Research highlight

Prof Nathan Davies was funded by Alzheimer’s Society as a junior fellow early in his career. Now, as Co-Director of the Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Dementia Care, he's inspiring the next generation of dementia researchers.

Research highlight

After real-world testing in an outpatient cognitive service, a new protocol shows how an accelerated procedure can cut scan time without compromising diagnostic utility.

Expert voice

During his DRL Fellowship (2025–29), Professor Dave Cash hopes to make dementia clinical trials cheaper and faster. This would reduce the time to identify successful drugs, enabling patients to get access to effective drugs earlier.

Research highlight

Supporting researchers to advance diagnosis, understand causes, develop new treatments and inform clinical practices to ensure the best care for people living with dementia.

Research highlight

Alzheimer’s Society is bringing you highlights from the International Society for Frontotemporal Dementias (ISFTD) Conference, which was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands in late September.

Funding

In July 2024, Alzheimer’s Society launched the Dementia Healthcare Inequalities Initiative. We sat down with Professor Jennie Popay, the Chair of our Healthcare Inequalities Advisory Board to hear more about the innovative research applications she hopes to see.

Funding

With our 2024/25 grant round officially open for application, Professor Gill Livingston shares her thoughts on shifting Alzheimer’s Society’s research  focus towards more clinical, translational research, centred around greater research participation and researcher support.  

Information

Alzheimer's Society is today publishing a statement of intent signalling our support for the introduction of dedicated sex and gender policies for biomedical, health and care research in the UK.