We are aware that a small number of people have received a phishing email, claiming to be from Join Dementia Research and encouraging people to click on a link within the email. We would like to reassure people that these are spoof emails – and have not originated from Join Dementia Research. There has been […]

Research Champion and Sunday Times best-selling author Wendy Mitchell was diagnosed with young onset dementia at the age of 58. Wendy, who was an NHS Manager for 20 years until 2015 recalls: “I was coming out of my office one day and I didn’t know who I was or who all the people around me […]

Today marks 8 years since Join Dementia Research was launched to match volunteers with suitable dementia studies. Through Join Dementia Research, people can see what dementia research is taking place, both in their local area and across the UK. Here are just a few of the highlights we are celebrating from the past year: Join […]

New research has revealed that 91 per cent of people would take a simple test to learn about their risk of developing a brain disease. The anonymous online study, ‘The Global Brain Health Survey’, involved more than 27,500 people worldwide and was led by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in collaboration with the University […]

A new study in Nottinghamshire is seeking volunteers to form a singing group to study the benefits of singing for people with dementia.  University of Nottingham researchers are seeking 80 people with dementia and their carers to take part in the Preliminary Randomised Evaluation of Singing in Dementia (PRESIDE 2024) study, which is using Join […]

The findings of a research study that discovered a treatment for early stage Alzheimer’s disease have been hailed as “momentous” by Alzheimer’s Research UK.  The new treatment, lecanemab, is the first drug to slow cognitive decline in people with early signs of the condition. The CLARITY-AD study enrolled 1,795 patients with early-stage Alzheimer’s globally, including Join […]

More than 60,000 people across the UK have now signed up to Join Dementia Research to be informed of dementia studies they can take part in. Since the service began in 2015, a total of 61,639 people have signed up, with 69,515 enrolments into studies during this period. Professor John O’Brien, NIHR National Specialty Lead […]