Supporting Early Career Researchers - ISTAART & UCL Survey Launch
Early career researchers face many challenges \u2013 from difficulties finding, funding, publishing and career progression to problems with research culture and individual forms of prejudice.\n\nUniversity College London and the Alzheimer\u2019s Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer\u2019s Research and Treatment (ISTAART) Professional Interest Area to Elevate Early Career Researchers (PEERS) is working to better understand the challenges and what helps.\n\nIn this podcast Dr Anna Volkmer talks with five members of the ISTAART PIA to Elevate Early Career Researchers. Discussing their work, and their newly launched survey. This weeks guests are Dr Beth Shaaban, Dr Sara Bartels, Wagner Brum, Dr Lindsay Welikovitch.\n\nPlease note a Chinese and Portuguese translation of this podcast is available as a caption on the version uploaded to youTube - https://youtu.be/uhlxW9BCAUQ\n\nThe survey discussed is aimed at early career dementia researchers, or those who have previously been an early career dementia researcher but have left the field. We hope you can take a time to help!\n\nComplete the Survey - by 31st October 2021\n\nhttps://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/survey\n\nShare with your followers on Twitter - https://ctt.ac/eN8Y4\n\nIt asks questions about you and your research, how you are supported in your field, for your perceptions on how opportunities and support could be improved, and about the research culture that you work within (Please note please note this does include some sensitive questions relating to gender / ethnicity, and asks some questions which may be upsetting e.g. Your experiences of certain types of bullying or prejudice etc.).\n\nThe results of this survey will be published to help institutions and research funders, to understand the thoughts of early career dementia researchers. The results will also be used to guide the development of future ISTAART programs and resources, and be shared with the World Dementia Council.\n_____________\n\nPlease note this survey has been approved by the University College London Research Ethics Committee. If you have any questions please contact Adam Smith, Programme Director \u2013 adam.smith@ucl.ac.uk.\n______________\n\nYou can find out more about our guest, and access a full transcript of this podcast on our website at:\n\nwww.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcast\n_________________________\n\nFinally, please review, like, and share our podcast - and don't forget to subscribe to ensure you never miss an episode.\n\nRegister on our website to receive your weekly bulletin, and to access more great content \u2013 blogs, science, career support + much more\n\nhttps://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk\n\nThis podcast is brought to you in association with Alzheimer's Research UK and Alzheimer's Society, who we thank for their ongoing support.