We investigate modifiable psychological factors associated with healthy ageing and dementia using a multi-domain approach @UCLpsychiatry
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12 Apr 2024
📢📢 Are you involved in recruiting participants to #ageing and #dementia-related research (anywhere in the world)?
Please take 5 minutes to complete this survey: bit.ly/4ayo7he
We want to hear about how and who you recruit, particularly regarding #race & #ethnicity
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29 Jul 2025
📢📢 New study with @SilverSanteStudy @LehaneMasebo @TimWhitfield @NicholasAshton and others: NfL (neurodegeneration biomarker) was reduced after a lifestyle-based self-management intervention in older adults at risk of dementia 🧠
#dementia #BrainHealth
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15 May 2024
Great event coming up!...
15 May 2024
📢Tickets now on sale for #IoMHConf24!
Hear from leading experts in mental health research on #Autism #Dementia #ClimateChange and Psychiatric Genetics.
Early bird and student discounted tickets available at: ucl.ac.uk/mental-health/conf…
@GrandChallenges @MHRUKCharity @Mental_Elf
ALT IoMH Conference 2024, Wednesday 18 September, 9.30am - 5pm
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10 Apr 2024
We're (@VonettaDotson @alexleighclark @vdcalhoun) are hiring postdocs to work on our NIA multi-year, multisite grant exploring the neurocognitive mechanisms of depression, memory impairment, and decline in racially and ethnically diverse adults. Dm or happy to chat at #CNSmtg!
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15 Mar 2024
New RA role on two interesting projects, @DeNPRU_QM @charl_marshall @drruthdobson & with @UCL_PCPH @NathanDavies50, policy-focused dementia research, great team & institute @QMULPsychiatry @QMUL_WIPH ! qmul.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/it… closes 28 March @BetterResearch @AlzSocResearch
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11 Mar 2024
📢New publication @ANA_journals
Associations of stressful life events with #Alzheimers, neuroinflammation & atrophy pathways depend on early/midlife events, sex & history of psych disease
Huge congrats to 1st author @PalpatziEleni! 1st PhD paper! 🎊
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There are many obstacles that people from minoritised ethnic groups face in academia. See here for data and resources: ucu.org.uk/action-against-wo…. We are glad to see the Wellcome taking initiative to support researchers from underrepresented ethnic groups in academia!
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21 Dec 2023
We're looking to make a quick appointment of a research assistant who can start soon to help us finish off some Policy Research Unit studies - come and get some varied experience in an excellent team, publications very likely.
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4 Dec 2023
New paper! Our EU-funded 18-month meditation trial enhanced important dimensions of psychological well-being in older adults. Many thanks to our co-authors @OKlimecki @KliegelMatthias @ColletteFab @ChetelatLab @Antoine_Lutz journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
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16 Oct 2023
Thanks @AlzheimerEurope for the opportunity to present exciting results from the PREADAPT project. Lots of interest from the audience. Now looking forward to day 2 of #33AEC tomorrow.
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11 Oct 2023
The EventBrite link is here: eventbrite.com/e/mental-heal…
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12 Oct 2023
If you are a Black undergrad at UCL and considering a career in mental health then please sign up for this great workshop. We are offering support to help you achieve your career goals
11 Oct 2023
This #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re offering a face-to-face workshop for UCL Black undergraduate students looking to pursue careers in mental health. For more information, check out our flyer and register for the event! Please share and RT! @UCLPsychiatry
@UCLMentalHealth @UCL
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3 Oct 2023
Congratulations Dr Demnitz-King! Very proud moment @hdemnitzking @UCLPsychiatry
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11 Sep 2023
Are you asking how modifiable risk factors could impact resistance and resilience to Alzheimer’s disease pathology? Our recent collaborative review is for you! We also talked about biological mechanisms behind. @BiologicalPsyc1 @sylv_villeneuve
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6 Sep 2023
🚨 I'm looking for a post-doctoral researcher to join our team in @UCLPsychiatry! 🚨
It's a 3-year role embedded within a large UK-wide collaborative @MedResFdn funded project. More details👇. Please feel free to email me if you have any questions 😊 tinyurl.com/ypynprz5
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18 Jul 2023
🚨 New Research from @SilverSanteEU
@hdemnitzking, PhD student in @MarchantLabUCL, investigated the effect of #meditation and non-native #LanguageLearning interventions on #cognition
Now in @JAMANetworkOpen 👇
Huge congrats Demnitz-King et al.!!
@ucl @UCLPsychiatry
14 Jul 2023
Neither meditation nor non-native language training helped improve global cognition, memory, executive function, or attention in cognitively healthy older adults, in this secondary analysis of an RCT. ja.ma/3pWdGC2 @SilverSanteEU @hdemnitzking #AAIC23
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18 Jul 2023
... and if you want to learn more about this study, @hdemnitzking will be presenting this work at #AAIC23 tomorrow (Wednesday, July 19)!
Don't miss it -> Poster P4-799
#AAIC2023 #ENDALZ @alzassociation @MarchantLabUCL @UCLPsychiatry
18 Jul 2023
🚨 New Research from @SilverSanteEU
@hdemnitzking, PhD student in @MarchantLabUCL, investigated the effect of #meditation and non-native #LanguageLearning interventions on #cognition
Now in @JAMANetworkOpen 👇
Huge congrats Demnitz-King et al.!!
@ucl @UCLPsychiatry
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16 Jun 2023
It's not too late to apply to the Health Equity Scholars Program for Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) and Health and Aging Brain Study-Health Disparities (HABS-HD): deadline June 21
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18 May 2023
Our review article on the links between social participation and dementia risk is published here.
Thanks to co-authors @Gill_Livingston @MikaKivimaki @epiAgeing @SusanneRoehr and others @UCLPsychiatry
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18 May 2023
🗞Focus Issue! We bring together Reviews, Perspectives & Comments on the most recent advances in changing landscape of #dementia research. 🎨 Cover designed by Valentina Galata. nature.com/nataging/volumes/…
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Thanks so much for inviting us to talk about our research. Great hosts, great audience, great evening! #pint23
23 May 2023
Had the immense pleasure of hosting the first UCL @pintofscience Beautiful Mind event on mindfulness yesterday. What a delight working with this dream team ✨very proud for our first sold out event! @MarchantLabUCL got the whole pub meditating together by the end of it🧘♀️ #pint23
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