Congratulations to the inspirational and tenacious Jenni Burton 💙💚 on this prestigious award! 🌟
Jenni is a strong advocate for older people and for including them in thoughtful research 🌟

Meet Lucy who is a psychiatrist & researcher at @edinburghUni. Lucy has an interest in the overlap & interaction between dementia & other chronic conditions.

Her research project aims to ask participants what their priorities are 🔬

Lucy Stirland AlzheimerScot DRC #60SecsOfScience

Most people with #dementia have #multimorbidity . Learn more at our ISTAART Basics webinar

📅 This Wednesday at 3pm GMT (will be recorded)

📝 Registration (free for ISTAART members): alz.org/research-webin…

Hope to see you there!

🧠 New NHS Inform patient info website on #delirium

📖 All on 1 webpage

👍 Checked for simplicity & clarity

🔗 nhsinform.scot/delirium

➡️ Please retweet & share

#WDAD2024

🚨Calling all medically-qualified people with (current or former) experience of clinical academia. 🚨
Medical Research Council are seeking to understand the decline in the UK clinical academic workforce & are seeking input. Please take the time to fill out their survey: forms.office.com/pages/response…

By knowing the theory and diagnostic criteria, one might feel confident about differentiating delirium and dementia. Yet, in practice, distinguishing them, especially when delirium is superimposed on dementia, presents a real-world challenge far more complex than textbook…

Understanding the complex puzzle of delirium pathophysiology is one of the top challenges in the field. It's not just one mechanism at play, but many intertwining factors. We can't grasp the full picture by examining each piece in isolation. However, to truly understand and…

No, sleeping all day isn't normal for older adults; it could indicate hypoactive delirium! 'Hypoactive presentations of delirium are more common than the classically agitated, hyperactive forms and may be overlooked'. Learn more about it: doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j2… #DeliriumAware …

Great podcast: Kathy Liu talking sense about the challenges of identifying clinically meaningful difference in #Alzheimer trials
The Lancet Healthy Longevity

open.spotify.com/episode/2CTjF4…

New findings on how to handle inconsistent self-report of #multimorbidity in cohort studies, now published in Sage Health & Nursing

It was great to work on this with Lauren Griffith and colleagues from HEI using data from Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

Do you have any unanswered questions about the link between #dementia and #hearing conditions?

Why not complete this short survey to let us know: jla.nihr.ac.uk/priority-setti…

@LindAllinace, NIHR Nottingham BRC, Nottingham University Hearing Sciences, Alzheimer's Research UK, RNID

Potential PhD students, please see this excellent ACRC scholarship opportunity to work with me, Carole Torsney (neuroscientist), and Lucy Stirland (psychiatrist) Lucy Stirland on pain and frailty.
findaphd.com/phds/project/d…
Psychology at Edinburgh ClinicalBrainScience

We are looking for new editors to support the journal’s work in 2023-2024!

If you are interested, please send your motivational letter and CV (maximum of 2 pages in total) to [email protected] by 20th November.

For more information on eligibility:

ijpt.scholasticahq.com/about

New academic psychiatry job in Edinburgh: two-year post at consultant level, 50:50 NHS/University split. Should have a PhD and CCT and be motivated to develop an intermediate-level fellowship application. Pls RT and get in touch if interested 👇
apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

📢Fully funded multimorbidity #PhD opportunity! 📢

Study with me and Emily Adrion in the excellent ACRC Academy ACRC

Our person-centred project will explore health and social care priorities of people with #multimorbidity and their care partners

edin.ac/3Q68ncg

Super cool new signs celebrating green space and history at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital by inkyedinburgh.
I especially like the fittingly retro tribute to Kennedy Tower
REAS Mental Health at the University of Edinburgh
NHS Lothian Charity 💙

'To optimize global brain health, we need transdisciplinary science to deepen our understanding of the dissoluble links between neurology, brain function & mental health'

See AAGP position statement co-authored by Global Brain Health Institute community members 👇
bit.ly/3rZhhjO

Today, we mourn the loss of Charles 'Chuck' Feeney, the extraordinary founder of Atlantic Atlanticfellows. An exemplar of philanthropy, Chuck dedicated his fortune to helping others. We are forever inspired & grateful for his grand vision and generosity. bit.ly/3RVlCiD