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A team of Oxford researchers has won a grant from the University’s Covid-19 Research Response Fund to study the effects of online cultural experiences on mental health. This new study will use the unique opportunity of lockdown and social distancing to gather new evidence.
Potential New Target to Prevent or Delay Dementia
Alzheimer's disease Dementia Mental Health Old-age psychiatry
5 January 2021
New study shows targeting arterial stiffening earlier in a person’s lifespan could provide cognitive benefits in older age and may help to delay the onset of dementia.
Multi-million-pound Renewal of Funding for DPUK's Dementia Research
Awards Dementia Mental Health Old-age psychiatry
5 November 2020
The UK's Medical Research Council (MRC) has confirmed renewal of funding for Dementias Platform UK (DPUK), in partnership with industry and the third sector.
First of its kind in UK - Innovative New Brain Health Centre
Alzheimer's disease Dementia Integrative-neuroimaging Mental Health Old-age psychiatry
17 September 2020
New Oxford Brain Health Centre (BHC) open. Developed with the involvement of members of the public with lived experience of memory problems, the centre is a combined clinical and research service which has the potential to revolutionise NHS memory services.
Dementias Platform UK datathon - understanding origins of dementia using machine learning
Dementia Early intervention Events
20 May 2019
Using machine learning (AI) techniques to analyse complex cohort data, a group of researchers uncovered hidden patterns in cohort data that might identify those at risk of developing dementia, or indicate promising areas for research into treatments.