Dementia Research in Scotland

Scotland’s dementia research community has strong tradition of impactful research with outcomes that improve the lives of people living with dementia and those who care for them. Visit our Research Themes page for an overview of the types of ongoing research taking place in Scotland.

See below for some of the work of researchers, and how we can help you with your research.

Promoting Research

The SDRC works to celebrate the ongoing work of researchers.

If you have something you would like to share with the SDRC membership, please get in touch.

Scottish dementia and brain health research in 2022 in numbers

We attracted 54 research grant awards, totaling £14.5 million in research grants

Over 700 Scottish-based researchers contributed to a research paper or grant award

Scottish-based researchers published over 300 papers into scientific journals

We collaborated with 2200 international researchers in 49 countries

Research spotlight: blog

Participants Required for PhD Research Study: Carers and Former Carers who use Twitter

Are you currently, or have been previously, a carer for someone with dementia? Do you have experience in using Twitter? If so, please consider participating in an interview to help us understand your opinions and perceptions towards dementia related information on...

National Workshops- Patient Public Involvement

NHS Research Scotland (NRS) has funded a small bid from the Universities of Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee and Glasgow to run some Patient Public Involvement (PPI) Workshops. The idea of the workshops is to have a collective dialogue about how we progress PPI in...

Early Career Researchers: Shaun Stone

We start off the fourth week of the SDRC's blog series on Early Career Researchers from Shaun Stone from the University of Aberdeen. Shaun's research relates to the SDRC's Diagnosis theme, which you can find out more about here. Shaun Stone is a final year PhD ERC...

Early Career Researcher Profiles

These Early Career Researcher profiles are some of the researchers that featured in the SDRC Annual Report 2022/23. We will share the rest of these profiles tomorrow, but you can read all profiles, and the rest of the SDRC report here Lisa Davison I am a...

SDRC Executive Committee Support: Dr Terry Quinn

You may have read in our previous blog that we now have two new academics which will provide support to the SDRC Executive Committee with our growing activity. This support will run until our next Executive Committee election at the end of 2020. The second of these...

Aducanumab: Approval of new Alzheimer’s disease drug explained

Aducanumab: Dr Terry Quinn explains approval of new Alzheimer's disease drug SDRC Executive Committee member, Dr Terry Quinn, Terry takes us through all the important facts behind the recent announcement by the FDA in the US to approve aducanumab for the treatment of...

Early Career Researchers: Bryan Mitchell

Throughout August, the SDRC are celebrating our next generation of researchers by publishing a series of blogs to PhD Students/ Early Career Researchers. For the first week, we are featuring those that were in the SDRC Impact Report 2019. Read about Bryan Mitchell,...

Early Career Researchers: Angela Gregory

The SDRC are committed to celebrating our next generation of researchers by publishing a series of blogs to PhD Students/ Early Career Researchers. This week we are featuring those that were in the SDRC Annual Report 2019/20. Read about the research by Angela...

COVID Impact on ECRs: Miriam Scarpa

In the coming days, the SDRC are publishing a series of blogs featuring Early Career Researchers who are sharing how COVID has impacted their research and career prospects. The first blogs in this series also featured in our COVID Research Impact Report which we...

SDRC Annual Report 2022/23: Fundamental Science

In the SDRC Annual Report 2022/23 we dedicated a section each to the progress and ongoing work of the SDRC research themes. The following extract is focusing on the Fundamental Science theme, led by Professor Frank Gunn-Moore and Dr Sophie Bradley. Read more below....

Research spotlight: video

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Are you a researcher that would like to feature in this spotlight section? Get in touch to write a blog or share a video with us!

How can I get involved in dementia research in Scotland?

Join Dementia Research

Anybody over the age of 18 can take part in dementia research in Scotland. The first step is signing up to support vital research studies across the nation.

Join Dementia Research is UK-wide service which allows you to register your interest to take part in dementia research and be matched to suitable studies. The register is open to anyone – so you do not need to have a diagnosis of dementia or any family history of the illness. You can also sign up someone else to the register, if you have their consent to do so.

Visit the Join Dementia Research website for more information. You can also find out more about volunteering for dementia research studies by calling Alzheimer Scotland’s 24 Hour helpline on 0808 808 3000

Supporting Research

Funding and Career Opportunities

Do you have insights to share with other researchers? Write a blog for the SDRC!

We are always looking for SDRC members to feature on our website and write a guest blog for the SDRC. You may already be familiar with our blog series, where we welcome contributions from people with an experience of brain health or dementia research. Blogs are an...

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Research studies recruiting volunteers

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Are you an Early Career Researcher?

The SDRC understand the specific challenges that early career researchers have in their career.

Therefore we have created a range of resources dedicated specifically for early career researchers to support them in their development.

Webinars

Educational content which offers practical education on specific elements of dementia or brain health research. Or masterclasses which will give advice on career progressions.

Speakers are experts in their fields.

Mentorship

We assign early career researchers to a more experienced academic who will give one-to-one advice and support.

This programme is currently paused but SDRC members will be notified once it restarts.

Useful links

We know the dementia and brain health landscape can be intimidating to those new to research in this area.

Visit our Useful Links page to get an overview of organisations that are relevant to research and academia.

How can I be a part of the SDRC?

The SDRC is the biggest network of dementia and brain health research in Scotland. We all work together to celebrate and grow the research community.

Membership is free and open to all.

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