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
Gareth English, Customer Psychology: Why is Leadership Development important for dementia researchers? “In pursuit of RAD’s mission, we aim to instil a ‘Formula 1 attitude’ to accelerate the pace of solutions development in dementia research. To do this, we have worked with people from several F1 teams... Posted 28 May 2021
Paul John Bayfield: Keeping Mum, documenting the journey from diagnosis to death Paul Bayfield first contacted Race Against Dementia a short time after his Mother, Janice had passed from dementia. Old family friends of the Stewarts, Paul was keen to extend his support to the family having... Posted 20 May 2021
RAD Conference: Dementia Research Meets Motorsport ** updated 1st July Due to Covid regulations, we have made the sad decision to postpone the Summit section of the conference. The Summit will be rescheduled to hopefully take place later in the year... Posted 30 Apr 2021
Race Against Dementia announce partnership with BTCC’s Excelr8 and driver Chris Smiley Race Against Dementia are proud to announce a new partnership with the Ginsters EXCELR8 with TradePriceCars.com team in the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship. Kiltads Motorsport Marketing, which has worked with the charity for... Posted 27 Apr 2021
