Dr Connor Richardson - We're Still Not Counting LGBT People in Dementia Research
About this episode
Dr Connor Richardson discusses the lack of representation of LGBT individuals in dementia research and the implications of existing studies.
Dr Connor Richardson narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher. Connor works in dementia epidemiology, so when he wondered whether LGBT people face a higher risk of dementia, he assumed the answer was sitting in a paper somewhere waiting to be looked up. It mostly isn't. There is one large study with a marginal signal, a second with an outcome that may not measure what we want it to, and a third that finds nothing at all. Connor walks through what each one can and cannot tell us, then arrives at the reason they disagree, which turns out to have less to do with LGBT people and more to do with the questions our cohorts were never designed to ask. Worth reading if you have ever assumed a variable would be there when you went looking for it. https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-were-still-not-counting-lgbt-people-in-dementia-research/ -- Dr Connor Richardson is a Neuro-epidemiology Research Associate at The University of Edinburgh. His research interests lie in using advanced statistical modelling and machine learning to measure dementia risk. Connor blogs about his research, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, and sometimes his Pomapoo’s. -- Enjoy listening? We're…
People in this episode
Guest: Dr Connor Richardson
Topics covered
- LGBT in dementia research
- dementia epidemiology
- equality and diversity
- statistical modeling
- machine learning
Keywords
- LGBT
- dementia research
- epidemiology
- statistical modeling
- machine learning
- equality
- diversity
Sponsors
University College London, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's Research UK, Alzheimer's Society, Race
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: University of Edinburgh, Dementia Researcher
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