Podcasts about ecrs

Sean Kosednar talks with Caroline Catoe and Brittany Benton from ECRS during AWG Innovation Showcase 2025.   

Marian Montanha, narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. In her first blog for Dementia Researcher Marian reflects on her initial nine months working in clinical trials, contrasting her previous patient-centred roles with the highly structured and data-driven nature of research. She discusses the surprising realities she encountered, including the intensity of paperwork, the necessity of standardisation, and the prolonged timeline for gratification and impact. Marian candidly shares her feelings of missing direct therapeutic interactions yet appreciates the external validation and the significant potential to make long-term impacts on patient care and treatments. Find the original text, and narration here on our website. https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-what-i-wish-i-knew-before-working-in-clinical-trials/ --   Marian Montanha is a Clinical Studies Office in the NHS – Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network in Scotland. With a background in Psychology and a keen interest in Neuropsychology, Marian plays a vital role in clinical research, coordinating and managing clinical trials, ensuring smooth operations, and maintaining accurate records, while also promoting research and collaborating with clinical teams. Passionate about patient care, she is driven to help people maintain dignity, independence, and quality of life. Marian's top tip for ECRs? “You don't know what you don't know”. Find Marian on LinkedIn -- Enjoy listening? We're always looking for new bloggers, drop us a line. http://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's Research UK, Alzheimer's Society and Race Against Dementia, who we thank for their ongoing support. -- Follow us on Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/dementia_researcher/ https://www.facebook.com/Dementia.Researcher/ https://twitter.com/demrescommunity https://www.linkedin.com/company/dementia-researcher https://bsky.app/profile/dementiaresearcher.bsky.social

Join TWICS's three co-managers on a bus-turned-restaurant in a Hobart pub on a sunny day.  With relaxing ambient pub sounds, Anna Abela and Dr Olly Dove chat with Dr Kate Johnson about her experience doing postdoctoral research in Switzerland and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship in Barcelona, Spain. Hear the challenges and highlights of Kate's experience so far plus advice to ECRS considering applying for fellowships and conducting research overseas. Share in the joy of a rare in-person reunion of Olly, Anna and Kate!Show theme music: Kevin MacLeodHost: Dr Olly Dove (@olly_dove)Co-Host: Anna Abela (@annaoabela)Production:  Hannah Moore (@HannahCMoore)Media & Promotion: Emma Hamasaki (@EmmaHamasaki)

In this podcast episode, we shall discuss preprints and how they have impacted decisions in the past to award tenure/promotions to scientists from diverse geographies like the USA, Europe, India, and Africa. The episode will feature senior scientists from these geographies, their experience being a part of the decision-making process in awarding tenure/promotion, the hardships, especially the ECRs face in those committees and how their preprints are viewed and assessed and the path forward for a just science environment that promotes open science.

In this episode of the Dementia Researcher Podcast, we discuss the challenges and support needs of early career dementia researchers (ECRs) across Europe. Our discussion centres on a recent study titled Supporting Early Career Dementia Researchers: Identifying Support Needs and Ways Forward via a European Study. The study sheds light on the unique difficulties faced by ECRs and offers practical recommendations to enhance professional journeys. -- Speakers:

Dr Hannah Smith narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. In her first blog for Dementia Researcher, Hannah provides a detailed account of her experience as the first Early Career Researcher (ECR) on MND Scotland's Scientific Advisory Panel. She emphasises the immense value this role has brought to her career development and the benefits it offers to both the research community and those affected by motor neuron disease. Hannah discusses the challenges ECRs face in transitioning to independent research roles and highlights how observing the grant review process has enhanced her grant-writing skills. She advocates for other funding bodies to include ECRs in their panels, noting the unique perspectives and technical insights they bring to the table.   Find the original text, and narration here on our website. https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-the-grant-review-process-perspective-of-an-ecr/ #MND -- Dr Hannah Smith is a committed science communicator, ECR rep on MND Scotland's grant reviewing Scientific Advisory Panel and Postdoctoral Research Fellow working on Motor Neuron Disease (MND) at The University of Edinburgh. Hannah's current work is bioinformatics-focused, generating and analysing the transcriptome and translatome in the motor neurons at pre- and early symptomatic stages. She hopes to  find new insights into the earliest cellular dysfunction of ALS/MND, focused around changes to the protein translation.  -- Enjoy listening and reading our blogs? We're always on the look out for new contributors, drop us a line and share your own research and careers advice dementiaresearcher@ucl.ac.uk This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's Research UK, Alzheimer's Society and Race Against Dementia, who we thank for their ongoing support. -- Follow us on Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/dementia_researcher/ https://www.facebook.com/Dementia.Researcher/ https://twitter.com/demrescommunity https://www.linkedin.com/company/dementia-researcher

Spring has arrived in the High Country and that means festival season is here! Boonerang is back for year three, with new and expanded features that will bring thousands of festival enthusiasts to the streets of Downtown Boone, June 13-15, 2024.On this week's Mind Your Business we visit with Mark Freed, Director of Cultural Resources for the Town of Boone, and Boonerang's lead organizer. He'll discuss the festival's new features for 2024, which include an expanded schedule for the popular ECRS South Depot Stage. We'll also hear more about the artist lineup, volunteer opportunities, and how the festival continues to attract "Boonies" to the High Country beyond just this one weekend.Mind Your Business is a weekly production of the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce. The show is made possible thanks to the sponsorship support of Appalachian Commercial Real Estate.Support the Show.

This week's episode is the first round up of conversations Sean Kosednar had with vendors at the 2024 Innovation Showcase. Those conversations were with, Shop to Cook , Dana Industries,  ECRS. Be sure to follow the links to learn more about each great vendor.  

Listen to this interview of Cristiano Matricardi, Senior Editor at Nature Communications. We talk about just how closely tied are the research and the communication of the research. Cristiano Matricardi : "From my perspective, that is, as a professional editor, as someone who reads above 500 new submissions a year plus all the papers for due diligence — from my perspective, I see that too many of the submissions are trying to create good narratives to sell the work better — which is okay, sure, but we need to focus on results, and we need to ask just: 'What do you want to do with this paper? What's your reason for attempting to publish it? Is that reason to gratify or oblige the editors? Or is your reason to transfer a concept to your fellow scientists?' Because if you want really to transfer a concept to your fellow scientists, then you need to structure your narrative in a way that they'll be receptive to and in a way that will prove useful for them, that is, useful for these working scientists and not useful for just readers of journals." Of Interest:  Cristiano's podcast: On Your Wavelength How Norway is rethinking impact for scientists: NOR-CAM And how the EU is too: CoARA Nature Communications offer ECRs both training and mentoring in scholarly peer review: Open Reviewers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Listen to this interview of Cristiano Matricardi, Senior Editor at Nature Communications. We talk about just how closely tied are the research and the communication of the research. Cristiano Matricardi : "From my perspective, that is, as a professional editor, as someone who reads above 500 new submissions a year plus all the papers for due diligence — from my perspective, I see that too many of the submissions are trying to create good narratives to sell the work better — which is okay, sure, but we need to focus on results, and we need to ask just: 'What do you want to do with this paper? What's your reason for attempting to publish it? Is that reason to gratify or oblige the editors? Or is your reason to transfer a concept to your fellow scientists?' Because if you want really to transfer a concept to your fellow scientists, then you need to structure your narrative in a way that they'll be receptive to and in a way that will prove useful for them, that is, useful for these working scientists and not useful for just readers of journals." Of Interest:  Cristiano's podcast: On Your Wavelength How Norway is rethinking impact for scientists: NOR-CAM And how the EU is too: CoARA Nature Communications offer ECRs both training and mentoring in scholarly peer review: Open Reviewers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications

Listen to this interview of Cristiano Matricardi, Senior Editor at Nature Communications. We talk about just how closely tied are the research and the communication of the research. Cristiano Matricardi : "From my perspective, that is, as a professional editor, as someone who reads above 500 new submissions a year plus all the papers for due diligence — from my perspective, I see that too many of the submissions are trying to create good narratives to sell the work better — which is okay, sure, but we need to focus on results, and we need to ask just: 'What do you want to do with this paper? What's your reason for attempting to publish it? Is that reason to gratify or oblige the editors? Or is your reason to transfer a concept to your fellow scientists?' Because if you want really to transfer a concept to your fellow scientists, then you need to structure your narrative in a way that they'll be receptive to and in a way that will prove useful for them, that is, useful for these working scientists and not useful for just readers of journals." Of Interest:  Cristiano's podcast: On Your Wavelength How Norway is rethinking impact for scientists: NOR-CAM And how the EU is too: CoARA Nature Communications offer ECRs both training and mentoring in scholarly peer review: Open Reviewers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the G Word, our host Will Macken, is joined by a panel of Early Career Researcher (ECR) representatives to discuss how ECRs can navigate and position themselves within the ever-changing field of genomic research. Will is a clinician and researcher at the University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology and Great Ormond Street Hospital. Will is also an ECR representative on the Genomics England Clinical Interpretation Partnership board. In this week's episode he's joined by: Nicky Whiffin, Associate Professor and Sir Henry Dale Fellow at the University of Oxford, and Quantitative Genomics representative on the Genomics England Clinical Interpretation Partnership board Charlotte Durkin, Head of Programme at the Medical Research Council, and Jamie Ellingford, Lead Genome Data Scientist for Rare Disease at Genomics England.   "There can be people that just pick up basic skills to analyse the dataset that's in front of them that they've spent months in the wet lab trying to generate. Through to people who are proper software engineers and will be writing unit tests to test every single line of that code. I don't think it really matters where you sit on that continuum as long as it works for you, and it aligns with your future career progressions and what you want to be in the future, essentially." You can read the transcript here: Early-Career-Researchers.docx You can find the information on resources, events and support for ECRs mentioned on this podcast on our website. We've got free-to-attend monthly research seminars, and Research environment training sessions for those who have joined the Genomics England research community - find out more and register for our next sessions here. Email us if you have any questions: gecip-help@genomicengland.co.uk.

They're small, they're blue, and they're stingy, but they're not a jelly fish! What are they? They're bluebottles of course. They're a prominent feature of summers spent by the beach, but what brings them to Australian beaches remains a bit of a mystery. Join us in this episode as we chat to two ECRs, Kim [...]Read More... from What’s blind, buoyant, and brainless? Bluebottles!

Early Career Researchers (ECRs) struggle to fund their research. With very few funding opportunities within New Zealand and high competition for them, most ECRs feel unprepared and uninformed about how and where to find funding at this critical stage of their careers. This episode aims to highlight funding opportunities in Aotearoa, with a specific focus on Rutherford fellowships and Marsden funds, and includes tips and tricks on how to be successful – tailored to ECRs. Links to ECR funding sites can be found on this podcasts page on our Scigest site: www.plantandfood.com/scigest.

Dr Jane Haley  narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. Jane highlights the establishment of the UK MND Research Institute (UK MND RI) as a significant milestone in the pursuit of disease-modifying treatments for motor neuron disease (MND). MND is a devastating condition that rapidly deteriorates physical abilities and has limited treatment options. The UK MND RI aims to bridge the gap between fundamental research and clinical trials, with a focus on diagnostics, biomarker development, therapeutic testing using human-based cell models, and data utilisation. The institute operates through collaboration, bringing together talented researchers and patient campaigners to accelerate progress and ultimately find a cure for MND. Find the original text, and narration here on our website. https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/guest-blog-uk-motor-neuron-disease-research-institute/ -- Dr Jane Haley is Director of Research for MND Scotland. Jane is respondiable for developing and delivering the MND Scotland research strategy and overseeing their wide portfolio of grant funding. Outside the office Jane is a Girlguide leader, Treasurer and Trustee for Girlguiding Midlothian. Her tip for ECRs? Talk to people and willingly collaborate. You won't regret it. -- Enjoy listening? We're always looking for new bloggers, drop us a line. http://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's Research UK, Alzheimer's Society and Race Against Dementia, who we thank for their ongoing support.

This week we discuss all things ECR with Mayank Chugh & Gracielle Higino, two current postdocs who are leading the efforts in fighting for a better environment for ECRs in academia.   Gracielle is an ASAPbio fellow and program co-ordinator at BIOS2, a community of researchers who are exploring and applying modern-day computational and quantitative techniques to address the challenges of biodiversity sciences. You can find her on Twitter @GracielleHigino and online https://www.graciellehigino.com/. Learn more about BIOS2 - https://bios2.usherbrooke.ca/.  Mayank is the President of the Harvard Medical Postdoc Association (HMPA). He also leads a DEIB working group in the department of systems biology towards fair recruitment of postdocs and faculty. He is an advocate for mental health awareness, equity, and a plethora of much needed changes in the current academic system - many listeners will already be familiar with his various writings and contributions to articles written by journalists. Mayank is also a poet and can be found on Twitter @mayank_mchugh and online https://www.mayankchugh.org/.  Implicit bias test https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html or learn more https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/user/jaxt/blogposts/piblogpost021.html This episode was produced by Jonny Coates and edited by Sónia Gomes Pereira.  If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod, Instagram @Motion_Pod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates, Camila (@Kamo_Valenzuela) & Sonia (@SniaGPereira1). Generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preprints-in-motion/message

Dr Yvonne Couch, narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website. In this blog Yvonne explores the challenges women face in academia and the need for cultural change. Despite increasing female representation in scientific fields, many women disappear from the academic pipeline, and even fewer make it to becoming a full Professors. So how do you deal with this? Continue to push more and more ECRs into the system, or take a more holistic approach? The article suggests strategies to retain and support women in their careers, emphasising the importance of organisational and systemic change.  Find the original text, and narration here on our website. https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/guest-blog-how-to-make-a-female-professor/ -- Dr Yvonne Couch is an Alzheimer's Research UK Fellow and Associate Professor at the University of Oxford. Yvonne studies the role of extracellular vesicles and their role in changing the function of the vasculature after stroke, aiming to discover why the prevalence of dementia after stroke is three times higher than the average. It is her passion for problem solving and love of science that drives her, in advancing our knowledge of disease. Yvonne writes about her work, academic life, and careers as she takes a new road into independent research @dr_yvonne_couch -- Enjoy listening? We're always looking for new bloggers, drop us a line. http://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk   This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's Research UK, Alzheimer's Society and Race Against Dementia, who we thank for their ongoing support.

! Important Update ! Since recording, UCU have announced that they will "ringfence £250,000 for members facing deductions for undertaking forms of ASOS, including the marking and assessment boycott." This is reassuring news for workers at universities where the VCs have threatened 50-100% pay deductions. But still no new offers from employers. Today, Sophia and Jan are sitting down with @IlsePit(@fediscience.org) and @KatarinaWarren (k-almeidawarren.com) to chat about the ongoing UCU strikes in the UK, and how it is for ECRs to take industrial actions. "The University and College Union (UCU) represents over 120,000 academics, lecturers, trainers, instructors, researchers, managers, administrators, computer staff, librarians, technicians, professional staff and postgraduates in universities, colleges, prisons, adult education and training organisations across the UK" (https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/1685/About-UCU) You can support the UCU here: https://www.ucu.org.uk/ For more info go to https://ReproducibiliTea.org For comments, questions, tips and tricks use our feedback form: forms.gle/H6jgUzbbpyauLxUC8

Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. One of the most significant and prevailing challenges in academia over the last 10 years or so, has centred around how best to support early career researchers (ECRs) in an evolving landscape which has increasingly shifted towards a reliance on temporary insecure contracts, increasing workloads, and real terms drop in salaries. The criteria for defining who falls under the category of ‘ECR' varies across institutions and organisations, and this is important if we need to identify where support is needed, and who to provide it to. In this blog Kamar will be asking the question: What is an ECR? Find the original text, and narration here on our website. https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/guest-blog-what-is-an-early-career-researcher/ -- Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali is a Lecturer in Biomedical Science at Teesside University & Affiliate Researcher at Glasgow University. In addition to teaching, Kamar is exploring how neuroinflammation following traumatic brain injury contributes to the progression of neurodegenerative diseases that lead to dementia. Having first pursued a career as an NHS Psychologist, Kamar went back to University in Durham to look at rodent behavioural tasks to completed her PhD, and then worked as a regional Programme Manager for NC3Rs. -- Enjoy listening? We're always looking for new bloggers, drop us a line. http://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's Research UK, Alzheimer's Society and Race Against Dementia, who we thank for their ongoing support.

Dr Timothy Daly narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. In this blog, Tim encourages early-career researchers (ECRs) in dementia research to build on their existing journal clubs or independent reading efforts to take the step towards publishing letters as part of their intellectual and professional development. Find the original text, and narration here on our website. https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/guest-blog-from-journal-clubs-to-letter-writing-for-ecrs-why-and-how/ -- Dr Timothy Daly is currently a Bioethics Training Programme Coordinator at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (“FLACSO“) Argentina; and holds a position at The Sorbonne, Paris, France. His research explores ethics in Alzheimer's Disease: How can we do better research? Outside work he writes poetry, speaking four languages and is working on learning another four. His motivation to work in dementia stems from his seeing his grandmother live with Vascular Dementia and wanting to to help. -- Enjoy listening? We're always looking for new bloggers, drop us a line. http://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's Research UK, Alzheimer's Society and Race Against Dementia, who we thank for their ongoing support.

Navigate the environmental compliance data gap challenges with insights into what facilities in your program have the highest environmental compliance risk of inefficiencies, violations, and lawsuits. Mapistry's newest product release is a comprehensive environmental compliance risk score (ECRS) toolkit and dashboard that ties together core environmental actions with geographic and violation data to highlight the most pressing issues for EHS leaders. Watch our webinar to learn how to prioritize resources, identify specific areas of concern on individual facilities, and maximize operational time.

Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. Recent years have seen various mentoring schemes pop up in academia both within Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), and through organisations and charities. This has, in part, been in response to a changing landscape over the last decade or so, which has seen an increase in precarious contract-based employment for early career researchers (ECRs), resulting in many talented scientists leaving academia for better-paid secure employment where they feel valued. In this blog Kam shares her experience of being part of two different mentoring schemes and discusses why ECRs need good mentors. Find the original text, and narration here on our website. https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/guest-blog-why-ecrs-need-good-mentors/ -- Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali is a Lecturer in Biomedical Science at Teesside University & Affiliate Researcher at Glasgow University. In addition to teaching, Kamar is exploring how neuroinflammation following traumatic brain injury contributes to the progression of neurodegenerative diseases that lead to dementia. Having first pursued a career as an NHS Psychologist, Kamar went back to University in Durham to look at rodent behavioural tasks to completed her PhD, and then worked as a regional Programme Manager for NC3Rs. -- Enjoy listening? We're always looking for new bloggers, drop us a line. http://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's Research UK, Alzheimer's Society and Race Against Dementia, who we thank for their ongoing support.

In this episode, I discuss two acronyms to help you remember ideas on how you can improve a process. ECRS stands for Eliminate, Combine, Rearrange, and Simplify. SPACER stands for Standardize, Parallel processing, Automate, Consolidate, Eliminate and Re-arrange. I also mention SCAMPER, which is similar to these, and stands for Substitute, Combine, Adapt, Modify, Purpose, Eliminate and Reverse. Links ECRS SPACER/SCAMPER Learn more about the Lean Six Sigma Virtual Coaching and Certification Program Need help in your organization? Let's talk! Schedule a free support call BIZ-PI.com LeanSixSigmaDefinition.com Have a question? Submit a voice message at Anchor.fm --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/leansixsigmabursts/message

Gareth Dyke is a writer, researcher, and educator with deep experience at the interface between publishing and academia. He is the Director of Global Content at Research Square Company. He shares his wealth of experience on paleontology, preprints, and researcher's career path with Jo. He has authored over 300 articles in peer-reviewed journals over the last 20 years (including in Nature and Science). As an author of educational contents, he emphasizes young researcher outreach; He helps ESL authors write, communicate, and publish research effectively in English and have well-developed networks most notably in China and Central Asia (Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan). His face-to-face training workshops in 2019 were attended by more than 6,000 ECRs and his online training events in 2020-22 have been very popular. He has gathered extensive experience creating, growing, and managing high impact academic journals working with Taylor & Francis and Eurasia Academic Publishing. Gareth Dyke can help you get the best out of your research, write great papers in English, and get them published in amazing journals to advance your career! Personal profiles ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8390-7817 Twitter: @researchsquare Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/garethdyke Email: garethdyke@gmail.com More details at access2perspectives.org/2022/09/a-conversation-with-gareth-dyke/ Host: Dr Jo Havemann, ORCID iD 0000-0002-6157-1494 Editing: Ebuka Ezeike Music: Alex Lustig, produced by Kitty Kat License: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) At Access 2 Perspectives, we guide you in your complete research workflow toward state-of-the-art research practices and in full compliance with funding and publishing requirements. Leverage your research projects to higher efficiency and increased collaboration opportunities while fostering your explorative spirit and joy. Website: access2perspectives.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/access2perspectives/message

Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. Dementia research has been in the news again. Sadly, there is no promising new drug on the horizon, and no new breakthrough in our understanding of the brain diseases, like Alzheimer's, which lead to dementia. Instead, we find ourselves shocked by an investigation into what has become a high-profile case of potential academic misconduct in our field. This case has been widely reported in the press, but what hasn't been discussed is how early career researchers (ECRs) are affected by academic misconduct. In this blog, Kamar discusses how the structure of academia makes ECRs particularly vulnerable to the effects of academic misconduct.   Find the original text, and narration here on our website. https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/guest-blog-how-academic-misconduct-affects-ecrs/ -- Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali is a Lecturer in Biomedical Science at Teesside University & Affiliate Researcher at Glasgow University. In addition to teaching, Kamar is exploring how neuroinflammation following traumatic brain injury contributes to the progression of neurodegenerative diseases that lead to dementia. Having first pursued a career as an NHS Psychologist, Kamar went back to University in Durham to look at rodent behavioural tasks to completed her PhD, and then worked as a regional Programme Manager for NC3Rs. -- Enjoy listening? We're always looking for new bloggers, drop us a line. http://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Research UK and Alzheimer's Society, who we thank for their ongoing support.

What's the difference between engagement and inclusion? 1 in 5 researchers is an Early Career Researcher, which means there is plenty of opportunity to develop closer connections with this group. In turn, societies and their journals can benefit from the innovative ideas of ECRs. Actively including ECRs in the day-to-day workings and development of a journal, over engaging with them from time to time, can offer mutual advantages. Paul Trevorrow takes us through some case studies of ECR engagement and inclusion, discussing the pros and cons of each.

Recorded LIVE on Twitter Spaced on Wednesday 15th June 2022. Adam Smith, chats to the Alzheimer's Society research grants team, discussing their newly launched 2022 funding call, getting details on their all new PhD, Fellowship, Careers and Project Grants. Sophie Roberts, Dr Jennie Gabriel and Katherine Gray - share details on how the Society's funding programmes have been transformed and updated to better support ECRs, with improvements in the applicatio process, contract lenghts and stipends, and all new programmes. They also discuss eligabilty, and how to apply. For details on all the calls visit: https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/alzheimers-society-launch-new-funding-schemes/ https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/research/researchers/our-application-process To keep up to date with news from Alzheimer's Society Research Team you can now follow them on twitter @AlzSocResearch - there you will also find details of an upcoming webinar for applicants.

This week, Mark interviews Dr Katerina Cidlinska from the Institute of Psychology at the Czech Academy of Sciences about research she conducted with Early Career Researchers (ECRs) who left academia. Her work identifies four trajectories and impact could be part of the problem as well as part of the solution. There were unique challenges for women and researchers in STEM subjects, and Katerina now runs workshops to help ECRs think about how they can balance the competing demands of their roles, or whether they need to start thinking of an exit strategy.Download her full paper here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fs7jdbzawoyzet4/Cidlinska_et_al-2022-Higher_Education.pdf?dl=0Impact Culture is available now, as a hardback, e-book and audio book: https://www.fasttrackimpact.com/books. Find out more about the book and join free training and discussion groups at: https://www.fasttrackimpact.com/impactculture.

To investigate researchers' experiences of their workplaces, fields, careers and support, University College London and The Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART) Professional Interest Area to Elevate Early Career Researchers (PEERS) surveyed ECRs working in the field of dementia or those who had recently left the field. In this podcast the study lead Adam Smith hosts a discussion with three of his ISTAART collaborators Dr Beth Shaaban, from University of Pittsburgh, Dr Lindsay Welikovitch from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital and Wagner Brum from University of Gothenburg and Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. Behind every discovery are researchers, with the majority falling into the category of being at the early career stage. Early Career Researchers (ECRs) significantly contribute to the field, but from within, there are concerns about how supported individuals feel to thrive and remain within research. There are also questions around what actions research institutions, funders and policy makers are taking to address research careers issues. This report provides the results of the survey conducted between the 1st September to 31st October 2021. Further details and the full data can be freely accessed at https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/survey -- You can find out more about our panellists, and their work on our website. There you will also find a full transcript: www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcast-listening-to-early-career-researchers -- Like what you hear? Please review, like, and share our podcast - and don't forget to subscribe to ensure you never miss an episode. This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Research UK and Alzheimer's Society, who we thank for their ongoing support.

Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. Over recent years academic institutions have increasingly sought to establish policies to promote equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) initiatives amongst students and university staff. On paper, this sounds like a progressive move towards balancing inequalities which people from under-represented groups face, but how effective have these initiatives been in practice? In this blog, Kamar reflects on whether EDI policies provide sufficient support for early career researchers (ECRs), and considers the wider impact they might have on dementia research. Find the original text, and narration here on our website. https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/guest-blog-do-equality-diversity-inclusion-policies-provide-sufficient-support-for-ecrs/ -- Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali is a Lecturer in Biomedical Science at Teesside University & Affiliate Researcher at Glasgow University. In addition to teaching, Kamar is exploring how neuroinflammation following traumatic brain injury contributes to the progression of neurodegenerative diseases that lead to dementia. Having first pursued a career as an NHS Psychologist, Kamar went back to University in Durham to look at rodent behavioural tasks to completed her PhD, and then worked as a regional Programme Manager for NC3Rs. -- Enjoy listening? We're always looking for new bloggers, drop us a line. http://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Research UK and Alzheimer's Society, who we thank for their ongoing support.

We are delighted to bring you this season's audience participation episode! Today we invited both established disaster scholars and early career researchers to answer two separate questions:  - From the established scholars, we wanted to know - What is important to you as you engage with Early Career Researchers?  - And we asked ECRs: What inspires you and what needs challenging? Tune in to hear the responses that we received and let us know what you think on Twitter!    Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @DisastersDecon Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!    Further information: Don't miss the (double) Special Issue of Disaster Prevention & Management Journal, “Emerging voices and pathways to inclusive disaster studies.” So many amazing contributions from ECRs helping to lead disaster studies towards a more critical future.    Our guests: Thanks to everyone that sent us clips - Lori Peek, JC Gaillard, Ilan Kelman, Per Becker, Rohit Jigyasu, Katherine Campos, Tilly Hall, Chrysant Lily Kusumowardoyo, Nimesh Dhungana,  Vanicka Arora, Sarah Kelly, Noémie Gonzalez Bautista, Miguel Angel Trejo-Rangel and Husna Wulansari.   Music this week from "Let Me Down" by Oliver Michael. 

In our season 5 finale, we sit down with Dr Mirand Corcoran, Dr Dara Downey, and Dr Deirdre Flynn for a candid discussion of what it's like to be precarious as an early-career researcher. We talk about different kinds of short-term contracts, how the existing academic system enables pay below minimal wage for ECRs and how academic culture fuels our willingness to be exploited, and cover what we can do individually and collectively to work towards changing the system. Find Deirdre's article " On Being Precarious" here: https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10.3366/iur.2020.0433 Find Deirdre's Twitter here: @deirdre_flynn Find Dara's Twitter here: @DaraD22Gothic Find Miranda's Twitter here: @middleagedwitch If you like our content, support PhD Pending by heading to our Buy Me A Coffee page and donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/phdpendingpod. This episode of PhD Pending was written and produced by Anne Mahler. Get in contact with PhD Pending on Twitter and Instagram @phdpendingpod or via email to phdpendingpod@gmail.com. Jingle by Scott Holmes ("Our Big Adventure," licensed CC BY-NC 4, available at www.scottholmesmusic.com, free for use, copy and redistribute in any medium or format, under Creative Commons).

In this week's podcast Dr Oz Ismail talks with three dementia researchers who have made in their business to build supportive communities that celebrate and empower Black and minoritised scientists and dementia researchers. In the UK, around 7 per cent of undergraduate students are black, matching the percentage of black people aged 18 to 24. But the number plummets when you look at PhD students. For the past five years, the proportion of black PhD students at Russell Group universities – seen as the UK's most prestigious – has stagnated at around 2 per cent. The story is similar in the US, where African Americans make up nearly 13 per cent of the population, but win only 6.5 per cent of doctorates earned. Our guests discuss, what needs to be done, and what inspired them to act both personally and professional to support others from similar backgrounds – to follow their paths into science, and support them to remain. They go on to discuss just a few of the amazing resources and services are out there to support Black and minoritised researchers and scientists working in dementia and other diseases. Meet the guests... Dr Oz Ismail is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Mishra Lab, Oregon Health & Science University, USA. He studies the links between small stroke events and the onset of Alzheimer's pathology later in life. He also occasionally performs stand-up comedy, drawing upon his experiences as a millennial, immigrant, and scientist. Dr Yolanda Ohene, is a Biophysicist and Postdoctoral Research Associate at The University of Manchester. Yolanda is developing new MRI techniques to measure blood-brain barrier dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease. Her top tips for ECRs? Remember to write down as many details as possible in your lab book! She is also passionate about encouraging others from diverse cultural backgrounds to work in science. Victor Ekuta is a linQ Catalyst Fellow and MD Candidate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is researching Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers (he is also an awesome dancer: Hip hop, popping, and shuffling). In his spare time, he has led multiple outreach programs and neuroscience courses for underrepresented students – he is also a member of Black in Neuro. Caitlin Corona-Long is a PhD Student at Johns Hopkins University, researching structural, functional, and fluid biomarkers of amnestic mild cognitive impairment. As a first generation PhD student born to a Sierra Leonean father and an American mother, Caitlin has been involved in a number of programmes to support black scientists and to support and encourage improved diversity – she also happens to be related to two Presidents. You can find out more about our guests, and access a full transcript of this podcast on our website at: www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcast Register on our website to receive your weekly bulletin, and to access more great content – blogs, science, career support + much more www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Research UK and Alzheimer's Society, who we thank for their ongoing support.

This week Adam Smith talks with three of the people behind the new Alzheimer's Research UK (ARUK) Early Career Researcher Programme. For those who don't know ARUK are one of the amazing charities that support Dementia Researcher and this podcast. We share common goals of furthering dementia research, and ensuring that ECRs are attracted to the field, and supported to remain – so it was a pleasure to hear about their brilliant new programme. This weeks guests are Dr Rosa Sancho, Head of Research for ARUK and two people who advised them in devising the new programme, Dr Jill Fowler, Research Fellow from The University of Edinburgh and Michael Coleman, Professor of Neuroscience at University of Cambridge. Here are some essential links for you to follow-up on the topics discussed in the show: Key elements of the new programme include: - A new funding scheme to help retain talented researchers. - Leadership and management training. - An ARUK Network-wide mentorship scheme. - A career development group. News Item - https://bit.ly/3o2riYh ARUK ECR Portal - https://bit.ly/3Gbefu8 --You can find out more about our guests, and access a full transcript of this podcast on our website at: https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcast --Register on our website to receive your weekly bulletin, and to access more great content – blogs, science, career support + much. --Dementia Researcher is brought to you by University College London, Queen Square Biomedical Research Centre, and is funded by the National Institute for Health Research, Alzheimer's Research UK and Alzheimer's Society.

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In this episode we're joined Dr. Dani Arias-Rotondo (@Dr_Dani_AR). We hear all about her journey from her familial routes in Argentina to becoming an Assistant Professor, inspiring the next generation of young chemists! We discuss how she co-founded JAWSChem, a pioneering platform for connecting ECRs in the chemistry community and what she sees as the role of science alongside religion in the modern era. If you have ideas for new podcast topics or would like to be a guest on a future episode, then please reach out to us! On Twitter: @ChemConvosPod Or email us: chemconvospod@gmail.com

Listen to the future voices of addiction research. Ten students/ECRs discuss their excellent work which will also be presented live, along with other excellent research, on August 13, 2021 during the NIAAA/NIDA student/ECR poster session. The poster session is sponsered by NIDA/NIAAA, and all researchers were provided travel awards by either NIAAA or NIDA. Primary presenters, poster titles, and timestamps for posters below. To learn more about the poser session or to sign up to attend this free live event, please click here. 1. Julie Wojtaszek (2:09-7:10) - Changes and moderating influences on addictive and mental health symptoms associated with COVID-19 2. Tessa Frohe (7:10-17:50) - Qualitative Findings from a Smartphone Intervention Application for Individuals on Medication for Opioid Use Disorder: How User-Centered Design Offers Promise for Harm Reduction 3. Nathan Kearns (17:50-28:17) - Effect of Trauma-Related Stress After Alcohol Consumption on Perceived Likelihood of Negative Consequences and Willingness to Drive 4. Satveer Kler (28:17-33:37) - Are Social Support and Racialized Heterosexism Predictors of Alcohol Dependence among QTBIPOC? 5. Courtney Doxbeck (33:37-41:49) - Exploring Social Norms, Pandemic Partying, and E-cigarette Use in United States College Students 6. Benjamin Shepherd (41:49-52:01) - Suicidal Ideation, Substance Use Disorders, and Co-occurrences among Sexual Minority People of Color 7. Kirsten Smith (52:01-1:02:11) - Psychosocial and substance use correlates of lifetime Kratom use in a large online sample 8. Andrea Vásquez Ferreiro (1:02:11-1:09:55) - Relations among Key Correlates in a Mobile Attentional Bias Retraining Study for Opioid Use Disorder 9. Irene Pericot-Valvedre (1:09:55-1:18:09) - Diagnostic Accuracy of the BDI-II and its Relationship to Direct-Acting Antiviral Adherence: Implications for Hepatitis C treatment Among People Who Inject Drugs on Medications for Opioid Use Disorder 10. Alexandra Palmisano (1:18:09-1:28:21) - Examining the Association between PTSD Symptom Heterogeneity and Alcohol Use Disorder in Veterans

Usually at this time of year you would be expecting our daily Alzheimer's Association International Conference Round-up Podcasts - where we bring together ECRs and people attending to share their highlights. Unfortunately, this year, due time-zones and guest availability, it didn't work out. So instead, we asked Adam Smith to write and narrate a blog to share the main highlights and his own favourite sessions from the week. If you missed the conference, don't worry, it isn't too late to register and the content will be available for the next 30 days (to end August 2021) To book your place visit - https://www.alz.org/aaic Join ISTAART to get a free online ticket - https://www.alz.org/istaart using the code AAIC2021 to get 50% discount on membership. The text from this blog is available here https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcast-aaic-2021-highlights You will find a bio on Adam Smith and a link to his twitter feed, for more AAIC highlights here: https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcast-profile-adam-smith/ https://twitter.com/BetterResearch _________________________ Finally, please review, like, and share our podcast - and don't forget to subscribe to ensure you never miss an episode. Register on our website to receive your weekly bulletin, and to access more great content – blogs, science, career support + much more https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Research UK and Alzheimer's Society, who we thank for their ongoing support.

The Dementia Researcher, ISTAART PIA Relay Podcast is back for a second, 5-part series. Where the interviewee becomes the interviewer. With five leading researchers discussing their research, their field, and the work of the Alzheimer's Association ISTAART Professional Interest Area they represent. Part Five – Dr Claudio Babiloni interviews Dr Joe Kane Dr Claudio Babiloni is an Associate Professor of Physiology at Sapienza University of Rome. Claudio is investigating the brain rhythms underlying the regulation of vigilance and cognitive functions in aging, with a particular interest in the main progressive neurodegenerative diseases leading to dementia such as Alzheimer's, Lewy body, and Parkinson's diseases. The primary methods of this research are EEG and neuroimaging techniques. Claudio is representing the Electrophysiology PIA. Dr Joe Kane is a Clinical Academic Lecturer working at Queen's University Belfast. Joe splits his time between research and clinical work as an old age psychiatrist. Having got his taste for academia during his PhD studies working in of Lewy body dementia on the DIAMOND-Lewy programme of studies. Joe is representing the Lewy body dementia PIA. You can find out more about our panellists, and their work on our website: https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk A transcript of this podcast is also available here https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcast-relay-one-season-2 ___________________________ The Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART) convenes the global Alzheimer's and dementia science community. Members share knowledge, fuel collaboration and advance research to find more effective ways to detect, treat and prevent Alzheimer's and other dementias. Professional Interest Areas (PIA) are an assembly of ISTAART members with common subspecialties or interests. There are currently 27 PIA covering a wide range of interests and fields, from the PIA to Elevate Early Career Researchers to Biofluid Based Biomarkers and everything in between. To sign-up to ISTAART and a PIA visit www.alz.org/istaart/ _________________________ Like what you hear? Then we have a favour to ask... Dementia Researcher is nominated in the 2021 Peoples Choice Podcast Awards - to get through round one, we need your votes - please head over to https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup - complete the short registration form, and then select Dementia Researcher in the Medicine & Science and Peoples Choice categories (don't worry, you don't have to do any of the others) - hit submit, and verify - JOB DONE Winning this award would be a great way to thank and recognise the contribution of all our hosts and guests who give up their time freely, to share their science and career tips, and to support ECRs to succeed and to raise the profile of Dementia Research. _________________________ Finally, please review, like, and share our podcast - and don't forget to subscribe to ensure you never miss an episode. Register on our website to receive your weekly bulletin, and to access more great content – blogs, science, career support + much more. This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Research UK and Alzheimer's Society, who we thank for their ongoing support. Finally, the views and opinions expressed by guests in this podcast represent those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect those of NIHR Dementia Researchers, PIA membership, ISTAART or the Alzheimer's Association.

The Dementia Researcher, ISTAART PIA Relay Podcast is back for a second, 5-part series. Where the interviewee becomes the interviewer. With five leading researchers discussing their research, their field, and the work of the Alzheimer's Association ISTAART Professional Interest Area they represent. Part Four – Dr Betty Tijms interviews Dr Claudio Babiloni Dr Betty Tijms is an Associate Professor at the Alzheimer center, department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC in the Netherlands. Jennifer's research focusses on better understanding interindividual differences in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease that are related to developing dementia, through MR imaging and CSF proteomic analyses. She has recently, started work on cerebrospinal fluid proteomics as one of the most comprehensive measures to get more insight into interindividual differences in underlying pathophysiological processes. Betty is representing the Neuroimaging PIA. Dr Claudio Babiloni is an Associate Professor of Physiology at Sapienza University of Rome. Claudio is investigating the brain rhythms underlying the regulation of vigilance and cognitive functions in aging, with a particular interest in the main progressive neurodegenerative diseases leading to dementia such as Alzheimer's, Lewy body, and Parkinson's diseases. The primary methods of this research are EEG and neuroimaging techniques. Claudio is representing the Electrophysiology PIA. You can find out more about our panellists, and their work on our website: https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk A transcript of this podcast is also available here https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcast-relay-one-season-2 ___________________________ The Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART) convenes the global Alzheimer's and dementia science community. Members share knowledge, fuel collaboration and advance research to find more effective ways to detect, treat and prevent Alzheimer's and other dementias. Professional Interest Areas (PIA) are an assembly of ISTAART members with common subspecialties or interests. There are currently 27 PIA covering a wide range of interests and fields, from the PIA to Elevate Early Career Researchers to Biofluid Based Biomarkers and everything in between. To sign-up to ISTAART and a PIA visit www.alz.org/istaart/ _________________________ Like what you hear? Then we have a favour to ask... Dementia Researcher is nominated in the 2021 Peoples Choice Podcast Awards - to get through round one, we need your votes - please head over to https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup - complete the short registration form, and then select Dementia Researcher in the Medicine & Science and Peoples Choice categories (don't worry, you don't have to do any of the others) - hit submit, and verify - JOB DONE Winning this award would be a great way to thank and recognise the contribution of all our hosts and guests who give up their time freely, to share their science and career tips, and to support ECRs to succeed and to raise the profile of Dementia Research. _________________________ Finally, please review, like, and share our podcast - and don't forget to subscribe to ensure you never miss an episode. Register on our website to receive your weekly bulletin, and to access more great content – blogs, science, career support + much more. This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Research UK and Alzheimer's Society, who we thank for their ongoing support. Finally, the views and opinions expressed by guests in this podcast represent those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect those of NIHR Dementia Researchers, PIA membership, ISTAART or the Alzheimer's Association.

The Dementia Researcher, ISTAART PIA Relay Podcast is back for a second, 5-part series. Where the interviewee becomes the interviewer. With five leading researchers discussing their research, their field, and the work of the Alzheimer's Association ISTAART Professional Interest Area they represent. Part Three – Professor Jennifer Whitwell interviews Dr Betty Tijms Jennifer Whitwell is a Professor of Radiology at the May Clinic, Rochester having originally grown up and trained in the UK. Jennifer's research focuses on the investigation of neuroimaging biomarkers, including MRI and PET, in different neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration. She is particularly focused on using neuroimaging to better understand disease mechanisms and progression in patients with atypical clinical presentations of Alzheimer's disease, highlighting the phenotypic heterogeneity present in this disease. Jennifer is representing the Atypical Alzheimer's Disease PIA. Dr Betty Tijms is an Associate Professor at the Alzheimer center, department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC in the Netherlands. Jennifer's research focusses on better understanding interindividual differences in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease that are related to developing dementia, through MR imaging and CSF proteomic analyses. She has recently, started work on cerebrospinal fluid proteomics as one of the most comprehensive measures to get more insight into interindividual differences in underlying pathophysiological processes. Betty is representing the Neuroimaging PIA. You can find out more about our panellists, and their work on our website: https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk A transcript of this podcast is also available here https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcast-relay-one-season-2 ___________________________ The Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART) convenes the global Alzheimer's and dementia science community. Members share knowledge, fuel collaboration and advance research to find more effective ways to detect, treat and prevent Alzheimer's and other dementias. Professional Interest Areas (PIA) are an assembly of ISTAART members with common subspecialties or interests. There are currently 27 PIA covering a wide range of interests and fields, from the PIA to Elevate Early Career Researchers to Biofluid Based Biomarkers and everything in between. To sign-up to ISTAART and a PIA visit www.alz.org/istaart/ _________________________ Like what you hear? Then we have a favour to ask... Dementia Researcher is nominated in the 2021 Peoples Choice Podcast Awards - to get through round one, we need your votes - please head over to https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup - complete the short registration form, and then select Dementia Researcher in the Medicine & Science and Peoples Choice categories (don't worry, you don't have to do any of the others) - hit submit, and verify - JOB DONE Winning this award would be a great way to thank and recognise the contribution of all our hosts and guests who give up their time freely, to share their science and career tips, and to support ECRs to succeed and to raise the profile of Dementia Research. _________________________ Finally, please review, like, and share our podcast - and don't forget to subscribe to ensure you never miss an episode. Register on our website to receive your weekly bulletin, and to access more great content – blogs, science, career support + much more This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Research UK and Alzheimer's Society, who we thank for their ongoing support. Finally, the views and opinions expressed by guests in this podcast represent those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect those of NIHR Dementia Researchers, PIA membership, ISTAART or the Alzheimer's Association.

The Dementia Researcher, ISTAART PIA Relay Podcast is back for a second, 5-part series. Where the interviewee becomes the interviewer. With five leading researchers discussing their research, their field, and the work of the Alzheimer's Association ISTAART Professional Interest Area they represent. Part Two – Professor Zahinoor Ismail interviews Professor Jennifer Whitwell Zahinoor Ismail is a Neuropsychiatrist; Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, Epidemiology, and Pathology at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute and O'Brien Institute for Public Health; Cumming School of Medicine; University of Calgary. Zahinoor works on Dementia prognostication and early dementia detection using non-cognitive markers, treatment of neuropsychiatric syndromes across the cognitive spectrum, pharmacoepidemiology. Zahinoor is representing the Neuropsychiatric Syndromes PIA. Jennifer Whitwell is a Professor of Radiology at the May Clinic, Rochester having originally grown up and trained in the UK. Jennifer's research focuses on the investigation of neuroimaging biomarkers, including MRI and PET, in different neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration. She is particularly focused on using neuroimaging to better understand disease mechanisms and progression in patients with atypical clinical presentations of Alzheimer's disease, highlighting the phenotypic heterogeneity present in this disease. Jennifer is representing the Atypical Alzheimer's Disease PIA. You can find out more about our panellists, and their work on our website: https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk A transcript of this podcast is also available here https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcast-relay-one-season-2 ___________________________ The Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART) convenes the global Alzheimer's and dementia science community. Members share knowledge, fuel collaboration and advance research to find more effective ways to detect, treat and prevent Alzheimer's and other dementias. Professional Interest Areas (PIA) are an assembly of ISTAART members with common subspecialties or interests. There are currently 27 PIA covering a wide range of interests and fields, from the PIA to Elevate Early Career Researchers to Biofluid Based Biomarkers and everything in between. To sign-up to ISTAART and a PIA visit www.alz.org/istaart/ _________________________ Like what you hear? Then we have a favour to ask... Dementia Researcher is nominated in the 2021 Peoples Choice Podcast Awards - to get through round one, we need your votes - please head over to https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup - complete the short registration form, and then select Dementia Researcher in the Medicine & Science and Peoples Choice categories (don't worry, you don't have to do any of the others) - hit submit, and verify - JOB DONE Winning this award would be a great way to thank and recognise the contribution of all our hosts and guests who give up their time freely, to share their science and career tips, and to support ECRs to succeed and to raise the profile of Dementia Research. _________________________ Finally, please review, like, and share our podcast - and don't forget to subscribe to ensure you never miss an episode. Register on our website to receive your weekly bulletin, and to access more great content – blogs, science, career support + much more This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Research UK and Alzheimer's Society, who we thank for their ongoing support. Finally, the views and opinions expressed by guests in this podcast represent those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect those of NIHR Dementia Researchers, PIA membership, ISTAART or the Alzheimer's Association.

The Dementia Researcher, ISTAART PIA Relay Podcast is back for a second, 5-part series. Where the interviewee becomes the interviewer. With five leading researchers discussing their research, their field, and the work of the Alzheimer's Association ISTAART Professional Interest Area they represent. Part One – Dr Joe Kane interviews Professor Zahinoor Ismail Dr Joe Kane is a Clinical Academic Lecturer working at Queen's University Belfast. Joe splits his time between research and clinical work as an old age psychiatrist. Having got his taste for academia during his PhD studies working in of Lewy body dementia on the DIAMOND-Lewy programme of studies. Joe is representing the Lewy body dementia PIA. Professor Zahinoor Ismail is a Neuropsychiatrist; Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, Epidemiology, and Pathology at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute and O'Brien Institute for Public Health; Cumming School of Medicine; University of Calgary. Zahinoor works on Dementia prognostication and early dementia detection using non-cognitive markers, treatment of neuropsychiatric syndromes across the cognitive spectrum, pharmacoepidemiology. Zahinoor is representing the Neuropsychiatric Syndromes PIA. You can find out more about our panellists, and their work on our website: https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk A transcript of this podcast is also available here https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcast-relay-one-season-2 ___________________________ The Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART) convenes the global Alzheimer's and dementia science community. Members share knowledge, fuel collaboration and advance research to find more effective ways to detect, treat and prevent Alzheimer's and other dementias. Professional Interest Areas (PIA) are an assembly of ISTAART members with common subspecialties or interests. There are currently 27 PIA covering a wide range of interests and fields, from the PIA to Elevate Early Career Researchers to Biofluid Based Biomarkers and everything in between. To sign-up to ISTAART and a PIA visit www.alz.org/istaart/ _________________________ Like what you hear? Then we have a favour to ask... Dementia Researcher is nominated in the 2021 Peoples Choice Podcast Awards - to get through round one, we need your votes - please head over to https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup - complete the short registration form, and then select Dementia Researcher in the Medicine & Science and Peoples Choice categories (don't worry, you don't have to do any of the others) - hit submit, and verify - JOB DONE Winning this award would be a great way to thank and recognise the contribution of all our hosts and guests who give up their time freely, to share their science and career tips, and to support ECRs to succeed and to raise the profile of Dementia Research. _________________________ Finally, please review, like, and share our podcast - and don't forget to subscribe to ensure you never miss an episode. Register on our website to receive your weekly bulletin, and to access more great content – blogs, science, career support + much more This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Research UK and Alzheimer's Society, who we thank for their ongoing support. Finally, the views and opinions expressed by guests in this podcast represent those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect those of NIHR Dementia Researchers, PIA membership, ISTAART or the Alzheimer's Association.

In this weeks podcast, Adam Smith speaks with Alzheimer's Association Director, Scientific Programs and Outreach, Dr Claire Sexton. Discussing this years Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 16-30 July 2021. Taking place in-person in Denver, Colorado, USA and online - the world's leading basic scientists, clinical researchers, early career investigators, clinicians and the care research community will share breaking research discoveries that will lead to methods of prevention and treatment and improvements in diagnosis for Alzheimer's disease. Hear how the conference has adapted to ensure that vital science continues to be shared. How the new hybrid conference will work, get information on the themes and plenary speakers and how to get tickets. To book your place visit - https://www.alz.org/aaic Join ISTAART to get a free online ticket - https://www.alz.org/istaart A transcript of this podcast is also available here https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcast-aaic-2021-preview Dr Claire Sexton Bio https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/profile-dr-claire-sexton/ Adam Smith Bio https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcast-profile-adam-smith/ _________________________ Like what you hear? Then we have a favour to ask... Dementia Researcher is nominated in the 2021 Peoples Choice Podcast Awards - to get through round one, we need your votes - please head over to https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup - complete the short registration form, and then select Dementia Researcher in the Medicine & Science and Peoples Choice categories (don't worry, you don't have to do any of the others) - hit submit, and verify - JOB DONE Winning this award would be a great way to thank and recognise the contribution of all our hosts and guests who give up their time freely, to share their science and career tips, and to support ECRs to succeed and to raise the profile of Dementia Research. _________________________ Finally, please review, like, and share our podcast - and don't forget to subscribe to ensure you never miss an episode. Register on our website to receive your weekly bulletin, and to access more great content – blogs, science, career support + much more https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Research UK and Alzheimer's Society, who we thank for their ongoing support.

In a world that's more data-driven than ever before, we need people who can analyse and find the hidden stories within the data. In this episode, we explore the future of statistics with two early career statisticians who took very different paths to get where they are now. We also give you a sneak peak at the upcoming Early Career and Student Statistician's Conference. The Random Sample is a podcast by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers. In this show, we share stories about mathematics, statistics and the people involved. To learn more about ACEMS, visit https://acems.org.au.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The role of early career researchers is absolutely fundamental to the emergence and future development of “Podcast Studies”. And today I’m delighted to be joined by two such scholars whose own research is expanding the horizons of how podcasting is being theorized and analysed, AND, who are providing organisation, leadership & support for other ECRs in podcasting. This is particularly in light of their recent organisation of an International Graduate Symposium on Emerging in Podcast Studies. Dario talk's Alyn Euritt whose research uses discourse analysis to expressions of Intimacy in podcasting, and Jeff Donison whose work focuses on marginalized voices in the context of Canadian podcasting. They discuss their research along withing the broad context of the emerging discipline podcast studies and introduce two short recordings from contributors to the symposium who also summarise their work. These contributors are Martin Feld, Freja Sørine Adler Berg, Waqar Ahmed, Tegan Bratcher, and Nele Heise. If you would like access to the panel presentations please email Alyn Euritt and mention you heard the New Aural Cultures episode on the symposium and she will give you access. You would like to appear on New Aural Cultures to discuss your Podcasting or Sound-Based research please email Dario Llinares: d.llinares@brighton.ac.uk. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/newauralcultures/message

Today we sit down with Dr. Ioana Cristea of the University of Pavia, Italy and the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford to discuss meta-research, reproducibility, and expertise. We also talk about our shared experiences as "early career researchers" (ECRs), also known as Early Stage Investigators, a term coined by the National Institutes of Health to describe researchers who earned their last research degree less than 10 years ago. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

Every fortnight I host a free workshop on topics that PhD students, ECRs and academics might find useful. In the alternate weeks, I do this – an ask me anything event. Sometimes there'll be a guest. Other times just me. And we'll just chat. Ask a question. Try to answer it. What have people asked (and had answered)?: Using Qualtrics Survey design Dealing with sh1tty students Dealing with sh1tty supervisors Changing dissertation or thesis topics Literature review

Dr Shane and the team talk with Associate Professor David Tingay from MCRI, about a study that used cutting-edge technology, electrical impedance tomography (EIT), to take highly detailed images deep inside newborns’ lungs. Babies adapt to air-breathing at birth using complex methods of moving gas in their lungs not seen later in life, with crying especially important to this process. Also on the show is Adriana Zanca, talking about how PhDs and ECRs are underpaid at universities.

Listen to the future voices of addiction research. Seven students/ECRs discuss their excellent work which will also be presented live, during CPA 2021 from March 17-19. All interviewees were winners of the CPA registration award. Primary presenters, poster titles, and timestamps for posters below. Registration is still open: https://addictionpsychology.org/cpa Neo Gebru (1:48-10:20) - “That’s Pot Culture Right There”: Purchasing Behaviors of Recreational Marijuana Users Hallie Jordan: (10:20-18:55) - Psychometric Validation of the Protective Drinking Practices Scale in a National Sample of Students Dr. Jenni Teeters (18:55-26:24) - A Mobile-phone Based Intervention Is Associated With Reductions In Driving After Cannabis Use Among Near Daily Cannabis Users Dr. Emily Hennessy (26:24-36:59) - Parents and Family Mechanisms of Social Recovery Capital for Youth Recovery Marie O'Hanrahan (36:49-42:10) - Factors Predicting Substance Use Relapse: Service-Providers Perceptions Dr. Frank Schwabel (42:10-48:32) - Budding Recursive Partitioning Tress to Identify Predictors of Cannabis-related Outcomes (http://mateolab.yolasite.com/openscience.php) Thalia Sullivan (48:32-55:03) - Validation of the Daily Sessions, Frequency, Age of Onset, and Quantity of Cannabis Use Inventory Among an Illicit Cannabis Using Population

In this bonus episode, Dr Anna Volkmer talks with four people who are heading up a new Alzheimer’s Association ISTAART PIA to Elevate Early Career Researchers (PEERS). Adam Smith, from University College London, changes chairs from host of the show to panellist, as Chair of the new PIA. Alongside Adam we have his co-applicants and Executive Committee Members - Dr Beth Shaaban, Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Pittsburgh (PIA Vice Chair), Dr James Quinn, Research Fellow from Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Neurology (PIA Programs Chair) and Dr Naiara Demnitz, Postdoctoral researcher at the Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance (PIA Communications Chair). This new PIA aims to: • Encourage young people and undergraduates to consider a career in dementia research, and act to inspire and support them to remain in the field. Working to challenge funders and institutions to deliver improvements and improve ECR careers. • Establish and maintain a supportive ECR network to share ideas and collaborate, discuss and troubleshoot career challenges, and gain leadership experience through officer and committee roles. • Develop multi-media online content to support the personal and career development of ECRs. To find out more visit the ISTAART website: https://www.alz.org/istaart Early Career Researcher listeners are encouraged join the new PIA. Login to your ISTAART account and update your registrations. Over the next few weeks as the Executive Committee information is finalised, there will be various opportunities to become involved in the PIAs leadership and work. AAIC Neuroscience Next registrants are invited to join ISTAART at a special 50% off rate. Use coupon code AAICNN50 at checkout (Coupon valid for AAIC Neuroscience Next registrants and new members only. Discounts reflected upon checkout.) You can find out more about our panellists, and their work on our website: www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk A transcript of this podcast is also available here: https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcast-istaart-pia-to-elevate-early-career-researchers Like what you hear? Please review, like, and share our podcast - and don't forget to subscribe to ensure you never miss an episode. _____________________________________________________________________ This podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Research UK and Alzheimer's Society, who we thank for their ongoing support.

This week Andy and Cameron discuss deep work, flipping classrooms, electronic farewell cards and knitting. Our topic is discussing 6 mistakes made by ECRs. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/publish-perish-or-podcast/message

Listen to the future voices of addiction research. Ten students/ECRs discuss their excellent work which will also be presented live, along with 23 others, on August 7, 2020 during the NIAAA/NIDA student/ECR poster session. Content ranges from psychometric analyses of new measures to policy-level decision making about harm reduction approaches, and everything in between. Primary presenters, poster titles, and timestamps for posters below. Silvi Goldstein (3:44-8:44) - Cross-cultural validity of the SIP-2R for Indigenous and Black adults experiencing homelessness with alcohol use disorders Rachelle Kromash (8:44-13:33) - Psychometric properties of the Illness Attitudes Scale among people with substance use disorders Katie Lindstrom (13:33-19:05) - Social network feedback and drinking outcomes in community-dwelling emerging adults recruited by peer referral Shelbi Fisher, Tyron Slack, and Alan Crutchfield (19:05-24:36) - Positive psychology in alcoholics anonymous literature Stephanie Coronado-Montoya (24:36-29:02) - SPICE: Intervention preference survey for people with early psychosis using cannabis Dr. Lourah Kelly (29:02-33:33) - Interactive effect of adverse child experiences and suicidality on adolescent alcohol and marijuana use frequency Dr. Alejandra Fernandez (33:33-37:21) - Screening for family functioning in primary care: Preliminary evidence Kate Bartley (37:21-42:44) - Health risk perceptions and secondhand exposure behaviors related to vaping among student veterans Kathleen Giarrantano (42:44-46:50) - Assessing support for safe injection sites among adult constituents in New York Jacob Daheim (46:50-52:37) - The Pain Medication Attitudes Questionnaire and conformity to masculine norms on men’s risk of abusing opioids in chronic pain

Hello and welcome to the Alcohol Alert, brought to you by The Institute of Alcohol Studies. In this edition:Super Saturday night’s alright for drinking – UK Government declares pubs open for business again while research uncovers worrying levels of home drinking since MarchLocal spending cuts a potential driver of alcohol-related hospital admissionsOn-screen alcohol leaves lasting impression – study of Britain’s most popular homegrown TV soaps find alcohol playing a starring role 🎵 Podcast feature 🎵A review of the first Early Career Alcohol Research Symposium conference from Ines Henriques-CadbyGovernment promises addiction strategy – which will include alcoholAlcohol calorie labelling in Obesity Strategy – Department of Health and Social Care promise a consultation over the display of ‘liquid calories’ on beverages by the year’s endLicensing laws relaxed in Northern Ireland – Stormont Assembly agrees to abolish Easter opening hours restrictions, but consultation on minimum unit pricing appears on the horizon We hope you enjoy our roundup of stories below: please feel free to share. Thank you.Super Saturday night’s alright for drinkingBilled as ‘Super Saturday’, 04 July 2020 marked the official day in which hospitality sector providers reopened their doors for business. For those eager to resume their usual socialising habits from the pre-pandemic days, this meant a return to licensed venues, especially pubs.Industry-funded regulator Portman Group warned people to drink responsibly (Night Time Industries Association, 03 Jul), anticipating the increasing opportunities for people to socialise and meet up in larger groups. However, despite a situation still far from ‘business as usual’, several areas were full with crowds of people by Saturday midnight.With greater numbers of people socialising under the influence of alcohol during the course of the evening, it became obvious that government-enforced social distancing rules were not being followed. Chair of the Police Federation in England and Wales, John Apter, tweeted after his late night shift in Southampton at 2:07am: A busy shift, we dealt with anti social behaviour, naked men, happy drunks, angry drunks, fights… What was crystal clear is that drunk people can’t/won’t socialy [sic] distance.The government also came under fire for initial plans to allow bars and pubs to sell alcohol off-premises: Speaking to The Telegraph (14 Jul), former Home Secretary Lord Blunkett said that whilst he was ‘totally in favour of kick-starting elements of the economy that have been so badly damaged by the lockdown’, giving permission for licensed premises to sell takeaway alcohol would ‘fuel the already worrying concerns about activity late at night, particularly in the major cities’.And as lockdown ease further, the damaging effects of combining social distancing with alcohol-fuelled socialising have become clear. For example, after the weekend, several pubs, including The Ravensdale in Mansfield, were forced to close due to ‘irresponsible behaviour’, potentially caused by the large gatherings of drinkers in and around the pub itself (Nottingham Post, 04 Jul). Moreover, as the government announced the following Monday that British tourists would be able to visit certain European countries without a compulsory fortnight’s quarantine upon returning, concerns arose over the drunken antics of British tourists at Magaluf, a popular holiday destination in Mallorca, Spain, just a few days later. Local residents reported ‘chaos’ to social media channels, some posting videos of tourists with ‘no face masks on, jumping on top of cars, drunk, drinking alcohol in the street’ (VICE UK, 14 Jul).Some local authorities reported experiencing similar problems even before the government eased lockdown measures: the day before the hospitality sector was due to reopen, Hackney Council announced a temporary ban on alcohol at London Fields due to ‘weeks of unacceptably high levels of litter, public urination and defecation and disturbance to local people’ (Hackney Gazette, 03 Jul). Meanwhile, polling data suggested that the government’s decision to permit the reopening of pubs and bars was not driven by public demand. A YouGov poll surveying 2,879 British adults on the same Monday after reopening found that just 5% had visited a pub the weekend of ‘Super Saturday’. The pollsters also found that most people were prepared to wait until later this year to revisit their local drinking establishment: 42% of 1,618 adults predicted that they would do so compared with just 3% who were planned on doing so on the day of its official reopening.Nonetheless, the government has pressed on with extending alcohol licensing provisions in the Business and Planning Act 2020 so pubs can purchase a pavement licence for eating and drinking on the public highway (Harpers, 22 Jul). Licences will last until September 2021.The effects of lockdown drinking reverberateMeanwhile, the lockdown has led to an ‘unprecedented surge’ in alcohol problems according to a One Poll survey commissioned by Help4Addiction, with four in ten British households, 53% of women and 71% of those made redundant admitting to drinking more than before (Daily Mail, 19 Jul). Experts believe that parents’ drinking to cope with the stresses of childcare and home-schooling since March are amongst the reasons for this.Nick Conn of Help4Addiction said of the ‘unprecedented surge’ in calls to their helpline:I have never seen anything like this. Anyone that was in early recovery we seemed to find was relapsing and anyone that was in addiction was getting worse.We are expecting another surge of calls when people go back to work because at that point they’ll realise they have a problem. They may not be aware of the consequences at this stage. They’ll want to stop but can’t.New Public Health England (PHE) data suggests a similar outlook: Since lockdown began, the estimated number of drinkers consuming more than 50 units of alcohol a week in England (harmful levels) has ‘soared’ by a third (to 5% of adults), and of the 500,000 drinkers who increased their intake to this extent, women and those in their 30s and 40s are most affected (Daily Mail, 26 Jul).Furthermore, the notion that the lockdown has been a stress-induced experience that people use alcohol to navigate it is supported by an Alcohol Change UK-commissioned Opinium survey (03 Jul), which found that:More than a quarter of people think they have drunk more during lockdownHeavier drinkers were more likely to drink more in lockdown: 38% of those who typically drank heavily on pre-lockdown drinking days (seven plus units) said they drank more during lockdownOne in five has drunk as a response to stress or anxiety.Parents of under 18s were more likely to say that they had done so (30%) than non-parents (17%) and parents of adult children (11%). Of those who drank more heavily during lockdown (nine plus units on each drinking day), 40% had drunk as a response to stress or anxiety.These findings add to a growing body of research about a unique period in the nation’s history, much of which has been documented in our briefing, Alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 lockdown in the UK, which has so far found that survey data points to roughly equal proportions of people cutting down and increasing their alcohol intake.But for heavy drinkers likely to do the latter, public health experts urge the government to support alcohol treatment services in order to reverse the potential tide of harm. Consultant psychiatrist and addictions specialist at King’s College London Dr Tony Rao, who analysed the PHE data for the Daily Mail, warned of the major impact that the surge in drinking will have on the health of the nation for years to come.He said: ‘COVID-19 has shone a light on the burning deck of the growing burden of alcohol problems in our society. We have been waiting for a proper alcohol strategy since 2012. This is today’s problem – not tomorrow’s.’Institute of Alcohol Studies Chief Executive Dr Katherine Severi, also stressed the importance of making sure that preventing alcohol harm is a priority for the national COVID-19 recovery plan, ‘to ease the burden on our health and social care services and improve the health of the nation’.Local spending cuts a potential driver of alcohol-related hospital admissionsA new study by King’s College London (02 Jul) has shown an association between increases in alcohol-related hospital admissions and decreases in spending on alcohol services since they came under the responsibility of local authorities in 2012.Social distancing measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic have undoubtedly resulted in a serious reduction in healthcare provision services available. However, even prior to the pandemic, funding for specialist alcohol and drug treatment services were reduced as the Health and Social Care Act 2012 meant that commissions were transferred from the NHS to local authorities, who in turn have received reduced public health grants from the government.As Dr Emmett Roberts writes in The British Journal of Psychiatry, ‘local authority funding cuts to specialist alcohol treatment services may be displacing costs onto the NHS hospital system’, and this may partially explain the increase in hospital admissions related to alcohol over time.Since around one in five people have increased the amount of alcohol consumed during lockdown and 15% drink more at one time, this potentially further exacerbates pressures on alcohol treatment services, as well as rendering them unable to cope with increasing demands. Overall, this is likely to have the most severe impact on patients who require regular support from these services, as they are faced with a service under pressure from high demands, as well as reduced visits due to social distancing rules. On-screen alcohol leaves lasting impression🎵 Podcast feature 🎵Some of the nation’s most popular soap operas (such as EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale) constitute a potential driver for alcohol consumption in young people, according to an article published in the Oxford Journal of Public Health (01 Jul). A study led by Dr Alex Barker at the University of Nottingham concluded that alcohol content before the television watershed is so common that it exposes audiences to billions of viewer impressions. Alcohol impressions were identified in 83 out of 88 episodes (95% of the time).Beer and cider were the main types of alcohol consumed (46% of the time), as well as 53% of those consuming alcohol being women. In addition, where alcohol appearances were implicit, it was identified that actors were seen either holding a drink, or through alcohol branding (through labels on bottles in the backgrounds) displayed on set. This implies that alcohol appearances in television are not only potential stimuli for increasing alcohol consumption at home, but also provide a means of normalising such behaviours, since soap operas often reflect the lives of British families. Young people and children are particularly susceptible, since many soap operas with alcohol branding are also broadcast before the 9pm watershed period, thus providing a significant impression of alcohol to millions. In other researchA poll held by pricing comparison site Confused.com has shown that a large number of drivers share potentially dangerous views on drink-driving that could have been acted upon during the lockdown. Their survey suggests that a third (33%) of drinking pub goers plan to drive, a quarter (24%) of drivers admit driving after a drink because they don’t ‘feel drunk’, and one in twenty (5%) believe it was fine to drive over the limit when the roads were quieter during the lockdown.Car insurance expert Alex Kindred said (you can listen to the full statement in the podcast) that drivers ‘need to clue up on the drink drive laws, as there is a steep price to pay when putting yourself and others at risk.’A systematic review of evidence on the impact of graphic warning labels for alcohol and food products found that health warning labels reduced selection of labelled products by 26% (Health Psychology Review, 02 Jul). However, the authors cautioned against drawing conclusions on the available data as all studies that looked at alcohol labels were conducted online or in laboratory settings. The research team called for further studies from real-world environments to improve knowledge about the impact of pictorial warning labels on drinking behaviours amongst the population. (IAS blog, 16 Jul). Failure to promote the drinking guidelines may be reflected in their lack of effectiveness on consumption levels, according to the results of a paper conducted by researchers at the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield. The team found that apart from a brief drop in consumption in the first few months, the current drinking guidelines – announced in January 2016 – did not appear to bring significant changes in alcohol consumption within the first eighteen months (BMJ JECH, 19 Jul). The team were wary of the fact that at the time, ‘there was no large-scale promotion of the revised guidelines beyond the initial media announcement’. Alcohol contributed to a loss of 178,933 working years of life in 2018, 18% of total working years lost, and the highest level in seven years (Gov.uk, 17 Jul). Public Health England (PHE) estimate that a third of those years were lost among those aged 45-54 years (57,558). The top three causes of working years of life lost (WYLL) due to alcohol alone were liver disease (84·5%), accidental poisoning (44·5%) and intentional self-harm (32·8%). The figures also show disparities by socioeconomic status: the number of WYLL for those in the ‘most deprived’ decile was three times higher (34,697) than those in the ‘least deprived’ decile (8,748), and by sex: men lost almost three times more working years (131,403) than women (47,530). PHE aim to support the potential use of WYLL due to alcohol as a new indicator in Local Alcohol Profiles for England (LAPE).The Health Research Board (HRB) (BMJ Open, 22 Jul) have found that many people with harmful and hazardous drinking behaviours in Ireland are underestimating how much they drink. Based on data from Ireland’s Drug Prevalence Study 2014/15, which interviewed a representative sample of the Irish population on how much they thought they drank, and whether they deemed themselves to be light, moderate or heavy drinkers, they found that only one in three people who binge-drink were aware of their drinking habits. In addition, women were less likely to report heavy-drinking behaviour (just one in 10) as opposed to men (one in five). This study comes as annual alcohol treatment data show a total of 7,546 treatment cases in 2019, a slight increase from 7,464 in 2018 (HRB, 28 Jul). These results indicate that many of those with heavy-drinking behaviour in Ireland may be unaware of the risks of doing so, which potentially endangers them since they are most at risk of harm due to alcohol. HRB interim chief executive Dr Mairead O’Driscoll affirmed that ‘further initiatives to reduce overall consumption and hazardous and harmful drinking patterns, and raise awareness around drinking patterns are required’.UCL researchers come up with new iDEASThe University College London Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group have launched a new trial offering digital support to help drinkers reduce their alcohol consumption (UCL, 24 Jul). The iDEAS trial is seeking over 5,000 volunteers nationally to test two digital support tools for drinkers who want to cut down. Digital support tools for reducing alcohol intake, such as apps and websites, are thought to overcome some of the barriers encountered by traditional face-to-face support and may have potential for decreasing drinking. Research team member Dr Melissa Oldham says that iDEAS will ‘inform the recommendations we can make for alcohol reduction’ (full statement in the podcast), which with the apparent rise in drinking during the UK lockdown, makes the trial a timely one.#ECARS2020 conferenceCoverage of the event from Ines Henriques-CadbyIn a time where research interactions have been constrained or halted, particularly for doctoral students and other early career researchers, the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group (SARG) launched its first Early Career Alcohol Research Symposium (ECARS). The symposium aimed to give early career researchers, from first year doctoral students to more experienced postdocs, a platform to network, share their work and experiences, and interact with colleagues at different career stages.This year’s meeting took place online on 07 and 08 July, and included 16 research talks on four themes: Epidemiology and trends (featuring talks on inequalities in alcohol-related harm); Harmful drinking; Alcohol and cognitive processes; and Alcohol policy.The meeting also included a career progression panel, which was extremely well-received by the delegates. The panel gave delegates an opportunity to ask questions and gather advice on career progression and opportunities. The panel itself featured four guests from a diverse range of backgrounds, disciplines and experiences: Dr Sadie Boniface (IAS), Dr Lucy Gavens (University of Sheffield), Dr Andy Jones (University of Liverpool), and Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch (Teesside University).The organisers of ECARS are Dr Ines Henriques-Cadby (an MRC Research Fellow with a Maths and Stats background), Dr Inge Kersbergen (an SSA Research Fellow with a quantitative psychology background), Ms Jane Hughes (a qualitative researcher in Public Health, with an economics background), and Professor John Holmes (the new director of SARG, with a background in Social policy). As a diverse team of researchers, they were eager to promote diversity and inclusivity in both speakers and delegates. The symposium counted 72 delegates, from 35 academic institutions (six international). As well as academic researchers, delegates came from public health teams in national government, local authorities, and health and prevention services, as well as UK-based charities such as the IAS, Alcohol Change UK (ACUK), and Have Your Tomorrows (HURT). The feedback received from delegates was extremely positive and highlighted the need for an on-going platform to support interactions between ECRs, and more senior members of the alcohol research community, both within and outside of academia.The organisers plan to make the symposium an annual event and planning for 2021 is already taking place. They also aim to facilitate the creation of an ECR mailing list that will allow dissemination of research and career opportunities and support networking amongst the next generation of alcohol researchers.Government promises addiction strategyThe Bury Times (16 Jul) reports that one of the region’s most prominent politicians – Christian Wakeford MP for Bury South – urged fellow ministers to ‘adopt a wide-ranging strategy’ to tackle alcohol addiction, drawing on the experience of how his family struggled to find help for his late older brother, who died five years ago.Wakeford spoke in the House of Commons about how securing assistance for Mark Jones had been ‘a postcode lottery’. Leader of the House Jacob Rees-Mogg replied (you can hear his full response in the podcast):The government are committed to tackling health harms from alcohol and supporting the most vulnerable to risk from alcohol misuse. We do aim to publish a new UK-wide cross-government addiction strategy that will include alcohol.Wakeford’s appeal came the day after he attended an online event for parliamentarians hosted by the Alcohol Health Alliance UK, Healthy recovery: Alcohol harm, COVID-19, and your constituency.Alcohol calorie labelling in Obesity StrategyLabelling alcoholic beverages with calorie information is potentially among ‘a raft of measures’ the UK Government is set to include as part of a new Obesity Strategy to get the nation fit and healthy (Department of Health and Social Care, 27 Jul).The new campaign comes after a ‘COVID-19 wake-up call’ in which the impact of the virus revealed how excess weight puts people who contracted it at greater risk of serious illness or death.The strategy’s plan to mandate the display of ‘liquid calories’ on alcoholic drinks will be put to a new consultation before the end of the year.Alcohol consumption has been estimated to account for nearly 10% of the calorie intake of those who drink, with around 3·4 million adults consuming an additional days’ worth of calories each week – totalling an additional two months of food each year. But research shows the majority of the public (80%) is unaware of the calorie content of common drinks and many typically underestimate the true content. It is hoped alcohol labelling could lead to a reduction in consumption, improving people’s health and reducing their waistline.Following the announcement, Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, chair of the Alcohol Health Alliance UK said:The government’s plans to consult on ending the current exemption for alcohol products from calorie labelling requirements are very welcome. When the calorie equivalent of a large glass of white wine is the same as a slice of pizza or a cocktail is the equivalent of a cheeseburger, it is clear why alcohol products should be included in the government’s plans to tackle the obesity crisis.Licensing laws relaxed in Northern IrelandStormont Assembly has approved plans to relax rules on the sale of alcohol, such as streamlining pub opening hours by removing Easter weekend restrictions (Northern Ireland Department for Communities, 16 Jul). Some of the other key changes include:the introduction of an occasional additional late opening hour for certain licensed premisesthe doubling of ‘drinking-up time’ after last orders, from 30 minutes to an hourthe alignment of the alcohol and entertainment licensing systems;changes relating to children on licensed premisesthe prohibition of self-service and vending machinesformal approval for codes of practice on responsible retailingchanges to the law affecting private members clubs.These changes come as Minister of Health in the Northern Ireland Assembly Robin Swann committed to holding ‘a full public consultation’ on introducing minimum unit pricing for alcohol (MUP) ‘within a year’, a move welcomed by Hospitality Ulster chief executive Colin Neill (Belfast Telegraph, 29 Jul), who said that he expected ‘the days of alcohol being sold at pocket money prices’ will come to an end under the legislation.In Memoriam: Roger Williams, ‘a true giant in the field of liver health’The public health world was saddened to learn of the passing of professor Roger Williams over the weekend of 26-27 July.Professor Williams CBE FRCS FRCP FRCPE FRACP FMedSci (born 28 August 1931 – 25 July 2020) was a pioneer in many areas of hepatology, including the delivery of an integrated model of liver care and being a key part of the team that performed the first liver transplant in the UK at King’s College Hospital London in 1968.His influence was also felt in liver disease research, publishing many of the key papers advancing care in liver disease, and founding institutes at King’s and University College London to further hepatology research. He founded The Lancet commission on liver disease in 2013, in addition to the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), on which he served as a chairman in 1983 and as honorary president in 2008.In 1993 professor Williams was awarded a CBE for his services to medicine. He remained an active and passionate advocate for improvement in the care of patients with liver disease to the end of his life.Dr Katherine Severi of the Institute of Alcohol Studies said:Professor Roger Williams was a true giant in the field of liver health, and demonstrated tremendous leadership in convening the Lancet Standing Commission on Liver Disease. Liver disease affects some of the most vulnerable members of our society and Roger used his indefatigable energies and powers of persuasion to raise awareness of its impact amongst UK policy makers, bringing an issue into the spotlight which for too long has been hidden behind closed doors. Roger was an inspirational role model who proactively sought out opportunities to support early career researchers and build enthusiasm for change. It is a privilege to have been his colleague and I will miss him dearly.He leaves behind an exceptional legacy and an abundance of fond memories.You can our obituary in full on our website.The UK Alcohol Alert (incorporating Alliance News) is designed and produced by The Institute of Alcohol Studies. Please click the image below to visit our website and find out more about us and what we do, or the ‘Contact us’ button. Thank you. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit instalcstud.substack.com

Today, I'm chatting to Margot Finn, Professor of Modern British History at UCL and President of the Royal Historical Society. Margot tells me about the two new schemes that the Royal Historical Society have set up to help UK-based early career researchers (ECRs) in History: RHS Adams Matthew Digital Collections Subscriptions RHS COVID-10 Hardship Grants for UK Early Career Historians You can also make a donation to the RHS hardship fund through their JustGiving page, which will also go towards supporting Early Career Researchers. You may remember that I first interviewed Margot in Episode 6 of The Wonder House podcast about the Society's Race, Ethnicity and Equality in UK History Report. Since speaking to Margot this summer, the Society has advertised a new post-doctoral position to support and continue the Society's equalities work, with an especial focus on race and ethnicity. The application deadline is 5th of August 2020: Past & Present Postdoctoral Fellowship: Race, Ethnicity & Equality in History Support The Wonder House One time cup of virtual coffee Regular donation via Patreon Presented/Produced by Sushma Jansari @TheWonderHouse Produced by Nick Harris @2ndThoughtTank

Posso confiar na conclusão dos artigos científicos - Programa 717 da SBE - Episódio 042 Foi durante a minha residência de clínica médica que comecei a me interessar mais, por influência de meus preceptores, por artigos científicos. Até então, estudos eram preponderantemente feitos em livros. ㅤ Na tentativa de ter uma ideia do que havia sido publicado nos grande periódicos científicos, eu lancei mão de uma artimanha que eu achava genial na época, mas que com o passar dos anos vi tratar-se de um engodo. ㅤ Eu lia o resumo do artigo com foco na introdução, resultados e principalmente na conclusão. A metodologia eu pulava. Aquela parte era coisa de estatístico, pensava eu equivocadamente. ㅤ Simples assim! Para que ler 10 páginas se eu podia extrair o sumo da publicação em 10 linhas? Já era meu íntimo valorizando o tempo, mas infelizmente, dessa forma, esse hábito era um grande tiro no meu próprio pé. ㅤ Sabe o porquê? ㅤ Não é infrequente uma interpretação dos resultados pelos autores de forma distorcida, seja de forma consciente ou inconsciente. É o famoso spin, viés de distorção, que aparece na conclusão, por exemplo de ECRs, com taxas de 50%. Isso mesmo!!! 1 em cada 2 experimentos teriam esse viés. ㅤ Parafraseando Nietzsche, o spin é uma forma dos autores não terem suas ilusões destruídas. Assim, ou você desenvolve poder crítico ou será mais uma marionete nas mãos de interesses alheios. No 717 da SBE desta semana conversei sobre a possibilidade de confiar nas conclusões dos artigos científicos. #717daSBE

Hope you’re enjoying the series so far.Up to now, we’ve covered a general primer on EI, an interview on SELF, and then 2 Parts on Self-Awareness (with another interview to come soon on this topic).Now today – it’s all about self-assessment – and finding out what your EQ (score) or in this case the ECR is. It’s very important to get a baseline – where you’re at!!My Guest is John Broderick, a Founding Director of Roche Martin Ltd.John Broderick is a consulting psychologist with considerable experience in assessment, training, coaching and teaching in emotional intelligence assessment, leadership development and psychometrics.He is a qualified trainer in a range of psychometric tools, the Emotional Capital Report (ECR) and ECR360, the MMPI-2, & NEO personality Inventory. Along with his Australian colleague and business partner, Dr Martyn Newman, he has spearheaded training in Emotional Intelligence, leadership and professional coaching in Ireland.He is a founding Director of Roche Martin Ltd, a leadership development company. John has also worked for several years in third level counselling, research and development.A registered member of the Psychological Society of Ireland and founder member of the Division of Counselling Psychology, he is also a member of the Coaching Psychology Group in PSI and the Irish branch of the Association For Coaching. I was delighted to sit with John when he was in Cork in February and talked about his own Emotional Intelligence Journey and deep dived into the area of psychometrics and how these are used in emotional intelligence and assessing clients.Topics covered:The use of psychometrics in counselling psychologist in his early careerFirst discovering emotional intelligence in around 2001Finding EI making so much sense when understanding itA lovely complement to personality testing work John was doingThe model John was focused on the Baron EQ-I measurement tool / survey on EI – published in 1997Looking at the factors, apart from IQ, that is enabling people get on well in life and helping them to be successfulUnderstanding the value of EI assessmentsBenefits of EI assessment toolsThe magic of using a measurement tool in a coaching engagementIt’s all about standing back from your own experience and discussing the resultsLooking at the different competencies from the Emotional Capital ReportGraphs from Psychometrics help create a conversationKey areas to focus on:Having a solid psychometric - ensure the assessment meets rigours testingCan you as a coach open up areas of conversation using the results – The ECR gives you a language to explore areasThe Language of EQi wasn’t well applied to Leadership – this was the gap that John identifiedPaying attention to Emotions in the workplace has a huge benefit leading to successA new psychology of leadership using Emotional CapitalThe ECR was normed on Business PeopleHow the 10 competencies were selected for the ECR ReportWhat were the key competencies that distinguished (using 145 papers & 6 PhD thesis used) – rationalized from 20 down to 10 skills – these became the basis of the reportHow to interpret the scores from an Emotional Capital ReportDealing with the anxiety from any assessment or testKey to remove this type of conversation – this is about what you are trying to achieveDefine what you want to achieve first and then look at the competenciesTrain coaches to build a conversation with a Coachee before seeing any resultIdentify what are the areas of opportunity before looking at the scores/competenciesThis is key – work on these first and then look at the report and see if there is a mapping (as it relates to the benchmark to others!!!!)Eg – self-reliance – what does this look like when working well? –Is this serving me well or working against me?High scores can be just as much a deficit as low scores?Take it back to what I’m trying to achieve….not about getting the high scores in every area!These are skills that can be developed – paying attention to these and practicing them you will grow!Eg – Relationships skills….high but don’t back themselves…This can be challenging – relationsEmpathy – being in the other person’s shoesImproving and measuring Empathy?Tuning into the emotions and actions of othersBeing sensitive, and understanding the other persons experienceEmpathy is the glue of relationshipsWhat does low empathy look like? Not tuning inEmpathy and Self-awareness connectedCounselling psychologists are trained to listenBuilding rapport, listening, and acknowledge other peopleBeing Genuinely curious about the other person’s experienceHow can we show improved Empathy – measurementCompany engagement scores?How engaged are employees?Tracking the Pulse of the employees and customersThe Sky Study with RocheMartin – focusing on empathyThe Billion Dollar mistake – training for IQ!!Emotional Intelligence underpinned by TrustAny patterns emerging from ECRs that show skills that are lower than others?Empathy and Relationships skills tended to be lowerTaking the ECR and when would they take it again?Key to take the ECR and put the action plan into practiceChanging the brain is the key piece of work to be done!Encouraging the client to create the planAction, Reflection and Action, ReflectionWebsite – www.rochemartin.comIf you’re interested in more details on what was covered in this episode, would like to explore your own Emotional Intelligence deeper, I’d be happy to discuss this further and look at coaching opportunities.Please do get in touch via email at Rob@robofthegreen.ie or connect in over any of the social channels - @robofthegreen

Hope you’re enjoying the series so far.Up to now, we’ve covered a general primer on EI, an interview on SELF, and then 2 Parts on Self-Awareness (with another interview to come soon on this topic).Now today – it’s all about self-assessment – and finding out what your EQ (score) or in this case the ECR is. It’s very important to get a baseline – where you’re at!!My Guest is John Broderick, a Founding Director of Roche Martin Ltd.John Broderick is a consulting psychologist with considerable experience in assessment, training, coaching and teaching in emotional intelligence assessment, leadership development and psychometrics.He is a qualified trainer in a range of psychometric tools, the Emotional Capital Report (ECR) and ECR360, the MMPI-2, & NEO personality Inventory. Along with his Australian colleague and business partner, Dr Martyn Newman, he has spearheaded training in Emotional Intelligence, leadership and professional coaching in Ireland.He is a founding Director of Roche Martin Ltd, a leadership development company. John has also worked for several years in third level counselling, research and development.A registered member of the Psychological Society of Ireland and founder member of the Division of Counselling Psychology, he is also a member of the Coaching Psychology Group in PSI and the Irish branch of the Association For Coaching. I was delighted to sit with John when he was in Cork in February and talked about his own Emotional Intelligence Journey and deep dived into the area of psychometrics and how these are used in emotional intelligence and assessing clients.Topics covered:The use of psychometrics in counselling psychologist in his early careerFirst discovering emotional intelligence in around 2001Finding EI making so much sense when understanding itA lovely complement to personality testing work John was doingThe model John was focused on the Baron EQ-I measurement tool / survey on EI – published in 1997Looking at the factors, apart from IQ, that is enabling people get on well in life and helping them to be successfulUnderstanding the value of EI assessmentsBenefits of EI assessment toolsThe magic of using a measurement tool in a coaching engagementIt’s all about standing back from your own experience and discussing the resultsLooking at the different competencies from the Emotional Capital ReportGraphs from Psychometrics help create a conversationKey areas to focus on:Having a solid psychometric - ensure the assessment meets rigours testingCan you as a coach open up areas of conversation using the results – The ECR gives you a language to explore areasThe Language of EQi wasn’t well applied to Leadership – this was the gap that John identifiedPaying attention to Emotions in the workplace has a huge benefit leading to successA new psychology of leadership using Emotional CapitalThe ECR was normed on Business PeopleHow the 10 competencies were selected for the ECR ReportWhat were the key competencies that distinguished (using 145 papers & 6 PhD thesis used) – rationalized from 20 down to 10 skills – these became the basis of the reportHow to interpret the scores from an Emotional Capital ReportDealing with the anxiety from any assessment or testKey to remove this type of conversation – this is about what you are trying to achieveDefine what you want to achieve first and then look at the competenciesTrain coaches to build a conversation with a Coachee before seeing any resultIdentify what are the areas of opportunity before looking at the scores/competenciesThis is key – work on these first and then look at the report and see if there is a mapping (as it relates to the benchmark to others!!!!)Eg – self-reliance – what does this look like when working well? –Is this serving me well or working against me?High scores can be just as much a deficit as low scores?Take it back to what I’m trying to achieve….not about getting the high scores in every area!These are skills that can be developed – paying attention to these and practicing them you will grow!Eg – Relationships skills….high but don’t back themselves…This can be challenging – relationsEmpathy – being in the other person’s shoesImproving and measuring Empathy?Tuning into the emotions and actions of othersBeing sensitive, and understanding the other persons experienceEmpathy is the glue of relationshipsWhat does low empathy look like? Not tuning inEmpathy and Self-awareness connectedCounselling psychologists are trained to listenBuilding rapport, listening, and acknowledge other peopleBeing Genuinely curious about the other person’s experienceHow can we show improved Empathy – measurementCompany engagement scores?How engaged are employees?Tracking the Pulse of the employees and customersThe Sky Study with RocheMartin – focusing on empathyThe Billion Dollar mistake – training for IQ!!Emotional Intelligence underpinned by TrustAny patterns emerging from ECRs that show skills that are lower than others?Empathy and Relationships skills tended to be lowerTaking the ECR and when would they take it again?Key to take the ECR and put the action plan into practiceChanging the brain is the key piece of work to be done!Encouraging the client to create the planAction, Reflection and Action, ReflectionWebsite – www.rochemartin.comIf you’re interested in more details on what was covered in this episode, would like to explore your own Emotional Intelligence deeper, I’d be happy to discuss this further and look at coaching opportunities.Please do get in touch via email at Rob@robofthegreen.ie or connect in over any of the social channels - @robofthegreen

Getting funding as a researcher – let alone an early career researcher or PhD student – is increasingly difficult. Particularly in the form of competitive grants. However, one source that remains somewhat untapped and under utilised is industry-funded research. In order to get access to industry funds, researchers need to find partners.

Episode 29 - Four Hero Origin Stories To Start 2020 Welcome to 2020. We are back to our regular recording and releasing schedule. Sorry for the wait, and thank you for your patience. We begin with Sophia and Sam's starts to the year at the Advanced Methods for Reproducible Science workshop, aka #Repro20. All three of us have attended this workshop over the last 3 years. Last year Amy returned to talk about her year after #Repro18, and Sam returned to do the same about lessons from #Repro19. The workshop schedule is here: https://osf.io/cdrfk/ And, slides from the talks and workshops are in the repository: Check them out for some awesome materials. The workshop had 30 future leaders, aka heroes, of open and reproducible research - all coming together to learn, share experiences, and discuss how to build a bright future of research. Shout out to two projects: 1. Open Research Calendar (@OpenResearchCal)- Collecting #openresearch events in one place! (Alexandra Lautarescu, @AleLautaresc; Bradley Kennedy, @bradpsych; Cassandra Gould van Praag ,@cassgvp; Esther Plomp ,@PhDToothFAIRy) 2. Open CV - a project to help ECRs incorporate open and reproducible research practices into their CVs (Loukia Tzavella ,@LTzavella; Sam Parsons, @sam_d_parsons; Alexander Kirchner-Häusler, @KirchnerHausler; Jiv Ramduny, @JRamduny) In addition to the awesome people leading these projects, our special feature in this episode is four quick fire interviews with four of the heroes we met at the workshop - here's their origin stories: 1. Dr Robby Thibault (@rt_thibault) 2. Ms Kelly Lloyd (@KellyElizaLloyd) 3. Mr Jiv Ramduny (@JRamduny) 4. Dr Pamela Jacobsen (@pamelacjacobsen) Have no doubt, we will be hearing from these, and more, of the awesome people from the workshop. Tune in to the pod for more! Music credit: Be Jammin - Alexander Nakarada freepd.com/world.php

As we prepare to welcome 2020 and a new year, we look back on some of the great podcasts we recorded during 2019 in this round-up of some of our favourite moments. A transcript of this podcast is available here on our website - https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcast-2019-roundup-christmas-special/ Over the past year we’ve recorded 36 podcast with more than 70 dementia researchers and expert panellists. Those podcasts have attracted over 19,000 plays from all over the world, in over 50 countries (biggest increasing coming from the USA) and this hit a high for us in October when we started to trend at over 2,500 plays each month (3,245 in November and December is set to beat that record). We have covered a wide range of topics, from life in the lab, microglia and drug discover through to improving public engagement, care in hospitals and finishing the PhD and we promise to continue in 2020. Revisiting some topics, bringing you more researchers discussing their work, and new features including talking to senior researchers to understand what makes them successful. Remember the podcast is just a small part of what we do to support Dementia Research and Early Career Researchers. Our website www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk is packed with great content, from blogs discussing researchers work and careers, articles on coping with academic life, and useful summaries of all the funding opportunities, jobs and events that we can find. We also have a WhatsApp support group just for ECRs. Thank you to everyone of you for listening, we will be back on the 6th January with a podcast discussing study volunteer consent.

Episode 28 - Jade Pickering and Marta Topor This time we are joined by the amazing Jade Pickering (@Jade_Pickering) and Marta Topor (@MartaTopor). Jade and Marta share their own ReproducibiliTea experiences and an exciting new project on building tools for systematic reviews. Watch this space as the duo get ready to release this tool to the wilds! Keep an eye out for the most positive and wholesome answers to our usual guest question "what advice do you have for other ECRs?" Music credit: Be Jammin - Alexander Nakarada freepd.com/world.php

Episode 19 - Katie Drax Introducing Katie Drax! an upcoming force in open and reproducible research! Katie is leading MAPS: Mapping the Analytical PathS of a crowdsourced data analysis. Katie also leads the Bristol branch of the ReproducibiliTea Journal Club - with much more success in cataloging the JC than we manage. Katie also has some great advice for ECRs on their open science journey. We hope you enjoy listening as much as we did. Katie's twitter: @katiedrax MAPS: https://osf.io/9qke2/ ALSPAC study: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/alspac/ Music credit: Be Jammin - Alexander Nakarada freepd.com/world.php

Episode 17 - Lisa Spitzer And Tobias Heycke This week we have two special guests, two more awesome ECRs we want you to meet! Lisa Spitzer (@Lisa__Spitzer) and Tobias Heycke (@TobiasHeycke) discuss their project with us - using screen recordings of computerised experimental procedures to assist with reproducibility. Check out Lisa and Tobias' preprint: https://psyarxiv.com/rbn8c/ In the interests of being doubly awesome, Lisa and Tobias have a separate tutorial on using Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) for the screen recording of your tasks: osf.io/3twe9 Music Credit: Be Jammin - Alexander Nakarada freepd.com/world.php

In this episode, Sibel Saya and Professor David Weller discuss the role of international collaboration in an Early Carer Researcher’s academic pathway. He believes that ECRs should start small and look at seed funding rather than being overwhelmed by the big picture. He discusses the role of moving to other countries and the ECR and his own career trajectory. Professor Weller mentions the International Benchmarking Partnership, which he spoke as part of his plenary at the PC4 Symposium in May 2018 There is some audio interference given it was recorded at the Symposium. Show notes are available here

An integral feature of being an Early Career Researchers (ECR) is where to access support. Recognising your community, peers, organisations, all are which are devised to support ECRs. Research can be a lonesome endeavour and encouraging and engaging in support mechanisms is crucial to success. In this episode, Sibel Saya and National Manager of PC4, Dr Kristi Milley, discuss how to most effectively engage in support networks. She also examines new ways of engaging with the research community via social media platforms like Twitter. Show notes are available here http://pc4tg.com.au/cheers-with-peers-episode-5-kristi-milley-and-sibel-saya/

In a previous episode we discussed leaving academia. Lots of people who had left academia responded to our survey and gave us some insight into why they left and what they are doing now. This time we dive into the advice they offered to ECRs given the likely event of leaving academia. Thank you to everyone that responded, and for your advice. We will post to this list as we find more resources :) Music credit: Be Jammin – Alexander Nakarada freepd.com/world.php

SpecialiTea Episode 4 – Leaving academia (part 1) A few weeks ago we put out a survey to get a picture of peoples’ reasons for leaving academia and what advice they have for ECRs. We had lots of responses and dive into them here. There wasn’t quite enough time to really dig into the advice offered. But, that’s where you lovely people can come in. Our survey is still open (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdad9GpUbqKebCxUSbUJXVvyOWH3gtC7zO77trFIo-SwUh-og/viewform), so if you have any advice to offer let us know there or DM us on twitter @ReproducibiliT Some shownotes: Oxford Reproducible research summer school https://osf.io/zk2em/ Last year’s oxford reproducible research summer school http://neuroanatody.com/category/robust-research/ Oxford-Berlin summer school on open, transparent, and reproducible research in the life sciences https://www.fosteropenscience.eu/event/berlin-oxford-summer-school-open-transparent-and-reproducible-research-life-sciences Link to the Dorothy Bishop appreciation society (work in progress) Psychological science accelerator https://psysciacc.org/ Seminar series on Reproducibility and Open Research http://users.ox.ac.uk/~phys1213/ReproAtASC.html Music credit: Be Jammin – Alexander Nakarada https://freepd.com/world.php

This week we talked about “Open Science: What, Why, and How” from Spellman, Gilbert, and Corker. You can find the paper on OSF https://osf.io/gv6r4/ 0:14 Sophia is leaving Oxford :( (But the Podcast will continue) 0:48 This week’s focus: Open Science What Why and How; few in the JC read it but the discussion was awesome https://osf.io/gv6r4/ 2:15 Shoutout to Matt Jaquiery @MJaquiery 2:40 Broad Meaning of Open Science -- what do we mean; potentially misleading to include things beyond Open? 5:10 The Centre for Science that’s Actually Science 6:05 Focussing on Open Data as “open signalling” 7:30 What even is Open Data? Criteria for Open Data; How it can go wrong 10:25 Open vs Usable Data 11:10 FAIR Guidelines -- Findable Accessible Open Source Interoperable Reusable 12:20 (Advantages of) Open Code 15:30 Why is Open Science just Science Done Right? 16:00 Answer Sam: Open Code -- Show Your Working 17:00 Answer Amy: Work cumulatively in order to avoid waste of taxpayers’ money 18:20 Answer Sophia: being open about subjectivities; slightly tautological argument of Open Science just is Science 21:10 Better system for citing code! 23:20 Not sharing data? Is it selfish? 27:30 BREAK 29:00 Shoutout to Remi Gau; Amy will be singing for you 29:40 Amy and Sophia compete for supremacy in the Table 2 challenge - what are the problems and solutions at each stage of the research process? 31:10 Challenging Two Psychologists Four Beers to the Crossover Event 5 Psychologists 50 Shots 32:00 Competition Begins: 1. Research Planning 34:35 AMY IS THE QUEEN 35:00 Competition part 2. Data Collection and Methods Reporting 36:30 Sam has a picture of James Heathers next to his bed (aka. Amy and Sophia try to make Sam look like a creep) 37:45 Competition part 3. Data Analysis and Reporting 38:54 https://jasp-stats.org 39:25 Competition part 4. Publication Process 41:30 Open Peer Review -- Do you have any good or bad experiences of this? 42:40 Competition part 5. Storing and Archiving 44:10 Why do we give publishers the chance to adapt to openness, when we should just get rid of them? 49:55 Amy wins 14-10, but is also the kindest

Imagine trying to explain your next big project in the time it takes for a sparkler to burn out.That’s what Queensland researchers will attempt tonight at the Queensland Museum as part of a national competition called Fresh Science and you're invited to be in the audience.The Queensland organiser Dr Jane Ilsley explains more to Sam and Spencer:

One of the most challenging aspects of being an Early Career Researcher (ECR) is working out what you don’t know. In this episode, Sibel Saya and Professor Nikolajs Zeps discuss funding and ECR funding applications, in particular. Funding is critical to research and Prof. Zeps discusses the recent NHMRC funding changes, how this impacts ECRs and what makes a successful application. He acknowledges the power of being succinct and that realistically not all ECRs will be successful in their funding applications. Pr Zeps offers advice about drafting a successful application and suggests there is myriad of pathways that the ECR can journey down during their career trajectory. Show notes are located here http://pc4tg.com.au/episode-2-sibel-saya-and-professor-nikolajs-zeps/

Research occurs in a range of arenas, and places not all of which are clinical, or in an NHS setting. Sometimes the research itself may be about the environmental or geographical setting, or the care and impact by that place. Or it may just be the best and easiest way and best to engage with the participants are involved in the study. We know that dementia research is changing. Care, support, activity and environment are finally getting the much needed profile, and being seen as important as new drugs and other areas of science. This means we have to be prepared. An awareness for the context and settings of research and the subsequent application of results is vital. As more ECRs focus on research in these areas, understanding the differences in setting up, delivering and engaging with people in care homes, or in their own sitting rooms is important. We hope the panel in this weeks podcast can help. In the chair we have Megan Calvert-O'Hare from University College London and this week she is joined by Dr Catherine Quinn from the University of Exeter, Suzanne Hill from Bradford University and Charlotte Stoner also from UCL.

Early Career Researchers (ECRs) are leading the way when it comes to challenging traditional approaches to scientific research and publishing, but achieving buy-in from senior investigators and peer scientists isn’t always easy. Jessica Polka would know, as an early career researcher (ECR) and the director of the ASAPbio initiative, her career is devoted to achieving and streamlining the use of preprints in biology. In episode 26 of PLOScast, I chat with Polka about preprints as a tool for science communication, as well as her career trajectory thus far and how she deals with feelings of imposter syndrome.

Dr Ann Wand sits down with Dr Nicolette Makovicky (Oxford University), Dr Robert Parkin (Oxford University, and Dr Pietro Antonio Sasso (Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville)to discuss the additional responsibilities that come with being a full-time academic. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/coffeeandcocktailspodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/CafeNCocktails Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coffeeandcocktails1/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coffee_and_cocktails_podcast/

Welcome to the ‘Coffee & Cocktails' podcast (and blog), a chance for academics and the best professionals in their fields to discuss ‘over drinks' many of the days' most important issues, innovative ideas, and topics in modern society. Our first episode focuses on issues faced by Early Career Researchers (ECRs) as they work their way through an uncertain job market. Topics discussed include: job insecurity and mobility, teaching vs. publications and using social media as a job promotion platform in both American and British institutions. We hope you enjoy it! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/coffeeandcocktailspodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/CafeNCocktails Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coffeeandcocktails1/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coffee_and_cocktails_podcast/

As an early career researcher, the demands on time - particularly through teaching - are great.  How do ECRs find time for research?  How can we move great ideas into great articles?  Tara talks with Dr Randa Khattar about building momentum for research each day, week, month and year.

What are the best social media choices for early career researchers?  Tara talks with Dr Randa Khattar about the most effective social media sites when developing an online profile and presence.