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
A Passionate sir jackie speaks to Good morning britain Sir Jackie appeared on Good Morning Britain this morning and spoke about his experiences with dementia, highlighting the dreadful lack of funding and progress in research. The additional £1.5 million in funding through our partnership... Posted 16 Jul 2020
Applications now open for more new RAD Fellows Following last week’s announcement of a new collaboration with Dementia Australia, today we are opening applications to further expand our global team of early career scientists: the RAD Fellows. In 2019 we appointed three Race... Posted 13 Jul 2020
The ‘Race Against Dementia – Dementia Australia Research Foundation Post-doctoral Fellowship’ programme Race Against Dementia (RAD) are proud to announce a new collaboration and partnership with the Dementia Australia Research Foundation through the launch of a new research fellowship. Sir Jackie was appointed an Honourary International Dementia... Posted 07 Jul 2020
Race Against Dementia are proud to present “Memories”, with Sir Jackie Stewart Taking advantage of the free time that lockdown has given him, the quietest time in his life to date, Sir Jackie speaks candidly with Danny Hornigold about his earliest memories and the start of his... Posted 16 Jun 2020
RAD Welcomes Our Scientific Advisors, Prof Philip Scheltens and Prof Siddharthan Chandran Professor Philip Scheltens (VU University of Amsterdam) and Professor Siddharthan Chandran (University of Edinburgh) have been central to supporting and guiding Race Against Dementia in selecting our Fellows and with our focus and direction. Their advice,... Posted 10 Jun 2020
Dr Christy Hung: Focus, Constant Learning and Winning Culture – lessons from Professor Mark Jenkins Like many researchers around the world whose laboratories are shut down, RAD fellows are exploring ways to stay productive and keep our scientific research going through the coronavirus pandemic. We are using this time to... Posted 09 Jun 2020
Covid-19: Sir Jackie discusses how the pandemic is impacting Lady Stewart and his fears for the future of dementia funding Sir Jackie has appeared in the Daily Record, Sunday Mail and Sunday People to talk candidly about the impact the pandemic is having on Lady Stewart. He also discusses the ever increasing desperation for families... Posted 07 Jun 2020
Introducing Race Against Dementia’s New Trustees & CEO Race Against Dementia would like to announce the appointment of two new Trustees, Linda Cooper and Chris Bliss. Both Chris and Linda have worked with RAD since our inception and have provided much guidance and... Posted 02 Jun 2020
