Race Against Dementia, gives further £2m to accelerate the race against dementia – announcing our new RAD Fellows! Following a further £2 million of funding by RAD, and with support from Alzheimer’s Research UK, we’re proud to introduce you to the new Race Against Dementia Fellows. The new Fellows will join our existing... Posted 21 Sep 2021
Great minds don’t think alike: Dyson partners with RAD to bring a new perspective to Alzheimer’s research The Race Against Dementia Fellowships fuse together a relationship between industry and medicine to explore how technology and different ways of thinking can enable breakthroughs in dementia research and accelerate finding a cure or prevention... Posted 16 Sep 2021
Race Against Dementia welcomes our new CEO We would like to welcome Bridget Barker who joins RAD in the position of CEO taking over from Dr Penny Moyle. Bridget was with the London law firm, Macfarlanes, for over 35 years where she... Posted 02 Aug 2021
Announcing a new RAD-Dementia Australia Research Foundation Fellow opportunity We’re proud to announce in partnership with Dementia Australia, the ‘Race Against Dementia – Dementia Australia Research Foundation Post-doctoral Fellowship’ programme is again supporting an early career researcher in the field of dementia prevention or... Posted 28 Jul 2021
RAD hit the news! Last week saw RAD in the news with Sir Jackie and RAD-Dyson Fellow Dr Claire Durrant discussing Race Against Dementia, the Dementia Research Meets Motorsport Innovation Accelerator, and the lack of investment both in research... Posted 14 Jul 2021
Congratulations to our Innovation Accelerator winners! On Tuesday 6th July, we held RAD’s first Dementia Research Meets Motorsport Innovation Accelerator, in partnership with Cranfield University and the DEMON Network. This competitive team workshop was a huge success, not only generating some... Posted 14 Jul 2021
Dr Claire Durrant visits Dyson A busy week for RAD! On Monday, Dr Claire Durrant, accompanied by Sir Jackie and Dr Penny Moyle, met with Sir James Dyson and his team at Dyson’s campus in Malmesbury. Claire’s Fellowship is funded... Posted 08 Jul 2021
RAD Seed grant announced What’s your big idea to accelerate progress in dementia research? It might be to focus on a particular part of dementia science… or to facilitate better collaboration between disciplines and institutions….or it may be to... Posted 06 Jul 2021
Dr Christy Hung leads recent study published in Cell Reports RAD fellow Dr Hung’s work has been featured on the cover of the scientific journal Cell Reports Race Against Dementia Fellow Dr Christy Hung at University College London is using human-derived stem cells together with... Posted 17 Jun 2021
FDA approve Aducanumab in the US, targeting cognitive decline in early Alzheimer’s Race Against Dementia welcome yesterday’s landmark approval by the FDA of aducanumab (Aduhelm) for use in the US. It has been nearly 20 years since the last drug for Alzheimer’s was approved and this is... Posted 08 Jun 2021
