Excellent research and policy research experience in a supportive socially active team
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NIHR Policy Research Unit: DeNPRU-QM @denpru-qm.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
📣 We're recruiting a mixed methods Postdoctoral Research Associate to join our team from August 2025 📣 You'll have a PhD (or near completion) & enjoy working with large data sets. Apply here: shorturl.at/Z4SHk @claudiacooper.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Research Associate - QMUL Jobs
ID: 5343. Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate. Application Deadline:
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Beth Stuart @bethstuart97.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Please do think of joining us or pass this on to someone you know who might fancy it. I am, of course, rather biased but I think we are a lovely bunch, trying to help answer some really important questions. Always happy to chat to anyone who is interested!
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Peter Zeidman @corticalpete.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Excited to share a new PhD studentship, using fMRI and MEG to detect early changes in Alzheimer's disease, fully funded for a UK student by @alzheimersresearchuk.org . Situated at UCL in Queen Square, London. Join us! tinyurl.com/nvmgroupphd
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Detecting early neurovascular dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease and Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy (CAA) at University College London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Detecting early neurovascular dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease and Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy (CAA) at University College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Charles Marshall @charlesmarshall.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
🚨Fantastic job opportunity for neurology trainees Neurology Clinical Lecturer post in Dementia with us @qmuldementia.bsky.social now open to applications! Please DM me for info and to discuss www.oriel.nhs.uk/Web/PermaLin...
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Published vacancies that are available for applicants to apply to. This includes key information suchs as the training programme(s), post type(s), advert information and duration.
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Nature Reviews Neurology @natrevneurol.nature.com · 27/02/2025
Early presentations of dementia in a diverse population alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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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...
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Charles Marshall @charlesmarshall.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I think yes to both. We also need to look at combinations of features and consider the idea of automated dementia risk flags in primary care in the next phase.
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Queen Mary University of London @qmul.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
New research, born out of community engagement work, shows that the symptoms people report prior to receiving a dementia diagnosis vary across ethnic groups. www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2... @qmulfmd.bsky.social @charlesmarshall.bsky.social @alzassociation.bsky.social @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social
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Charles Marshall @charlesmarshall.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Thanks and congrats to the whole team involved @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social @qmuldementia.bsky.social @preventiveneur1.bsky.social
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Charles Marshall @charlesmarshall.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
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 alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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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...
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Dementia Research Team - Centre for Preventive Neurology QMUL @qmuldementia.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Introducing Avi 🎉! He is a postdoctoral research assistant at CPN, working on the ABATED project to advance automated brain image analysis for equitable dementia diagnosis. He completed his PhD at King’s, focusing on genetics and in vivo biomarkers in MCI & AD. Watch to hear from Avi!
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Dementia Research Team - Centre for Preventive Neurology QMUL @qmuldementia.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
🎉Excited to share the first published output from the ABATED study🎉 The commentary in JAD, "Cultural variation in trust and acceptability of AI diagnostics for dementia," explores key considerations from diverse focus groups, focusing on trust, training, and autonomy. doi.org/10.1177/1387...
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Dementia Research Team - Centre for Preventive Neurology QMUL @qmuldementia.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Introducing Natalia 🎉! She is a NIHR Doctoral Fellow in CPN's Dementia team. Her PhD research explores Alzheimer's blood biomarkers in ethnic minority groups, supervised by Prof, @charlesmarshall.bsky.social , Prof @claudiacooper.bsky.social & Dr. Ashvini Keshavan (UCL).
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Nature Reviews Neurology @natrevneurol.nature.com · 12/02/2025
ICYMI: New online! Moving towards meaningful patient and public engagement bit.ly/4aUOcs2
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Nature Reviews Neurology @natrevneurol.nature.com · 12/02/2025
ICYMI: New online! Nothing about us, without us — establishing a patient and public involvement and engagement group bit.ly/4aUOfEe
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Will Scotton @drwillscotton.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
academic.oup.com/braincomms/a... delighted to finally see this out. We asked the question - could we identify different subtypes of CBS using SuStaIn algorithm applied to a baseline structural MRI scan and if so did these associate with underlying pathology? Read the paper to find out!
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Distinct spatiotemporal atrophy patterns in corticobasal syndrome are associated with different underlying pathologies
Scotton et al. report distinct subtypes of atrophy progression in corticobasal syndrome identified using machine learning analysis of structural MRI scans.
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Dementia Research Team - Centre for Preventive Neurology QMUL @qmuldementia.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
We’re revisiting the insightful focus group we held for the DIADEM project six months ago. A huge thank you to everyone who participated and contributed to the valuable discussions. Your involvement continues to drive the progress of our research.
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Ruth Dobson @drruthdobson.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
A lovely review of some of the things that we have done over the past 7 years @preventiveneur1.bsky.social It’s been a real privilege and joy to do this with our team. Huge thanks to Bart’s Charity for the belief and support. www.bartscharity.org.uk/our-news/gro...
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Ground-breaking research at the Centre for Preventive Neurology
In 2017, we funded the Preventive Neurology Unit, which has since expanded to become a Centre - the first of its kind in the UK.
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Dementia Research Team - Centre for Preventive Neurology QMUL @qmuldementia.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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...
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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
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Queen Mary Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry @qmulfmd.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
You can find out more about this research, funded by Barts Charity, here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39798961/
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Depression and dementia: interrogating the causality of the relationship - PubMed
This study provides evidence that the link between depression and dementia is due to reverse causation with a smaller component of causation with clear evidence of both mechanisms driving the associat...
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Queen Mary Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry @qmulfmd.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
A new study examining the connection between depression and dementia provides critical insights into how #depression might be both a risk factor for and an early sign of #dementia.
Photograph of an elderly man with depression, credit: Highwaystarz-Photography
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Dementia Research Team - Centre for Preventive Neurology QMUL @qmuldementia.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
🎉We are happy to present an issue of the ABATED study newsletter! 🎉 To receive a PDF copy of the newsletter by email, please contact us at wiph-abated@qmul.ac.uk
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Dementia Research Team - Centre for Preventive Neurology QMUL @qmuldementia.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Volunteers needed for the DIADEM study! 🔍 We’re looking for participants for a study to explore if computerised hearing tests can help diagnose individuals attending memory clinics. 🧠👂 #Research #HearingTests #MemoryClinic #NHS
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Paresh Malhotra @pareshmalhotra.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
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).
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NIHR Policy Research Unit: DeNPRU-QM @denpru-qm.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Two weeks to go until our event in York on The Future Dementia Workforce, January 21st! With panel members from across multiple sectors and opportunities for questions and discussion. Book your (free) ticket here eventbrite.com/e/the-future... @thementalelf.bsky.social @claudiacooper.bsky.social
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The Future Dementia Workforce
Please join us in York to discuss the future dementia workforce within health and social care.
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AJ Lees @ajlees.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
For anyone interested in the history of British Neurology this book is a must. It also provides a fascinating insight into specialisation in one of London’s greatest and busiest teaching hospitals @qmul.ac.uk @charlesmarshall.bsky.social
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Dementia Research Team - Centre for Preventive Neurology QMUL @qmuldementia.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
🚨 Exciting news! Researchers led by @charlesmarshall.bsky.social discovered that changes in the brain's default-mode network could predict future dementia incidence and time to diagnosis in a cohort of 103 patients with dementia and 1,030 matched controls. ➡️➡️➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Early detection of dementia with default-mode network effective connectivity - Nature Mental Health
Altered patterns of effective connectivity in the brain’s default-mode network predicted both future dementia incidence and time to diagnosis.
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