Cara Croft PhD awarded the McKnight Leadership Award Race Against Dementia are delighted to announce that RAD Fellow, Cara Croft PhD, has been awarded a McKnight Leadership Award recognising her as a rising leader in the field of dementia research. The award provides... Posted 28 Oct 2020
Rad Scientific Advisor, Prof Philip Scheltens appointed Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion Our sincere congratulations to Professor Philip Scheltens for his appointment as Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion. A well deserved honour. Professor, neurologist and director of Alzheimer’s Centre Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Philip Scheltens... Posted 20 Oct 2020
Dementia Researcher Podcast discusses the Race Against Dementia Fellowship Adam Smith, Programme Director for Office of the National Director for Dementia Research, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) at UCL, talks with Penny Moyle and RAD – Dyson Fellow Dr Claire Durrant. A really... Posted 19 Oct 2020
Dr Durrant wins SULSA Early Career Researcher award We are delighted to announce that RAD-Dyson fellow Dr Claire Durrant has won the Scottish Universities Life Sciences Alliance (SULSA) award for early career researchers in the “understanding and treating disease” theme. The SULSA ECR... Posted 07 Oct 2020
Dr Christy Hung: Better life, better performance — my journey with Hintsa Performance to build a healthy and balanced life As part of the on-going personal development programme, RAD has recently partnered with Hintsa Performance, a world leader in human high-performance coaching, to provide one-to-one personalised coaching to our fellows. F1 is undoubtedly one of... Posted 02 Oct 2020
House of Wellness interviews Sir Jackie about his race to beat dementia The House of Wellness is primarily an internet based organisation promoting health and wellbeing in Australia, providing a weekly television talk show each Sunday. Luke Darcy spoke with Sir Jackie to find our more about... Posted 20 Sep 2020
Race Against Dementia Appoints Hintsa Performance to Support RAD Fellows “It has been a pleasure to be involved in the Race Against Dementia project. Utilizing the experience I have gained in Formula One to help these 4 talented fellows with their extremely valuable work is... Posted 02 Sep 2020
Jordan bespoke celebrates iconic motorsport legends with the launch of two luxury leather duffle bags for charity Simon Jordan has created and designed fine leather goods for over 15 years, designing luxury leather products and accessories for private clients, including many of the heroes of motorsport. His company, Jordan Bespoke, also supplies... Posted 30 Jul 2020
Dr Claire Durrant: Locked-out of the lab: time to think? The full publication of Claire’s paper published with Tara Spires-Jones and PHD student Sarah Kent can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00401-020-02196-w. When you look inside the brain of someone who died from Alzheimer’s disease, it can... Posted 29 Jul 2020
Ignition inject “F1 attitude” into the RAD Fellowship Programme We’re delighted to be working with Ignition as they support the RAD Fellows with leadership and teamwork development training. Having previously worked with Damon Hill’s charity Halow, and well as other drivers in the racing... Posted 29 Jul 2020
