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Sheona Scales

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Director of Research, Alzheimer’s Research UK. views are my own.

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Sheona Scales Reposted

🚀 Exciting news! We’ve just launched the Dementia Researcher Communities App! Connect with peers, access exclusive resources, & boost your research career today. 📲 Download now: onelink.to/dementiaresear… #DementiaResearch #ResearchCommunity #DemResCommunity


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Register your interest for our Research Conference in 2025 and be the first to secure an early bird discount. 👇 alzheimersresearchuk.org/research/for-r…

Register your interest for our next Research Conference in #Birmingham! It’s taking place from 25 to 26 February 2025. Find out what to expect from @sheona_d, our Director of Research. 👇



Live at #AAIC24, the Lancet commission report presentation detailing that up to 45% of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by addressing 14 health and lifestyle factors throughout our lives- work part funded by @AlzResearchUK

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We're at the world’s largest dementia research conference! Over the next few days we'll be hearing about the most exciting dementia research. Amazing to see so many scientists around the world working for a cure. #AAIC24

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Our new Director of Research Dr Sheona Scales reflects on #ARUKConf24, the largest gathering of dementia researchers in the UK. Read Sheona's full highlights 👇 alzheimersresearchuk.org/news/my-reflec… #ForACure


Are you wondering why everyone has been talking about the @AlzResearchUK Research Conference 2024? If you want to know what the fuss has been about read my blog about the fantastic event! We hope to see you in Birmingham in 2025! alzheimersresearchuk.org/news/my-reflec…


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Two world-class research teams at @ucl & @DementiasUK are set to bring diagnostic blood tests for dementia a step closer to the NHS. This multi-million pound funding is given by Alzheimer’s Research UK, @alzheimerssoc, @NIHRresearch, @PostcodeLottery & Gates Ventures.

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Two world-class research teams – based at @ucl & @DementiasUK at @UniofOxford - will carry out UK-wide clinical trials to identify blood tests to boost dementia diagnosis. We hope this will lead to blood tests for diagnosing Alzheimer’s & other forms of dementia becoming…

Memory clinics across the UK are to begin trialling blood tests to see if they can accurately diagnose dementia. Dr Vanessa Raymont, from the University of Oxford, is leading a study which will recruit volunteers from more than 50 UK trial sites bbc.co.uk/news/health-68…



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WINNERS 🥇of the Grand Prix Film of the Year for our Change The Ending film at tonight's @SmileyCFA #CharityFilmAwards! As the UK's leading #dementia research charity, this means so much to everyone at our charity and our supporters. Thank you #CFA24! #ForACure

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This week I joined the phenomenal organisation @AlzResearchUK- a huge thank you to everyone for the warm welcome!


Tomorrow I’m hosting the final webinar in our fantastic Children and Young People’s cancer research series. Sigh up below 👇

🚨 One day left to register for our final Children's and Young People's webinar! Join us 4-5:30 PM tomorrow to hear how the immune system can be harnessed to target children's and young people's #Cancer, with a focus on #SolidTumours. Register now: bit.ly/3pD4W3S #CCAM

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📢What's your plan for Summer 2024☀️? Want to network and take part in an exciting paediatric brain tumour event, take a look at crukchildrensbraintumourcentre.org/news/2023/07/2… @CRUKCamCentre @CRUKresearch @Cambridge_Uni #CancerResearch #paedatricbraintumours #cambridgeuniversity

We are excited to announce that the CRUK Children's Brain Tumour Centre of Excellence International Summer School 2024 will be held at Trinity Hall, Cambridge from 17th - 19th July. Please save the date, more details to follow soon..

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🚨ICYMI 🚨 We're running a survey to hear how it's been delivering clinical research (all specialties) in the past 18 months. Key findings will feature in our #CancerManifesto. You can take the short survey 👇 with thanks to the 5⃣0⃣0⃣ people who've already responded.…

🗣️Calling all involved in the delivery of clinical research - cancer or otherwise🧑‍⚕️🧑‍🔬 🚀We've just launched our latest survey and want to hear from you. Your insights will help shape the calls in our upcoming #CancerManifesto. 👇Survey closes 9 August forms.office.com/e/d6ezAw3wnm

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Today @ECMC_UK highlights their continued work to deliver more early phase clinical trials and how their work aligns with the @jamesosh review findings 👇

We welcome the recommendations from Lord O’Shaughnessy's (@jamesosh) review on UK #ClinicalTrials landscape & are using our expertise to tackle the challenges raised to deliver more early-phase trials in the UK. Read our response 👉bit.ly/3quPln3



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We welcome Lord O'Shaughnessy's ( @jamesosh ) review of the UK #ClinicalTrial landscape and were privileged to hear about the challenges that the review has focused on during our ECMC network meeting (#ECMCMeeting23) earlier this week 👇

My review of UK commercial clinical trials is published today: gov.uk/government/pub…. I'm incredibly grateful to the doctors, nurses, researchers, companies, public servants, charities and patients who contributed.



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First, we're hearing from Sheona Scales (@sheona_d ), Head of the ECMC Programme Office, giving us an update on the ECMC network's aims & achievements from the last 6 years – there's lots to be proud of!

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.⁦⁦⁦@ECMC_UK⁩ are hiring‼️ are you interested in clinical trials? Do you want to work with our network of incredible people within experimental cancer medicine? See the job advert 👇I’m happy to chat with anyone who wants to hear more linkedin.com/jobs/view/3610…


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Today marks #ICTD2023 & we're looking forward to seeing you at our ECMC network meeting on 24 May! This year's theme is access to #ClinicalTrials + we'll be looking back at some of our networks' greatest achievements. Follow along with #ECMCMeeting23 to hear what goes on!


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Really delighted to have the opportunity to continue the conversation about future developments at #BelfastECMC and early phase trials with @sheona_d and Graham Cadwallader @ECMC_UK @QubPGJCCR and the Precision Medicine Centre of Excellence @QubPMC

Delighted to welcome @sheona_d & Graham Cadwallader from @ECMC_UK to #PGJCCR this morning!

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A fantastic few days in Belfast visiting the ECMC site, #PGJCCR and @ABPI_UK Northern Ireland meeting to discuss all things clinical trials

Delighted to welcome @sheona_d & Graham Cadwallader from @ECMC_UK to #PGJCCR this morning!

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