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How you can get involved with the Dementia.ED Network and dementia research.

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Below you will find different ways you can get involved with the Dementia.ED network. You will also find opportunities to take part in dementia research.

Many of the opportunities below are open to everyone, including the wider public. 

What: Join our Network to connect with our growing, interdisciplinary community. 
Open to: Students and members of staff at the University of Edinburgh.


What: Submit an item for our newsletter. We can feature:

  • Recent publications, project updates, achievements.
  • Surveys, calls for participants, collaboration calls.
  • Dementia research news, opportunities, conferences.

Open to: Anyone (members of the Network, staff and students at the University of Edinburgh, members of other Higher Education Institutions, members of the public or third sector organisations).

How: Email dementia@ed.ac.uk
 


What: Sign up for one of our events. We organise many different events throughout the year.

Open to: Students and staff at the University of Edinburgh. Some of our events and activities are also open to the wider public. 


What: Contribute to dementia research. 

Open to: Anyone. 

Opportunities:


“Join Dementia Research” by the National Institute for Health and Care Research. 

Join Dementia Research is a service that connects registered volunteers with dementia researchers across the UK who are looking for people to join their studies.  

Simply sign up to the online platform; you will then be matched with studies you may be able to take part in, both online, nationally and in your local area.  

Register as a donor to Alzheimer Scotland’s Brain Tissue Bank. 

Much of our current understanding of Alzheimer’s disease, and other types of dementia, is a result of studying brain tissue generously donated by individuals.

Brain tissue donation from people diagnosed with dementia is vital to finding better treatments for the diseases that cause dementia, to assist research now and in the future. 

What: Our Forum is open to all researchers and groups exploring dementia and ageing across the University of Edinburgh. We meet monthly to connect and collaborate in a welcoming, interdisciplinary setting. 

Open to: Students and members of staff at the University of Edinburgh with an interest in dementia and/or related fields. 


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