Dementia Researcher Blogs - Dr Connor Richardson - My Path to an NIHR ARC Dementia Fellowship

Dr Connor Richardson - My Path to an NIHR ARC Dementia Fellowship

03/22/23 • 7 min

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Dr Connor Richardson narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher.

Thinking about applying for a fellowship can be daunting and often feels like the next big pressure you face after finishing your PhD. Connor knows this as well as anyone, and he put-off deciding for 3 years. However, last year (after feeling the career drift mentioned in his last blog) he committed himself to go for it and has recently been awarded a 2-year NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) Dementia Fellowship (partnered with Alzheimer's Society). In this blog, Connor reflects on preparing for the application, the application process and what he has learned from the experience.

Find the original text, and narration here on our website.

https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/guest-blog-my-path-to-an-nihr-arc-dementia-fellowship/

Dr Connor Richardson is a Neuro-epidemiology Research Associate (soon to be NIHR Research Fellow) in the Newcastle University Population Health Sciences Institute. Connor is the research statistician for the Cognitive Function and Ageing studies (CFAS) multi-centre population cohort. His research interest lies in using advanced statistical modelling and machine learning to measure dementia risk. Connor blogs about his research, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and sometimes his Pomapoo’s.

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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 Connor Richardson narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher.

Find the original text, and narration here on our website.

https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/guest-blog-my-path-to-an-nihr-arc-dementia-fellowship/

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.

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Dr Anna Volkmer - Every penny counts, small grant applications

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Dr Anna Volkmer, narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher.

Small research grants play an important role in supporting early-stage research (and early stage researchers), encouraging innovation, and advancing scientific knowledge. They provide flexibility and agility to pursue ideas that may be considered too risky or too exploratory for larger grants, and we all know what can grow from an acorn... In this blog Dr Anna Volkmer (now a quite senior researcher) is waiting for news from a small grant application, demonstrating that despite the time and effort, these small grants play an important role, a topic Anna discusses in this blog.

Find the original text, and narration here on our website.

https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/guest-blog-every-penny-counts-small-grant-applications/

Dr Anna Volkmer is a Speech and Language Therapist and researcher in Language and Cognition, Department of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London. Anna is researching Speech and language therapy interventions in language led dementia and was once voted scariest speech and language therapist (even her children agree).

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Dr Timothy Daly - From Journal Clubs to Letter Writing for ECRs: Why and How

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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.